Kuku (footballer)

Content sourced from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mamadou Kanteh Danjo, known as Kuku, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for Palamós. He was born on 27 August 1989 in Calella, Catalonia, Spain, to Gambian parents, and is 1.85 m tall.

Kuku developed his game with CD Blanes and began his senior career in the Tercera División. He then spent several seasons in the regional leagues with CE Olímpic Malgrat, UE Tossa, CF Lloret and UE Poble Nou 2000. In 2014 he joined CE Júpiter in Primera Catalana, where he was the club’s top scorer and helped them win promotion to the fourth division.

In 2016 he moved abroad to Wigry Suwałki in Poland’s I liga, making his professional debut in August 2016. Injuries limited him to eight league appearances as a substitute. He returned to Spain in July 2017, signing with UE Sant Andreu in the fourth tier. In 2019 he joined UE Llagostera in Segunda División B, and later played again for Sant Andreu, Prat, Cerdanyola del Vallès and Vilassar de Mar before joining Palamós in 2023. His younger brother Tamba is also a footballer, and the two once played together at Poble Nou.