Sani Kaita
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| Full name | Sani Haruna Kaita | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1986 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | |||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||
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| –2003 | Kano Pillars | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Kano Pillars | |||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Monaco | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009 | → Kuban Krasnodar (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009 | → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2010 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2010 | → Metalist Kharkiv (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011 | → Iraklis (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Tavriya Simferopol | 7 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Enyimba | 1 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Saxan | 12 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Ifeanyi Ubah | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
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| 2005–2010 | Nigeria | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 December 2015 |
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Sani Haruna Kaita (born 2 May 1986, in Kano, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who last played for Ifeanyi Ubah.
Club career
A hardworking combative midfielder, he joined Sparta in the 2005/2006 season from Kano Pillars FC. Kaita moved to AS Monaco FC in September 2008.[1] He left on 13 January 2009 and joined FC Kuban Krasnodar on loan through 31 December 2009.[2] On 25 August 2009, Lokomotiv Moscow signed the Nigerian midfielder on loan from Monaco until December.[3] On 25 February 2010 Alania Vladikavkaz signed the midfielder on loan.[4] On 31 May 2010 FC Metalist Kharkiv signed Kaita on loan. On the last day of the 2011 winter transfer window, Kaita moved to Greek Superleague side Iraklis on a six-month loan deal.[5]
In April 2014, Kaita was back in Nigeria training with Enyimba F.C.[6] He made his debut against Sharks F.C. on May 7 and spent a three-month loan with the Aba side. The loan was part of the League Management Company's elite initiative for foreign based professionals. He signed for Ifeanyi Ubah In the Nigeria premier league for the season 2015.
International career
A midfielder, Kaita caught the eye of Sparta when playing all 7 matches for Nigeria U-20 at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.[7] He is also a member of the senior Nigeria national football team making his debut in a 3–0 friendly loss against Romania in November 2005.
He was sent off in a match against Greece on 17 June 2010, in their second 2010 FIFA World Cup match for kicking Vasilis Torosidis after Torosidis motioned as if to throw the ball at Kaita.[8] This makes him the first Nigerian player to be sent off in a World Cup match. Greece went on to score their first World Cup goals, and win their first ever match in the World Cup.[9] Sani Kaita was inundated with death threats from within Nigeria.
Honours
- African Cup of Nations: 2006, 2010 bronze medalist
- Olympic Games: 2008 runner-up
African footballer of the year: 2008, 2009, 2010 
Nigeria under-20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005 runner-up
External links
- Sani Kaita at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Player profile – Sparta Rotterdam
- Career stats – Voetbal International (Dutch)
References
- ↑ Sani Kaita vertrekt naar Monaco Sparta Rotterdam
- ↑ http://russia.theoffside.com/team-news/sani-kaita-loaned-to-fc-kuban-from-monaco.html
- ↑ Sani Kaita Joins Osaze At Lokomotiv
- ↑ Alaniya Add Khomich, Kaita, and Two Strong Bulgarians « Russian Football Now
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- ↑ Sani Kaita Back In Nigeria With Enyimba International 9jafootball.com
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments -FIFA
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- AS Monaco FC players
- FC Kuban Krasnodar players
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz players
- SC Tavriya Simferopol players
- Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players
- Eredivisie players
- Ligue 1 players
- Superleague Greece players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigeria under-20 international footballers
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Nigerian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Monaco
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Nigerian expatriates in France
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Kano Pillars players
- Enyimba International F.C. players
- Russian Football Premier League players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
