Kanú (footballer, born 1983)

Kanú
Personal information
Full name	Elias de Oliveira Rosa
Date of birth	8 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Boa Esperança, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2005	Cruzeiro
2005	→ Ipatinga (loan)
2005–2011	Marítimo B
2005–2011	Marítimo
2011–2012	Al-Ittihad Kalba
2012–2013	Al Khaleej
2013	Nacional-MG
2013–2015	Al-Tadamun
2015–2016	Al-Jahra
2016	Al-Muharraq
2016	Al-Arabi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elias de Oliveira Rosa (born 8 February 1983), known as Kanú, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Football career

Born in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Kanú started playing professionally with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, but only appeared in seven Série A games over the course of three seasons. In 2005, he was loaned to Série C club Ipatinga Esporte Clube.^[1]

Kanú moved to Portugal for 2005–06, joining C.S. Marítimo in the Primeira Liga.^[2] He made his debut in the competition on 18 September 2005, starting and playing 64 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against F.C. Penafiel. Precisely during that campaign, he scored a career-best eight goals (from 25 games) to help his team finish in tenth position.

On 22 July 2010, Kanú contributed with one goal to a 3–2 away win over Sporting Fingal F.C. for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League (6–4 on aggregate). He left the island of Madeira in late January of the following year, taking his game to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, this being interspersed with a brief spell back in his country with amateurs Nacional Esporte Clube (MG).^[3]

References

^ "Levir ainda quer mais três reforços" [Levir still wants three more additions] (in Portuguese). Nova Imprensa. 9 January 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ "Fazendeiro em Minas, Geraldão quer gerenciar futebol" [Farmer in Minas, Geraldão wants to manage football] (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro.org. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ "Nacional anuncia a contratação de Kanu" [Nacional announces the signing of Kanu] (in Portuguese). Super Esportes. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

External links

Kanú at Sambafoot (archived)
Kanú at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Kanú at Soccerway

[1] "Levir ainda quer mais três reforços" [Levir still wants three more additions] (in Portuguese). Nova Imprensa. 9 January 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[2] "Fazendeiro em Minas, Geraldão quer gerenciar futebol" [Farmer in Minas, Geraldão wants to manage football] (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro.org. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[3] "Nacional anuncia a contratação de Kanu" [Nacional announces the signing of Kanu] (in Portuguese). Super Esportes. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

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