 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, Wilfried" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 January 2018.