N'Golo Kante celebrates his 29th birthday today as a man who, in the space of five years, has gone from a relative unknown to a World Cup winner.
Kante's 2015 move from Caen to Leicester City proved to be the catalyst for his meteoric rise, inspiring the Foxes to the most remarkable of title triumphs during his debut season before doing the same with Chelsea one year later.
The crowning glory of his career came at international level, though, when he featured in all seven of France's matches during their victorious 2018 World Cup campaign.
Kante was an unassuming but integral member of Didier Deschamps's side, but how many more of that World Cup-winning squad can you name?
Written by
Barney Corkhill
Barney Corkhill
