Sani Kaita
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| Full name | Sani Haruna Kaita | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1986 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||
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Current team
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JS Hercules | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| –2003 | Kano Pillars | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Kano Pillars | |||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Monaco | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009 | → Kuban Krasnodar (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009 | → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2010 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2010 | → Metalist Kharkiv (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011 | → Iraklis (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Tavriya Simferopol | 7 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Enyimba | 1 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Saxan | 12 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Ifeanyi Ubah | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2016 | JS Hercules | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Nigeria | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 December 2015 |
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Sani Haruna Kaita (born 2 May 1986, in Kano, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for JS Hercules.
A hardworking combative midfielder, he joined Sparta in the 2005/2006 season from Kano Pillars FC. Kaita moved to AS Monaco FC in September 2008. He left on 13 January 2009 and joined FC Kuban Krasnodar on loan through 31 December 2009. On 25 August 2009, Lokomotiv Moscow signed the Nigerian midfielder on loan from Monaco until December. On 25 February 2010 Alania Vladikavkaz signed the midfielder on loan. On 31 May 2010 FC Metalist Kharkiv signed Kaita on loan. On the last day of the 2011 winter transfer window, Kaita moved to Greek Superleague side Iraklis on a six-month loan deal.
In April 2014, Kaita was back in Nigeria training with Enyimba F.C. He made his debut against Sharks F.C. on May 7 and spent a three-month loan with the Aba side. The loan was part of the League Management Company's elite initiative for foreign based professionals. He signed for 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 is coached by his former national team coach Daniel Amokachi.
A midfielder, Kaita caught the eye of Sparta when playing all 7 matches for Nigeria U-20 at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands. He is also a member of the senior Nigeria national football team making his debut in a 3–0 friendly loss against Romania in November 2005.
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