Career
Professional
Kanu began his career with the Mighty Blackpool team in his native Sierra Leone, before moving to the Birinci Lig in Northern Cyprus in 2006 to play for Bostancı, and then Küçük Kaymaklı. Kanu joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in 2009. = Arrest and deportation incident On January 23, 2002, Kanu was one of three Sierra Leonean home based football players (the others were Mohamed Kamara and Abdulai Kalouga Conteh) arrested by immigration officials in Cyprus when they flew to that country from Russia to find a professional football club
The three football players were deported after being held by the Cyprus police for several days.
They left Sierra Leone to have professional football trials with a Russian football club, through the help of former Cameroon goalkeeper and former African football player of the year, Thomas North"kono. But Kanu and the three others failed to impress, and were headed back to Freetown when they received a called from a Cypriot national named Appolous who claimed he could find them a club
Unfortunately on their arrival in Cyprus Appolous did not meet them, and instead they were met by immigration officers in Cyprus. International
He played 90 minutes in Sierra Leone"s victory over South Africa in Freetown.
Kanu enjoys watching the National Basketball Association. His favorite movie is Full Metal Jacket.
His favorite musician is Bob Marley. He wants to be a soccer agent when his player days are over.