N’Golo Kanté (29 years old) is a footballer who flees from the spotlight, modest and hard-working. That ethic has led him to be considered one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, to triumph in the Premier with Leicester and Chelsea and to be the lung of the French team that was proclaimed world champion in 2018. The Parisian is not very given to concede interviews, but the French Football Federation (FFF) has convinced him to share its secrets and reveal some curiosities. Due to its characteristics and origin, his idol could well have been Claude Makelélé, but nothing could be further from the truth … In addition, it indicates the role that Antoine Griezmann plays in the dressing room.
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Player who impressed him the most: “Ronaldo, the Brazilian. I would put a DVD with his goals on the computer and watch it. When platforms like Dailymotion and YouTube appeared I liked to see his technical gestures, his ease of playing. He is a player that I appreciate a lot, along with Maradona” .
Do you like scorers?: “Yes! Even though I started playing football late, when I was 10 years old I would play with my friends and we would watch videos of Ronaldo or Ronaldinho and we would try to imitate them. We liked to see the players who gave shows. Not like me today! (laughs) More creative players. “
What music is played in the team’s dressing room?: “A bit of everything: American or French rap, Latin music … DJ’s are usually Antoine (Griezmann) or Presnel (Kimpembe)”.
“The DJ’s are usually Antoine (Griezmann) or Presnel (Kimpembe)”
N’Golo Kanté, Chelsea footballer
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If I hadn’t been a footballer … : “I studied accounting, so I would have continued my studies and became an accountant. (…) I put my studies aside and went to the first team at Boulogne at 21”.
Best memory: “My first goals with each of my clubs. I remember the first with Suresnes in Benjamin! I had not scored all year. (…) In a corner the ball arrives and I head for the ball. I ran all over the place parts and my teammates followed me around the field! “
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