Sani Kaita

Sani Kaita
	Kaita with Kuban Krasnodar in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Sani Haruna Kaita
Date of birth	2 May 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kano, Nigeria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–2003	Kano Pillars
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Kano Pillars
2005–2008	Sparta Rotterdam
2008–2011	Monaco
2009	→ Kuban Krasnodar (loan)
2009	→ Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)
2010	→ Alania Vladikavkaz (loan)
2010	→ Metalist Kharkiv (loan)
2011	→ Iraklis (loan)
2011–2012	Tavriya Simferopol
2012–2013	Olympiakos Nicosia
2014	Enyimba
2014	Saxan
2015	Ifeanyi Ubah
2016	JS Hercules
2017	Rovaniemen Palloseura
International career
2005–2010	Nigeria
Medal record
Representing Nigeria
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sani Haruna Kaitapronunciation

defensive midfielder

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Club career

Kaita was born in

Kano Pillars FC. Kaita moved to AS Monaco FC in September 2008.^[1]

Kaita left Monaco on 13 January 2009 and joined

Iraklis on a six-month loan deal.^[5]

In April 2014, Kaita was back in Nigeria training with

Ifeanyi Ubah

in the Nigeria premier league for the season 2015, but played only few matches for the team.

In 2016, he joined a Finnish club, JS Hercules, which was coached by his former national team coach Daniel Amokachi.^[7]

For the 2017 season, Kaita signed for

Ilves Tampere in the 79th minute, after being brought in three minutes earlier for injured team captain Antti Okkonen.^[10]^[11] At the end of the year he was released after featuring sporadically in the second half of the season. After the season, his signing was publicly called a poor bargain by club president Risto Niva.^[12]

International career

Kaita caught the eye of Sparta when playing all seven matches for Nigeria U-20 at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.[13]

He was also a member of the senior Nigeria national team making his debut in a 3–0 friendly loss against Romania in November 2005.^{[citation needed]} Kaita was sent off in a match against Greece on 17 June 2010, in their second 2010 FIFA World Cup match for kicking Vasilis Torosidis.^[14] This made 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 match in the World Cup.^[15]

Honours

Nigeria

2010
Olympic Games: runner-up 2008

Nigeria U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: runner-up 2005

External links

Sani Kaita at National-Football-Teams.com
Player profile – Sparta Rotterdam
Career stats – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
Sani Kaita at Soccerway

References

^ Sani Kaita vertrekt naar Monaco Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Sparta Rotterdam
^ "Sani Kaita loaned to FC Kuban from Monaco - - the Offside - Russian Football Federation Blog". Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
^ Sani Kaita Joins Osaze At Lokomotiv^[usurped]
^ Alaniya Add Khomich, Kaita, and Two Strong Bulgarians « Russian Football Now Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "IRAKLIS F.C. signed Sani Kaita". Iraklis FC Official site. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Sani Kaita Back In Nigeria With Enyimba International Archived 20 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine 9jafootball.com
^ "Sani Kaita joins Hercules". JS Hercules official site. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ "Sani Kaita ja RoPS sopimukseen kaudesta 2017" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga official site. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Official match report". Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Wedstrijd: Ilves - RoPS Rovaniemi" (in Dutch). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "RoPS:lle kauden avausvoitto (Ilves-RoPS 0-2)" (in Finnish). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Yleisömäärät olivat RoPS:lle iso pettymys: "Nyt on mietinnän paikka"" (in Finnish). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Record at FIFA Tournaments -FIFA
^ Musa, Tansa (23 October 2011). "Kaita's red card brings thousand death threats from Nigeria fans". The Independent. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ Norrish, Mike (17 June 2010). "Greece v Nigeria: live". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

[1] Sani Kaita vertrekt naar Monaco Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Sparta Rotterdam

[2] "Sani Kaita loaned to FC Kuban from Monaco - - the Offside - Russian Football Federation Blog". Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2009.

[3] Sani Kaita Joins Osaze At Lokomotiv^[usurped]

[4] Alaniya Add Khomich, Kaita, and Two Strong Bulgarians « Russian Football Now Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "IRAKLIS F.C. signed Sani Kaita". Iraklis FC Official site. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Sani Kaita Back In Nigeria With Enyimba International Archived 20 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine 9jafootball.com

[7] "Sani Kaita joins Hercules". JS Hercules official site. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[8] "Sani Kaita ja RoPS sopimukseen kaudesta 2017" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga official site. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[9] "Official match report". Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[10] "Wedstrijd: Ilves - RoPS Rovaniemi" (in Dutch). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[11] "RoPS:lle kauden avausvoitto (Ilves-RoPS 0-2)" (in Finnish). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[12] "Yleisömäärät olivat RoPS:lle iso pettymys: "Nyt on mietinnän paikka"" (in Finnish). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[13] Record at FIFA Tournaments -FIFA

[14] Musa, Tansa (23 October 2011). "Kaita's red card brings thousand death threats from Nigeria fans". The Independent. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[15] Norrish, Mike (17 June 2010). "Greece v Nigeria: live". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

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