NIGERIA - Player Profile

Sani Kaita

Sani Kaita

NAME:

Sani Kaita

BORN:

2/5/1986 in Kano

POSITION:

MD

CLUB:

Alania Vladikavkaz (Russia, loan)

PREVIOUS CLUBS:

Kano Pillars, Sparta Rotterdam, AS Monaco, Kuban Krasnodar (loan), Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)

INTERNATIONAL CAPS:

21

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT:

14 Sani Kaita

He hates comparisons to Garba Lawal, a fellow northerner, but Kaita, Nigeria's one specialist man marker and defensive midfielder, is an all round player who fits into different positions.


A member of the silver-winning Under-20 and Olympic teams of 2005 and 2008 respectively, he has played in Holland, France and now Russia.


 

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