António Eduardo Pereira dos Santos

Kanu
Personal information
Full nameAntónio Eduardo Pereira dos Santos
Date of birth3 May 1984
Place of birthSalvador, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionCentral defender
Club information
Current team
Vitória Guimarães
Youth career
2003Cabofriense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004Cabofriense(–)
2005Alecrim(–)
2005Teotônio(–)
2006Estrela do Norte(–)
2007Ituano3(0)
2008Águia Negra(–)
2008–2011Beira-Mar71(6)
2011–2014Standard Liège88(4)
2014–Vitória Guimarães0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2013, 10:49 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

António Eduardo Pereira dos Santos (born 3 May 1984), commonly known as Kanu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Vitória de Guimarães in the Primeira Liga, as a central defender.

Career

Kanu joined Beira-Mar in the summer of 2008 from Águia Negra. His time with Auri-negros say him feature regularly in a side which in the 2009–10 season claimed the Segunda Liga, thus gaining promotion to the Portuguese top flight.[1][2] Kanu scored the goal which sealed promotion to the top flight against Carregado.[3]

In January 2011, Kanu would leave Beira-Mar for Belgian side Standard Liège on an undisclosed fee.[4] In the summer of 2013, he attracted interest from Anderlecht and Sporting CP, but decided to stay with Standard Liège.[5][6]

After his release from Liège in the summer of 2014, Kanu signed for Primeira Liga side Vitória de Guimarães.[7]

Honours

Club

Beira-Mar

Individual

References

  1. "Beira-Mar campeão da Honra" [Beira-Mar champion of the honour] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. "Liga Vitalis 2009/2010" [League Vitalis 2009/2010] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. "Beira-Mar-Carregado, 1-0: Festa aveirense com golo de Kanu" [Beira-Mar-Carregado, 1-0: Aveirense party with a Kanu goal] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. "Beira Mar: Kanu a caminho do Standard de Liège" [Beira Mar: Kanu on his way to Standard de Liège] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  5. "Kanu aguarda luz verde para rumar a Alvalade" [Kanu awaits green light to go to Alvalade] (in Portuguese). Record. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  6. "Anderlecht está a seguir Kanu" [Anderlecht is being followed by Kanu] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  7. "Kanu será reforço dos minhotos" [Kanu is going to be a reinforcement for the minhotos] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. "Kanu eleito jogador do ano » 2010" [Kanu voted player of the year » 2010] (in Portuguese). MaisBeiraMar. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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