Ahmed Kantari

Ahmed Kantari
	Kantari in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	28 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Blois, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Valenciennes (manager)
Youth career
	Blois Football 41
	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Paris Saint-Germain
2006–2008	Strasbourg
2007–2008	→ Brest (loan)
2008–2013	Brest
2013–2015	Lens
2015	Toronto FC
2016–2019	Valenciennes
Total
International career
2005–2006	Morocco U20
2005–2014	Morocco
Managerial career
2019–2020	Valenciennes (assistant)
2020	Nottingham Forest (assistant)
2020–2021	Al Duhail (assistant)
2021–2022	Valenciennes (assistant)
2022–2023	Valenciennes B
2023–	Valenciennes
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Kantari (born 28 June 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level. He is the manager of Championnat National club Valenciennes.

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]

^ "TFC adds Moroccan international Kantari". TSN. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ "Toronto FC waives Moroccan defender Kantari – Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ 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.

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