Nwankwo Kanu, wanda aka fi sani da Kanu, kwararren dan kwallon Najeriya ne mai ritaya. An haife shi a ranar 1 ga Agusta, 1976, a Owerri, Nigeria. Ana ɗaukar Kanu ɗaya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya a kowane lokaci kuma ya samu nasarar taka leda a ƙungiyoyi irin su Ajax, Inter Milan, da Arsenal. An san shi da fasaha, iyawa, da iya zura ƙwallo a raga. Kanu ya kuma samu nasara a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Najeriya, inda ya lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics a wasannin Olympics na Atlanta a shekarar 1996 da kuma gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a 1994 da 2013. Bayan da Kanu ya yi ritaya daga buga ƙwallon ƙafa, ya kasance yana gudanar da ayyuka daban-daban na agaji da jin kai.
Nwankwo Kanu ɗan kabilar Igbo ne, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kabilu uku a Najeriya. Iyalinsa ‘yan kabilar Igbo ne, waɗanda akasarinsu ke samuwa a yankin kudu maso gabashin Najeriya.
Bayan nan,Nwankwo Kanu yayi aure. Ya auri Amarachi kuma sun yi shekaru da yawa tare. Amarachi Kanu ta shahara da goyon bayan harkar kwallon ƙafa na mijinta da kuma ayyukan jin kai ta gidauniyar Kanu Heart Foundation.
Nwankwo Kanu ya fara wasan ƙwallon kafa ne a shekarar 1993 lokacin da ya ƙulla yarjejeniya da ƙungiyar Ajax ta kasar Holland. Ya yi tasiri sosai a kulob din, inda ya taimaka wa Ajax lashe gasar Eredivisie a kakar 1993-1994. Nasarar da Kanu ya samu a Ajax ya nuna mafarin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa, inda ya buga wasa a manyan ƙungiyoyi da dama kuma ya samu nasara a matakin kulob da na duniya.
Masha Allah, sannu da ƙoƙari Malama Habiba