Kanu (full name - Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha , port. Brazil. Rubenilson Dos Santos da Rocha ; born September 23, 1987 , Salvador , Brazil ) - Brazilian footballer and midfielder .
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| Full name | Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | Salvador , Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 190 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
European career Kanu began in the Belgian Anderlecht. The debut took place in the 2008/09 season, December 19, 2009 in the match against Genk, replacing 70 minutes instead of Dmitry Bulykin .
On February 1, Kanu went on loan to the Belgian Circle Brugge until the end of the 2008/09 season. For this segment, Kanu spent 13 matches and didn't score more than one goal.
After the lease, Kanu became more likely to play as part of Anderlecht . In the 2009/10 season, Kanu played 30 matches and scored one goal. Together with Anderlecht went into the 1/8 of the UEFA Europa League , where he lost to Hamburg . Biglya , Mubarak Bussufa. In the next 2010/11 season, Kanu played 36 matches where he scored 5 goals in all tournaments. In the 2011/12 season, Kanu had many ills, so he played 21 matches where he scored 5 goals. In his last 2012/13 season, Anderlecht Kanu played 28 matches where he scored 5 goals.
On February 18, 2013, it was reported that the Brazilian had reached an agreement in principle with the Terek of Grozny. February 24, the president of "Terek" Magomed Daudov confirmed the transition to Kanu. The contract was signed for 3.5 years. The amount of transfer was about 3 million euros . Football player got the number 20.
In one of his first interviews in Terek, the footballer told about his pseudonym: “When I was little, my coach called me Kanu because I was tall, thin, and technical. This is in honor of the Nigerian player Nvanko Kanu . ”
On March 10, 2013, Kanu made his debut for Terek in a match against Spartak Moscow (1: 3).
In July 2016, Terek left Kanu and went to Thai Buriram United as a free agent. True, he was seriously injured and did not play more than one match on February 7, 2017 Buriram United terminated his contract.
On July 1, 2017, after recovering from injury, Kanu signed a contract with the Cyprus Omonia . Kanu played 22 matches and didn't score more than one goal.
Omonia did not renew the contract with the 31-year-old Brazilian midfielder. On July 13, 2018, Kanu signed a contract with the middle peasant of the Belgian league Kortrijk . For the half of the 2018/19 season, Kanu played 18 matches and scored only 1 goal.
January 17, 2019, Kanu moved Al-Raed from Saudi Arabia for 300 thousand euros.
Achievement
- Anderlecht
- Champion of Belgium (2): 2009/10 , 2011/12
- Belgium Super Cup Winner (1): 2010
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
Links
- Player Profile (English) on Transfermarkt
- Profile on the site Soccerway (eng.)