Kan Biography

Born: August 1. Growth: See the biography and career of the football player Nvankvo Kanu was born in the Nigerian city of Overri. In the family, besides him, there were 5 more children. His father, who worked as a simple postman, noticed his son’s fascination with football and gave him to the school of a local football club. Nigerian clubs Federeshn Warks - at the age of 15, Nvankvo Kan debuted in the Nigeria Championship for Federeshn Warks, and at 17, the Clound -Hartland Club was now called the Clound Championship, scoring 15 goals in TI matches.

At the same time, Kan played in the position of the attacking midfielder, “dozens”, and through it the whole game of the team in the attack was going on. Then, the Kan in the Nigeria national team under the age of 17 won the World Cup and attracted the attention of the Ajax scouts. Here he finally retrained in the attacker. Those who saw him on the field for the first time, the figure of Kan seemed somewhat awkward and even comic growth - see.

But this impression changed as soon as Nvankvo met with the ball. He had a magnificent and versatile technique - high -speed maintenance of the ball and dribbling, the ability to play a partner and give an accurate gear, deliver a targeted blow, all this was in the Arsenal of a Nigerian. For three years spent in the Amsterdam club, Nvankvo Kan won 8 trophies, including three championship titles and the Champions League.

But the matter was not at all about game problems. A medical examination conducted in the club revealed serious heart problems. It was not even about football, but about the life of a football player. Kan underwent the most complicated operation, was restored for a long time, and on the return could not break into the basis. But one person decided to take a chance and invite him to his team.

This man was Arsen Wenger, and in the middle of the season Kan was in Arsenal, where until the end of the football year he spent 17 matches, scored 7 goals. In the next season, Nvankvo Kan becomes the second, after Thierry Henry, the club’s scorer 17 goals. Especially the fans remembered three of his goals against Chelsea. In that match, the “gunners” were seconded 15 minutes before the end, but the Hit-trick Nvankvo Kan turned everything upside down.

Having played at a good level for two more years, Nvankvo Kan gradually began to turn into a player of rotation. The last season in the club for him was the season, the same one when the arsenal ”won the Premier League without suffering a single defeat. Kan played 24 matches then, scored 3 goals. Other Clubs West Bromvich Albion in West Bromwich Kan transferred to a free agent.

He played well, but according to the results of the Drozda season, they flew out of the elite division. Here, Kan, at a very decent level, played 6 seasons, and in the year won his last trophy in large football - the Cup of England. In the semifinals and finals, Portusmut defeated the same score, respectively, West Bromvich and Cardiff City. Both of these goals scored Nvankvo Kan.

The last two years, Kan still had to play in the championship, and at the end of the season announced the completion of his playing career. Nigeria’s national team for the Nigeria national team Nvankvo Kanu played over the years, spent 86 matches, scored 13 goals, took part in two world championships. That generation of Nigerian football players was incredibly talented, and great victories were expected from them.

Did not grow together. But let's go in order. The Brazilians team of Nigeria lost to Nvankvo Kana equalized the score in the last minute, and in overtime scored a “golden” goal. Nigeria rode almost as a shadow favorite to the world championship, which was confirmed by the victory over the Spanish national team and the early first place in the group. Four years later, Nigeria no longer looked so powerful, and the lot sent her to the Death Group.

This time the Nigerians could not leave the group. Also, Kan was also unlucky on the Cups of Africa. Four times he stopped with his national team in the semifinals, and in the year the Nigerians lost to Camerun in the final in the penalty shootout, and Nvankvo Kan could not realize his attempt. Titles of Nvankvo Kanu.