Ibrahim Kanaté
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| Date of birth | 23 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2023 | ASEC Mimosas | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Afrique Football Élite | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | RSCA Futures | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Anderlecht | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mali U17 | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Mali U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:13, 14 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ibrahim Kanaté (born 23 October 2006) is a Malian professional footballer who plays for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and its reserve team RSCA Futures.[1]
Club career
He trained at ASEC Mimosas before joining Afrique Football Élite of the Malian Première Division for whom he featured in 2023.[2] With AFE he reached the final of the 2024 Malian Cup.[3]
He signed for Anderlecht in January 2025 for a reported €1.8 million, to link up initially with the RSCA Futures.[4][5][6]
Kanaté made his first appearance for Anderlecht's senior team on 18 May 2025 in a game against Club Brugge.[7] On 23 November 2025, he scored his first goal for Anderlecht, an added-time winner in a 1–0 victory over RAAL La Louvière, after coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute.[8]
International career
Kanaté featured for the Mali national under-17 football team which finished in third place at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he scored two goals in seven matches.[9] He also played as Mali U17 reached the semi-finals of the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 4 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RSCA Futures | 2024–25 | Challenger Pro League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Challenger Pro League | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Anderlecht | 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| Career total | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League
References
- ^ "Ibrahim Kanaté". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Traore, Drissa (August 16, 2023). "Ibrahim Kanate soon in Ligue 1?". Aftica Foot. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Football-encore récupérable au Mali : Ibrahim Kanaté, jeune buteur ivoirien médaillé à la Coupe du Monde, catégorie U17". ledebativoirien.net. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Anderlecht beat Club Brugge and Chelsea for Malian talent, medical tests of Brazilian defender Adryelson planned". Nieuwsblad.be. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Jansen, Louis (13 January 2025). "Anderlecht to attract Malian talent who also interested Chelsea and Club Bruges". lavenir.net. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Belgian side Anderlecht sign Malian prospect Ibrahim Kanaté". footballsirraleone.net. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Pro League » RSC Anderlecht against Club Brugge KV » Lineup". WorldFootball. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "Pro League » RAAL La Louviére against RSC Anderlecht » Lineup". WorldFootball. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "Ibrahim Kanaté, future young recruit of Stade de Reims?". Africa Foot. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "U17 World Cup: Desire for redemption drives Mali to semi spot". cafonline. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.