Wilfried Sanou

Wilfried Sanou
	Sanou in training in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	16 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger, striker
Youth career
2000–2001	Planète Champion
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	Wattens
2002	→ Tirol Innsbruck (loan)
2002–2003	Sion
2003–2008	SC Freiburg
2008–2011	1. FC Köln
2010	→ Urawa Reds (loan)
2012–2013	Kyoto Sanga
Total
International career
2001–2014	Burkina Faso
Medal record
Representing Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfried Sanou (born 16 March 1984) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a winger or striker.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Sanou, Wilfried" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Stürmer aus Freiburg: FC verpflichtet Wilfried Sanou". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Köln schnappt sich Sanou". kicker Online (in German). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

External links

Wilfried Sanou at National-Football-Teams.com
Wilfried Sanou at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Wilfried Sanou at Soccerway

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[1] "Sanou, Wilfried" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[köln-2] "Stürmer aus Freiburg: FC verpflichtet Wilfried Sanou". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[köln2-3] "Köln schnappt sich Sanou". kicker Online (in German). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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