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![]() Kaboul playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Younes Kaboul[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 January 1986||
Place of birth | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back[4] | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1993 | Bellegarde | ||
1993–1999 | Concordia | ||
1999–2000 | Plastics Vallée | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Auxerre | 52 | (3) |
2007–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Portsmouth | 39 | (4) |
2010–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 89 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Sunderland | 24 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Watford | 25 | (2) |
Total | 248 | (15) | |
International career | |||
2006–2008 | France U21 | 19 | (1) |
2011 | France | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Younes Kaboul (born 4 January 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Auxerre, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Watford. For France, Kaboul played for the under-21 team and went on to play five matches and scored one goal for senior national team in 2011.
Kaboul began his professional career with Auxerre in 2004. After an estimated £8 million move to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007 he spent eleven years in England's Premier League. He won the League Cup with Tottenham in 2008.