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Kazu (footballer, born 2000)

Kazu
Personal information
Full name Christian Kendji Wagatsuma Ferreira
Date of birth (2000-03-18) 18 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Maringá, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Gil Vicente
Number 88
Youth career
0000–2020 Coritiba
2019Grêmio (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Coritiba 2 (0)
2021North Texas SC (loan) 27 (6)
2022Paraná (loan) 8 (0)
2022–2024 Oliveirense 35 (1)
2024– Gil Vicente 5 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Brazil U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:36, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Christian Kendji Wagatsuma Ferreira (born 18 March 2000), commonly known as Kazu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente.

Career

On 31 January 2024, Kazu left Liga Portugal 2 club Oliveirense and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente.[1]

Personal life

Kazu is of Japanese descent with his great grandparents hailing from Osaka.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 February 2020.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coritiba 2020 Série A 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Paranaense

References

  1. ^ "OFFICIAL: Kazu is a Gil Vicente reinforcement until 2026". CNN Portugal (in European Portuguese). 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet Kazu, North Texas SC's Goal-Scoring Japanese-Brazilian". FC Dallas. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ Kazu at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 January 2020.