Ahmed Kantari

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Ahmed Kantari
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Kantari in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Blois, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Blois Football 41
Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
2006–2008 Strasbourg 8 (0)
2007–2008 → Brest (loan) 17 (0)
2008–2013 Brest 134 (4)
2013–2015 Lens 59 (2)
2015 Toronto FC 12 (0)
2016–2019 Valenciennes 40 (0)
Total270(6)
International career
2005–2006 Morocco U20 1 (0)
2005–2014 Morocco 16 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Valenciennes (assistant)
2020 Nottingham Forest (assistant)
2020–2021 Al Duhail (assistant)
2021–2022 Valenciennes (assistant)
2022–2023 Valenciennes B
2023–2024 Valenciennes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Kantari (born 28 June 1985) is a professional football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level.

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Club career

After a ten-year career playing in France with various clubs, Kantari signed with Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. [1]

He was released by Toronto on 13 January 2016. [2]

In late January 2019, at the age of 33, Kantari ended his professional career. [3]

International career

Kantari played for Morocco participating in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

Coaching career

On 26 November 2024, Valenciennes announced that Kantari is suspended as head coach of the club. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "TFC adds Moroccan international Kantari". TSN. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Toronto FC waives Moroccan defender Kantari – Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Gotte, Richard (28 January 2019). "VAFC : Ahmed Kantari met un terme à sa carrière de joueur" [VAFC: Ahmed Kantari ends his playing career]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Communiqué du VAFC: Ahmed Kantari mis à pied à titre conservatoire" [VAFC press release: Ahmed Kantari suspended as a precautionary measure] (in French). Valenciennes. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.


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