Younes Kaboul

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Younes Kaboul, the French defender, made 24 appearances for Sunderland. His value came outside the scoresheet, with 24 recorded appearances. In our match data he features from 2015 to 2016. More of his recorded appearances came under Sam Allardyce than any other manager — 24 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 3-0 win over Norwich City away in 2016. He lined up alongside Yann M'Vila more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 21 games together. Across 24 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 7.00.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Younes Kaboul (born 4 January 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Auxerre , Tottenham Hotspur , Portsmouth , Sunderland and Watford . For France, Kaboul played for the under-21 team and went on to play five matches and scored one goal for the senior national team in 2011. Kaboul began his professional career with Auxerre in 2004. After an estimated £8 million move to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007, he spent eleven years in England's Premier League . He won the League Cup with Tottenham in 2008 . — Wikipedia

Position: DF
Nationality: France
Birthplace: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Born: 4 Jan 1986
Height: 193 cm

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At Sunderland

On 16 July 2015, Kaboul signed for Sunderland on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [ 115 ] He was previously linked with a move to Roma , Beşiktaş and West Ham, who both rekindled their interest in signing the player, before making his move to Sunderland. [ 116 ] Kaboul made his Sunderland debut on 8 August, playing the entirety of a 4–2 defeat away to Leicester City in the opening game of the season. [ 117 ] On 19 September, Kaboul was sent off for two bookable offences in his first match as the club's captain, a 2–0 defeat away to AFC Bournemouth . [ 118 ] After the match, the Daily Mirror called him "the most ill-disciplined Premier League player ever". [ 119 ] Kaboul struggled for form and fitness under Dick Advocaat at the start of the season. [ 120 ] He was further sidelined when he suffered injuries that eventually kept him out for three months. [ 121 ] It was not until 1 March 2016 that Kaboul returned to the first team, coming on as a 28th-minute substitute for John O'Shea in a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace. [ 122 ] Following this, new manager Sam Allardyce paired Kaboul with new defensive signing Lamine Koné in the latter stages of the season, including keeping two clean sheets. [ 123 ] The pair formed an effective partnership as Sunderland improved defensively, culminating in a man of the match performance from Kaboul in a 3–0 victory over Everton on 11 May that secured the club's Premier League survival and left Kaboul in tears during post-match celebrations. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] He went on to make 23 appearances in all competitions in the 2015–16 season. [ citation needed ] Kaboul made his only Sunderland appearance of the 2016–17 season in the opening game of the season, a 2–1 defeat to Manchester City. [ 126 ] However, he wanted to leave Sunderland to return to the London area for personal reasons, and the club accepted a bid from Watford . [ 127 ] — Wikipedia

Career

AJ Auxerre (2004–07)→France national under-21 association football team (2006–08)→Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (2007–08)→Portsmouth F.C. (2008–10)→Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (2010–15)→France men's national association football team (2011–12)→Sunderland A.F.C. (2015–16)→Watford F.C. (2016–18)

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