Footballer, Born 1987 Kanu
Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha (born 23 September 1987), commonly known as Kanu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Zelzate.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Salvador, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zelzate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Grêmio Barueri | 4 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Juventus-SP (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Anderlecht | 79 | (12) |
| 2009 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Terek Grozny | 54 | (2) |
| 2016 | Buriram United | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Omonia | 22 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Kortrijk | 16 | (1) |
| 2019 | Al-Raed | 13 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Xylotymbou | 16 | (4) |
| 2021 | Juazeirense | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Rupel Boom | 25 | (2) |
| 2023 | Diest | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | Rupel Boom | 12 | (2) |
| 2024– | Zelzate | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023 | |||
Club career
Before signing at Anderlecht, Kanu was on trial with FC Groningen. On 13 December 2008, he was loaned out to Cercle Brugge and on 30 June 2009 returned to Anderlecht.
In February 2014, Kanu agree to switch to Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny.
On 23 June 2017, Kanu signed a deal with the Cypriot First Division club Omonia Nicosia. He made his debut on 10 September 2017 against Ethnikos Achna on the 2017-18 season's premier and gave an assist to Matt Derbyshire for the winning goal.
On 31 January 2023, Kanu joined Diest in Belgium.
Statistics
- As of 16 May 2016
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Terek Grozny | Russian Premier League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Total | Russia | 54 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 60 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 54 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 60 | 3 | ||||
Personal life
Kanu chose his football name as a reference to Nwankwo Kanu.[citation needed]
References
External links
- 10. Rubenilson Dos Santos da Rocha RSC Anderlecht
- Rubenilson Dos Santos da Rocha stats Voebalkrant.com
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