Nwankwo Christian Nwosu Kanu, OON (ojoibi 1 August 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria), tabi Kanu lasan, je alagbata agbaboolu-elese omo ile Naijiria to un gba iwaju fun egbe alagbata ni Football League Championship, Portsmouth. O tun pile ti je omo egbe agbaboolu omoorile-ede Naijiria fun odun 16 lati 1994 titi di 2010. Kanu wa lati egbe eya eniyan Igbo; oruko re, Nwankwo, tumosi Odo mokunrin ti abi ni ojo oja Nkwo ni ede Igbo.. Kanu gba eso UEFA Champions League kan, eso Ife-eye UEFA kan, Eso Abori Ife-eye FA meta ati ebun Ara Afrika Agbaboolu-Elese Ododun meji. O tun je ikan ninu awon agbaboolu ti won ti gba Premier League, Ife-eye FA, Champions League, Ife-eye UEFA ati Eso Wura Olympiki. Bakanna o tun je alabasoju UNICEF.. Kanu began his career, aged sixteen, at First Division club Federation Works before moving to Iwuanyanwu Nationale in 1992. After a notable performance at the U-17 World Championships he was signed by Dutch Eredivisie AFC Ajax in 1993 for €207,047.