Frédéric "Fredi" Kanouté (born September 2, 1977 in Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, near Lyon) is a French-Malian footballer, who plays for Sevilla in the Spanish league. September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Sevilla Fútbol Club is the oldest and most succesfull football club from Seville, Spain. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional The Spanish football league is called La Liga. ...

Kanouté's talents as a tall striker were noticed by local Olympique Lyonnais team and he joined them as an apprentice in 1997. Kanouté attracted a transfer bid from English club, West Ham in 2000 and he played 56 times and scored 14 goals. His speed, awareness and loping run attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur who bought him at the end of the 2002-03 season. Although eligible for either, Kanouté elected to play for Mali rather than for France. Strikers, also known as centre forwards, forwards, and attackers, are the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing teams goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ... Olympique Lyonnais (sometimes abbreviated to OL or Lyon) is a French football club founded in 1950. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... West Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Tottenham Hotspur are a North London football club. ...

Fredi has enjoyed mixed success at Tottenham with occasional flashes of brilliance marked by apparent pique when he prefered the African Nations Cup over the Premiership and went AWOL from Tottenham's 2005 summer tour to Mauritius. He was sold to Sevilla on 17 August 2005 for £4.4m. The African Nations Cup (more formally the African Cup of Nations) is the main national football competition for CAF nations. ... FA Premier League logo The FA Premier League (which, for sponsorship reasons, is often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League internationally) is a league competiton for English football (soccer) clubs located at the top of the English football league system (above... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...