{{Short description|Gambian footballer (born 1997)}} <!--{{Use Gambian English}}--> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fatou Kanteh | image = | caption = <!--Personal information--> | fullname = Fatoumata Kanteh | birth_name = Fatoumata Kanteh i Cham{{Family name footnote|Kanteh|Cham|lang=Catalan}}<ref name=RFEF-Match>{{Cite web|url=https://futbolfemenino.rfef.es/es/primera-iberdrola/partido/79300/?c=acta|website=Royal Spanish Football Federation|language=es|title=Primera Iberdrola – Sporting de Huelva 0 - 3 At. Madrid|date=26 September 2021|accessdate=26 September 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926151449/https://futbolfemenino.rfef.es/es/primera-iberdrola/partido/79300/?c=acta|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|2|df=y}}<ref name=RFEF-Profile>{{Cite web|url=https://futbolfemenino.rfef.es/es/primera-iberdrola/jugadora/fatou-695427/|title=Fatou|website=Royal Spanish Football Federation|language=es|accessdate=26 September 2021|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008140343/https://futbolfemenino.rfef.es/es/primera-iberdrola/jugadora/fatou-695427/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = Banyoles, Spain<ref name=SdH>{{Cite web|language=es|url=http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=712&Itemid=95|accessdate=26 September 2021|title=Plantilla 21/22|website=Sporting de Huelva|archive-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828191743/http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=712&Itemid=95|url-status=dead}}</ref> | height = 1.68m<ref>{{Cite web|language=es|url=http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4106&Itemid=95|accessdate=26 September 2021|title=FATOUMATA KANTEH CHAM|website=Sporting de Huelva|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926144116/http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4106&Itemid=95|url-status=dead}}</ref> | position = Midfielder,<ref name=SdH/> forward<ref name=RFEF-Profile/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=1566|title=Fatou Kanteh|website=BDFutbol|accessdate=5 September 2021}}</ref> <!--Team information--> | currentclub = Sevilla | clubnumber = <!--Youth career--> | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = <!--Senior career--> | years1 = 2013–2017 | clubs1 = Porqueres | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = Logroño B | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = Logroño | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2019–2022 | clubs4 = Sporting Huelva | caps4 = 80 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2022–2024 | clubs5 = Villarreal | caps5 = 58 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = Sevilla | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 2 <!--International career--> | nationalyears1 = 2021– | nationalteam1 = Gambia | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2024– | nationalteam2 = Catalonia | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 1 <!--Updates--> | pcupdate = 10 August 2024 | ntupdate = 25 October 2022 }} '''Fatoumata Kanteh i Cham''' (born 8 May 1997), also known as '''Fatou''', is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Sevilla. Born in Spain, she represents The Gambia at international level. She also plays for the unaffiliated Catalonia national team.
==Club career== Kanteh has played for UE Porqueres, EdF Logroño and Sporting Huelva in Spain. She appeared in the professional 2021–22 Primera División for the latter.<ref name=RFEF-Match/>
==International career== Born in Spain, Kanteh is of Gambian and Senegalese descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/futbol-femenino/primera-division/2021/12/28/61bf06f922601d1c6f8b4593.html|title=Kanteh y Gambia: del esperpéntico debut al proyecto solidario que le une con sus raíces|date=28 December 2021 }}</ref> On 25 October 2021, she made her senior debut for Gambia. On 9 February 2022, she was called up by Gambia for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (second round).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gambiaff.org/gambia-womens-national-team-coach-upbeat-ahead-of-cameroon-encounter/|title=Gambia Women's National Team Coach Upbeat Ahead of Cameroon Encounter|date=9 February 2022|website=Gambia Football Federation|accessdate=11 February 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Instagram|kanteh_fatou10}} *{{Cite web|url=https://www.txapeldunak.com/cas/futbol_femenino/jugadora.asp?id=16041|title=FATOU: Fatoumata Kanteh Cham|language=es|website=Txapeldunak}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanteh, Fatou}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Gambian women's footballers Category:21st-century Gambian people Category:Women's association football midfielders Category:Women's association football forwards Category:The Gambia women's international footballers Category:Gambian people of Senegalese descent Category:Sportspeople of Senegalese descent Category:People from Banyoles Category:Footballers from the Province of Girona Category:Sportswomen from Catalonia Category:Spanish women's footballers Category:Dux Logroño B players Category:Dux Logroño players Category:Sporting de Huelva players Category:Liga F players Category:Spanish people of Gambian descent Category:Spanish people of Senegalese descent Category:Senegalese women's footballers Category:21st-century Senegalese sportswomen Category:Senegalese people of Gambian descent Category:Sportspeople of Gambian descent Category:21st-century Spanish sportswomen