{{Short description|Burkinabé footballer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Wilfried Sanou | image = WilfriedSanou.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sanou in training in 2009 | fullname = | height = 1.65m | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|3|16}} | birth_place = Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta | currentclub = | position = Winger, striker | youthyears1 = 2000–2001 | youthclubs1 = Planète Champion | years1 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Wattens | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = → Tirol Innsbruck (loan) | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = Sion | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 10 | years4 = 2003–2008 | clubs4 = SC Freiburg | caps4 = 97 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2008–2011 | clubs5 = 1. FC Köln | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = → Urawa Reds (loan) | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2012–2013 | clubs7 = Kyoto Sanga | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 2 | totalcaps = 191 | totalgoals = 25 | nationalyears1 = 2001–2014 | nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso | nationalcaps1 = 26 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|Burkina Faso}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Medal|RU|2013 South Africa|}} }}
'''Wilfried Sanou''' (born 16 March 1984) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a winger or striker.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/30197/vereinsspieler_wilfried-sanou.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140503182931/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/30197/vereinsspieler_wilfried-sanou.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 May 2014 | title = Sanou, Wilfried | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 8 January 2018}}</ref>
He started his career with Planète Champion in his home country before moving to Austria where he played for Wattens and Tirol Innsbruck. Following a stint at Swiss club Sion he spent many years in Germany's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga with SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln. He ended his career in Japan with Urawa Red Diamonds and Kyoto Sanga FC.
At international level, Sanou represented the Burkina Faso national team scoring four goals in 25 matches.
==Career==
===Early career=== Sanou was born in Bobo-Dioulasso.
===SC Freiburg=== In SC Freiburg's 2007–08 2. Bundesliga Sanou tore his cruciate ligament on matchday 8 against Erzgebirge Aue which kept him out of action for the rest of the season and limited him to six appearances. With his contract running out at the end of the season, Freiburg were unable to agree a contract extension with Sanou. In his time at the club, he scored five goals in 46 Bundesliga appearances and four goals in 51 2. Bundesliga appearances.<ref name="köln">{{cite news|title=Stürmer aus Freiburg: FC verpflichtet Wilfried Sanou|url=https://www.ksta.de/stuermer-aus-freiburg-fc-verpflichtet-wilfried-sanou-13072542|access-date=8 January 2018|work=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger|date=27 May 2008|language=de}}</ref><ref name="köln2">{{cite news|title=Köln schnappt sich Sanou|url=https://www.kicker.de/koeln-schnappt-sich-sanou-379071/artikel|access-date=8 January 2018|work=kicker Online|date=27 May 2008|language=de}}</ref>
===1. FC Köln=== In May 2008, 1. FC Köln, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, announced they had agreed a two-year contract Sanou who would arrive on a free transfer.<ref name="köln"/><ref name="köln2"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT|1134}} * {{J.League player}} * {{Soccerway|16354}}
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