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  Nwankwo Kanu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nwankwo Kanu (born August 1, 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria), usually known simply as Kanu, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Nigerian national team and for the English club Portsmouth.
However, Kanu's appearances for Arsenal gradually became less frequent, particularly after the emergence of Thierry Henry as Arsenal's first choice striker, and he started to be mainly used as a substitute.
Kanu was not under any pressure from the Middlesbrough defence and had the ball rolling perfectly to him, but in a moment of panic, he sent the ball over the bar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nwankwo_Kanu   (1296 words)

  
 FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Nwankwo Kanu was regarded as a star not only in his home country of Nigeria.
Nwankwo Kanu's (in suit and cap) first public appearance after his heart operation was in a football stadium in Lagos.
Kanu was born in Owerri, the capital of Nigeria's Imo State and a city with a strong football tradition.
www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,8668,00.html   (1383 words)

  
 Nwankwo Kanu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Nwankwo Kanu (born August 1, 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria) is a professional footballer, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion in the English Premier League.
However, Kanu's appearances for Arsenal gradually became less frequent, particularly after the emergence of Thierry Henry as Arsenal's first choice striker, and he became mainly used as a substitute.
On 15th October 2005, Nwankwo Kanu returned to haunt his former club Arsenal, playing for West Bromwich Albion at home against Arsenal and scored an equaliser in the 38th minute against his former employees.
www.123football.com /players/k/nwankwo-kanu/index.htm   (1002 words)

  
 CyberEagles :: The undisputed number one home for all Super Eagles Fans
So is Nwankwo Kanu, his rangy striker, whose five goals have contributed in no small way to Arsenal's unbeaten run in the current season.
Kanu got his chance in the match against Jay Jay Okocha's Bolton Wanderers where he scored not only his first goal of the season, but the all important winning goal on away soil.
Interestingly, Dennis Bergkham, whose injury gave Kanu the needed opportunity to showcase his potentiality after being written off, might have to sit it out on the sideline until he is fully fit to break into the team with Kanu's graceful run and record of notching up five goals in five matches.
www.cybereagles.com /news/?id=338   (840 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com World Cup 2002: Nigeria: Nwankwo Kanu
Kanu, 25, has scored just six times in 33 matches for Nigeria, a far cry from his prolific form at junior level where he won two world titles.
Kanu was the spearhead of the dramatic success for Nigeria's under-23 team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the leading player in 1993 when the under-17 side won the world championship in Japan.
Kanu will have to call on all his experience to stay focused in view of the turmoil in the Nigerian coaching set-up in recent months.
worldcup.espnsoccernet.com /player?id=20170&lang=en   (644 words)

  
 Kanu focuses on affairs of the heart
Next month, the Kanu Heart Foundation is organising a charity match to raise funds for a programme which has already enabled 42 disadvantaged youngsters to have cardiac surgery.
Kanu's faith in God helped to him face his own personal heart surgery ordeal in 1996 when, as one of Africa's most exciting young talents, he was reaching the peak of his early career.
Kanu's foundation is organising the charity match at Bolton on March 4 between an Africa XI and a Rest of the World XI and has sent invitations to scores of premier league players.
www.rediff.com /sports/2003/feb/19kanu.htm   (1193 words)

  
 2002 FIFA World Cup
An exciting player combining speed and grace on the pitch, Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu is one of the most prolific goal scorers in African soccer.
Kanu is a clever forward who reads the game extremely well and uses his quickness and guile to outfox defenders to get into scoring position.
Kanu was an integral part of an Ajax squad that won European Cup, European Super Cup and Inter Continental Club Championship Cup honours in 1995.
www.cbc.ca /sports/soccer/playerprofile_kanu.html   (415 words)

  
 News -- Nwankwo Kanu plans to raise billions
Nigeria striker Nwankwo Kanu is more concerned with helping save the lives of sick African children than West Brom's losing battle to survive in the Premiership.
Kanu started his charity foundation after he was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart defect in 1996, few months after he had led the Nigerian team to the football gold at the Olympics in Atlanta.
Kanu came on in the second half with Newcastle 2-0 up, but he could not help his side's freefall into troubled waters as the Magpies increased their lead and sealed a win that could signal the end of West Brom's life in the Premiership.
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 NameTraq | Last Name: Nwankwo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
NWANKWO Kanu will be available for Arsenal's Premiership match at Aston Villa on Sunday before joining up with the Nigeria squad for the African Nations Cup...
NWANKWO Kanu's secret plan to use the Nations Cup finals this month to launch himself into the big market after the expiration of his contract with Arsenal in...
Nwankwo Kanu was the Gunners goalscorer on Merseyside, beating Nigel Martyn from Freddie Ljungberg's pass on the half hour.
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/N/Nwankwo.shtml   (2501 words)

  
 Ajax Forums - [VI.nl] 'Ajax hoopt op terugkeer Nwankwo Kanu'
Nwankwo Kanu is dé spits waarnaar Ajax op zoek is, zo meldt De Telegraaf.
Maar Kanu zelf zou bij The Baggies niet meer zo gelukkig zijn, omdat hij het niet eens is met het ontslag van coach Gary Megson.
Kanu begon zijn Europese profcarrière bij Ajax, waar hij in het seizoen 1993/94 belandde.
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 UNICEF - Panorama: Nigeria - Football star Nwankwo Kanu appointed UNICEF Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Nwankwo Kanu, the newly appointed UNICEF Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador, chats with a pupil from a UNICEF-supported child-friendly school in Kuje.
ABUJA, Nigeria, 5 July 2005 - Nigerian football superstar Nwankwo Kanu was recently appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF Nigeria.
Kanu won the African Footballer of the Year Award twice, in 1996 and 1999.
www.unicef.org /spanish/infobycountry/nigeria_27566.html   (341 words)

  
 Ajax Forums - Nwankwo Kanu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Misschien omdat het een zware competitie is dat weet ik niet.
Kanu is wel in voor een terugkeer bij Ajax heb ik gehoord.
Kanu en Zlatan voorin is nou niet bepaald bewegenlijk.
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 KANU - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KANU-FM - public radio station at the University of Kansas, frequency 91.5.
Kanu (Brazilian football player) - Brazilian football player born 1983; full name: Elias de Oliveira Rosa.
This human name article is a disambiguation page – a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
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 Nwankwo kanu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 rediff.com: Kanu, Babayaro in Nigeria's soccer squad
Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu and Chelsea wing back Celestine Babayaro were on Thursday named in Nigeria's final under-23 soccer squad for the Sydney Olympics starting next month.
Kanu, captain of the 1996 team, Roda Kerkrade striker Garba Lawal, also in the Atlanta side, and Paris Saint Germain defender Godwin Okpara, are the three over-age players in the squad.
Strikers: Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal), Garba Lawal (Roda Kerkrade), Pius Ikedia (Ajax), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Macabi Haifa), Victor Agali (Hansa Rostock), Julius Aghahowa (Esperance FC), Henry Onwuzuruike (SpVgg Greuther Fuerth).
www.rediff.com /sports/2000/aug/24nig.htm   (319 words)

  
 uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - Players - Kanu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
An unforgettable player in every respect, Nwankwo Kanu's large feet and strange, loping gait have done little to prevent him becoming one of the most elegant players in European football.
Having started his career in his homeland, Kanu moved to AFC Ajax in 1993 and was a league title-winner in each of his three seasons in Amsterdam.
Kanu was the African Footballer of the Year in 1996 and 1999.
www.uefa.com /competitions/UCL/Players/Player=24363/index.html   (281 words)

  
 Nwankwo Kanu West Brom FC player profile from football.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
West Brom striker Kanu will be sidelined for at least two weeks after suffering a fracture to the side of his head in Saturday's FA Cup third round draw with Reading.
Nigerian striker Kanu is racing to overcome a hamstring strain in time for West Brom's visit of Newcastle to The Hawthorns on Sunday.
Kanu's agent has said West Brom are favourites to sign the Nigerian international who was released by Arsenal at the end of last season.
www.football.co.uk /west_brom/players/nwankwo_kanu_18443.shtml   (312 words)

  
 Nwankwo Kanu Jersey - Soccer NWANKWO KANU Replica jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 Kanu, Nwankwo - Discussion Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
I have been an Arsenal fan for over 15 years and when Kanu burst onto the scene in the 96 olympics, I thought to myself he will be at Arsenal some time in his career.
Kanu suffered heart problems and was actually told that he was unlikely to ever play again, so when arsenal bought him for 3 million, it was a gamble.
His hat trick against chelsea and the cheekiest of all goals against middlesbrough two years ago show the sublime touch of the man. He is a crowd pleaser through and through and i hope to see him at...
www.dooyoo.co.uk /discussion/kanu-nwankwo   (219 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Kanu's year
For Nwankwo Kanu, recently selected the 1999 African Player of the Year, the attention is phenomenal.
Kanu said his countrymen were waiting for the team to make up for their disappointing exit from the 1998 World Cup.
Kanu recently took some time off to watch Arsenal play champions Manchester United in a vital English Premiership clash.
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 Voetbalplus.nl - Ajax hoopt nu op Nwankwo Kanu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kanu staat momenteel onder contract bij het Engelse West Bromwich Albion.
Kanu speelde in het verleden al voor Ajax.
Kanu kon in het buitenland echter nooit helemaal doorbreken, zowel bij Inter Milaan als Arsenal kon de aanvaller geen basisplaats verkijgen.
www.voetbalplus.nl /i-news/hele_nieuws.php?id=3197   (152 words)

  
 West Bromwich Albion Nwankwo Kanu Caricature
Nwankwo Kanu joined West Brom from Arsenal on the 30th of July 2004.
We all have seen Kanu’s skill on the pitch he can create goals out of nothing, my opinion is that he needed a smaller club like West Brom to see the best out of him.
Off the field, Kanu has been awarded the Order of Niger, the Nigerian equivalent of an OBE, and founded the Kanu Heart Foundation to help children with heart disease.
www.sportcartoons.co.uk /nwankwokanu.html   (104 words)

  
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Nwankwo Kanu has transcended his status as soccer player to become a cultural icon of some considerable stature.
Nwankwo Kanu is trying to pull together both his professional and his personal lives.
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 KANU - TheBestLinks.com - Kenya African National Union, Disambig, Nwankwo Kanu, KANU (radio station), ...
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 CyberEagles :: The undisputed number one home for all Super Eagles Fans
Super Eagles striker Nwankwo Kanu has apologised to Nigeria over his failure to play in their African Nations Cup qualifier against Angola.
Kanu was released by English Premiership club Arsenal but did not join his international colleagues in Luanda, where the match took place.
Kanu had a row with airline officials at London's Heathrow airport over seating arrangements, shortly before his flight to Nigeria.
www.cybereagles.com /news/?id=320   (245 words)

  
 Nwankwo Kanu: Avis de consommateurs sur Nwankwo Kanu et Tests Produits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A 36 ans, Kanu aurait-il trouvé une nouvelle jeunesse?
Kanu a des états d'âme. Le nigérian se plaint en effet de faire trop souvent banquette du côté d'Arsenal où il est vrai[...]
Kanu vit une Coupe du Monde difficile, comme beaucoup de joueurs vieillissants.
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 kanu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Arsenal have signed Nigerian international Nwankwo Kanu from Inter Milan for an undisclosed fee.
Kanu can play in midfield or as a striker.
Kanu's honours include three championship medals and a Champions League winners' medal (1995) with Ajax.
www.ozarsenal.com /kanu.html   (127 words)

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