Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha (born 23 September 1987), commonly known as Kanu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Juazeirense.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha | ||
Date of birth | (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 34) | ||
Place of birth | Salvador, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Juazeirense | ||
Number | 10 | ||
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 | KV Kortrijk | 16 | (1) |
2019 | Al-Raed | 13 | (1) |
2020 | Xylotymbou | 16 | (4) |
2019 | Juazeirense | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2018 |
Before signing at Anderlecht, Kanu was on trial with FC Groningen.[1] On 13 December 2008, he was loaned out to Cercle Brugge and on 30 June 2009 returned to Anderlecht.[2]
In February 2014, Kanu agree to switch to Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny.[3]
On 23 June 2017, Kanu signed a deal with the Cypriot First Division club Omonia Nicosia.[4] 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.[5]
Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 |
Kanu chose his football name as a reference to Nwankwo Kanu.[citation needed]
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