Mamadou Kanouté

Mamadou Kanouté
Personal information
Full name Mamadou Yaye Kanouté
Date of birth (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Trapani
Youth career
–2011 Tor di Quinto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Benevento 29 (0)
2012–2013 → Valle d'Aosta (loan) 24 (1)
2015–2016 → Ischia (loan) 27 (7)
2016–2017 → Juve Stabia (loan) 31 (7)
2018 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2020 Catanzaro 48 (10)
2020–2021 Palermo 31 (1)
2021–2023 Avellino 57 (5)
2023–2024 Taranto 37 (13)
2024– Trapani 20 (2)
2025–2026 → Perugia (loan) 25 (4)
2026 → Picerno (loan) 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 May 2026

Mamadou Yaye Kanouté (born 7 October 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Trapani.

Career

Serie C

Benevento

He made his Serie C debut for Benevento on 23 October 2011 in a game against Pisa.[1]

Loan to Ischia

On 30 July 2015, he was loaned to Lega Pro club Ischia along with Antonio Porcino.[2]

Taranto

In the summer of 2023, Kanouté is made official as Serie C Group C club Taranto's new player. In Taranto he lived one of his best seasons as a footballer, becoming the team's top scorer in that season under head coach Ezio Capuano.[3]

Trapani

Following his impressive season at Taranto, in July 2024, ambitious Serie C club Trapani signed Kanouté by activating a buyout clause on his contract with the Apulians.[4] On 2 February 2025, Kanouté was sent to Perugia on loan, with an obligation to buy in case of Perugia's promotion to Serie B.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 May 2021[6][7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benevento 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 1302[9][10]0—150
2013–14 101[11]00020
2014–15 Lega Pro 1302+1[12]0—160
2017–18 Serie A 2000—20
Total 2906000350
Vallée d'Aoste (loan) 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2412[13][14]100262
Ischia (loan) 2015–16 Lega Pro 2772[15][16]12[a]1319
Juve Stabia (loan) 2016–17 3171+1[17]01[b]0347
Pro Vercelli (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 8000—80
Catanzaro 2018–19 Serie C 2241[18]01[b]0244
2019–20 2662+2[19][20]1+02[b]0327
Total 481051305611
Palermo 2020–21 Serie C 311—4[b]0351
Avellino 2021–22 0000—00
Career total 1982617310122530
  1. ↑ All appearance(s) in relegation play-outs.
  2. 1 2 3 4 All appearance(s) in promotion play-offs.

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 23 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "ARRIVANO KANOUTE E PORCINO" (in Italian). S.S. Ischia Isolaverde. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ↑ redazioneonline (6 January 2024). "Kanoute, il Taranto orbita attorno a lui". Corriere di Taranto (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ↑ redazioneonline (3 July 2024). "Kanoute, il Taranto orbita attorno a lui". Trapani Granata (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "KANOUTE È BIANCOROSSO!" [KANOUTE IS WHITE AND RED!] (in Italian). AC Perugia Calcio. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Mamadou Kanouté at Soccerway
  7. ↑ Mamadou Kanouté at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  8. ↑ "Scheda anagrafica di Mamadou Yaye Kanoute". aic.football (in Italian).
  9. ↑ Toma, Alberto De (9 November 2011). "Benevento - Aprilia 6-5 (2-2 ai tempi supplementari)". Archived from the original on 20 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Coppa Italia di Lega Pro | Foggia batte Benevento 1-0". FoggiaToday.
  11. ↑ Toma, Alberto De (2 October 2013). "Coppa Italia Lega Pro 1° turno: Teramo - Benevento 2-2 (4-5 ai rigori). Tabellino della gara". Archived from the original on 5 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Coppa Italia. La Casertana batte il Benevento e passa il turno". 29 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "VdA, buona la prima: 1-1 con la Pro". La Stampa. 27 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Micidiale uno-due firmato Siega - Curcio: il Casale stende il Vallèe d'Aoste e si qualifica in Coppa Italia". www.casalenews.it.
  15. ↑ "Carattere Fidelis, contro l'Ischia finisce 2-3 in rimonta" [Fidelis's character, the comeback against Ischia ends 2-3] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Kanoute e Mancino piegano il Martina". 20 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Coppa Italia, doppio Padovan e Chiricò: il Foggia restituisce il poker alle Vespe". FoggiaToday.
  18. ↑ "SLYVI". www.calabriagol.it.
  19. ↑ "Catanzaro avanti in Coppa: Monopoli battuto 2-0". CatanzaroInforma. 6 November 2019.
  20. ↑ "Catanzaro-Catania 0-1: Biagianti firma la vittoria che vale la semifinale con la Ternana". CalcioCataniaCom.