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Key facts
- 2007
- Senegal U20
- 2012
- Senegal Olympic
- Full name
- Cheikhou Kouyaté
- Date of birth
- ( 1989-12-21 ) 21 December 1989 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Dakar , Senegal
- Height
- 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Positions
- Defensive midfielder centre-back
- 1996 2006
- ASC Yego Dakar
- 2006 2007
- RWDM Brussels
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2008
- RWDM Brussels
- 2008 2014
- Anderlecht
- 2008 2009
- → Kortrijk (loan)
- 2014 2018
- West Ham United
- 2018 2022
- Crystal Palace
- 2022 2024
- Nottingham Forest
- 2025 2026
- Amedspor
- 2012 2024
- Senegal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Senegal
- Place of birth
- Dakar
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Amed S.F.K.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Senegal
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Cheikhou Kouyaté West Ham.jpg
- Height
- 189
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- sport number
- 8
- Commons category
- Cheikhou Kouyaté
- name in native language
- Cheikhou Kouyaté
- date of birth
- 1989-12-21
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- social media followers
- 73675
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 November 2025
Cheikhou Kouyaté (born 21 December 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheikhou Kouyaté” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.