 Sanou in training in 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger, striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Planète Champion | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Wattens | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002 | → Tirol Innsbruck (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Sion | 26 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | SC Freiburg | 97 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | 1. FC Köln | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | → Urawa Reds (loan) | 26 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 191 | (25) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2014 | Burkina Faso | 26 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Wilfried Sanou (born 16 March 1984) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a winger or striker.[1]
He started his career with Planète Champion in his home country before moving to Austria where he played for Wattens and Tirol Innsbruck. Following a stint at Swiss club Sion he spent many years in Germany's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga with SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln. He ended his career in Japan with Urawa Red Diamonds and Kyoto Sanga FC.
At international level, Sanou represented the Burkina Faso national team scoring four goals in 25 matches.
Sanou was born in Bobo-Dioulasso.
In SC Freiburg's 2007–08 2. Bundesliga Sanou tore his cruciate ligament on matchday 8 against Erzgebirge Aue which kept him out of action for the rest of the season and limited him to six appearances. With his contract running out at the end of the season, Freiburg were unable to agree a contract extension with Sanou. In his time at the club, he scored five goals in 46 Bundesliga appearances and four goals in 51 2. Bundesliga appearances.[2][3]
In May 2008, 1. FC Köln, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, announced they had agreed a two-year contract Sanou who would arrive on a free transfer.[2][3]
