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.
Club career
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 First Division season and gave an assist to Matt Derbyshire for the winning goal.[5]
On 31 January 2023, Kanu joined Diest in Belgium.[6]
Statistics
- As of 16 May 2016[7]
| 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
- ^ Brazilian Kanu to play for Anderlecht Anderlecht Online, 18 April 2008
- ^ Rubenilson do Santos da Rocha Kanu profile Footgoal
- ^ "Kanu transféré au Terek Grozny". R.S.C. Anderlecht. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Βραζιλιάνος Kanu". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Match Report: Νικηφόρο ξεκίνημα [Match Report: Winning start] (in Greek). Omonoianews.com. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "4DE INKOMENDE WINTERTRANSFER" (in Dutch). K.F.C. Diest. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Kanu at Soccerway
External links
- 10. Rubenilson Dos Santos da Rocha RSC Anderlecht
- Rubenilson Dos Santos da Rocha stats Voebalkrant.com
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