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Nwankwo Kanu

Nigerian association football player (born 1976)

  • Fame60.5
  • Momentum6.5
  • Nigeria rank#69
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  • Fame60.5
  • Momentum6.5
  • Nigeria rank#69
  • Wikipedia35.7K
Born 1976 · age 50Nigeria
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  • Wikipedia
    50 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Nigeria
    #69
    Footballers
  • Age
    50
    Born 1976
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-09-08

Nwankwo Kanu is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A member of the Arsenal 'Invincibles', he was named by the club as one of its greatest ever players. Kanu is widely considered one of the greatest African footballers of all time.

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Teams

Low confidence
  • Portsmouth F.C.
    2006–2012
  • West Bromwich Albion F.C.
    2004–2006
  • Arsenal F.C.
    1999–2004
  • Inter Milan
    1996–1999
  • Nigeria national under-23 football team
    1996–1996
  • Nigeria men's national football team
    1994–2011
  • AFC Ajax
    1993–1996
  • Nigeria national under-17 football team
    1993–1993
  • Heartland F.C.
    1992–1993
19922012
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Season stats

Low confidence
2006–201214120
2004–2006589
1999–200411930
1996–1999121
1996–199663
1994–20118712
1993–19965425
1993–199365
1992–19932515
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Awards

Low confidence
  • Officer of the Order of the Niger, Civil Division
Where to find them

Platforms

Fame through time

Through time

In the 21st century
#2,893
of 245,562 people
Most active
c. 2011
estimated from their dates
Most talked about
the 2000s
their loudest decade in print
Echoed
0 decades
with the name in print
After death
—
still living
18001850190019502000
How often the name appears in English books, decade by decade (Google Books, 1800–2019). The gold band is their lifetime.
The 21st century, ranked →
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
60.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum6.5
Historical25.3
Now attention9.1
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#69
Category rank
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