Kanu (footballer, born 1984)
Brazilian footballer
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Antônio Eduardo Pereira dos Santos (born 3 May 1984), commonly known as Kanu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jacuipense.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antônio Eduardo Pereira dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Salvador, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jacuipense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003 | Cabofriense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | Cabofriense | ||
| 2005 | Alecrim | ||
| 2005 | Teotônio | ||
| 2006 | ABC | ||
| 2007 | Ituano | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Águia Negra | ||
| 2008–2011 | Beira-Mar | 71 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | Standard Liège | 88 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Vitória Guimarães | 5 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Vitória (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2016 | OH Leuven | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Vitória | 109 | (12) |
| 2019 | Oeste | 28 | (0) |
| 2020 | Juazeirense | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Jacuipense | 28 | (1) |
| 2021 | Sampaio Corrêa | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Jacuipense | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:03, 15 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career
Kanu joined Beira-Mar in the summer of 2008 from Águia Negra. His time with Auri-negros saw 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][citation needed] Kanu scored the goal which sealed promotion to the top flight against Carregado.[2]
In January 2011, Kanu would leave Beira-Mar for Belgian side Standard Liège on an undisclosed fee.[3] In the summer of 2013, he attracted interest from Anderlecht and Sporting CP, but decided to stay with Standard Liège.[4][5]
After his release from Liège in the summer of 2014, Kanu signed for Primeira Liga side Vitória de Guimarães.[6]
On 29 December 2015, Belgian Pro League team Oud-Heverlee Leuven announced the signing of Kanu for two and a half years as he was brought in to help the team avoid relegation,[7] however only three months later as the team had suffered relegation his contract was deemed to be too much of a burden for the second division and he was subsequently released.[8] In his short period back in Belgium, Kanu appeared seven times, scoring one goal against Lokeren.
