Kazu (footballer, born 2000)

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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Coritiba 2 (0)
2021North Texas SC (loan) 27 (6)
2022Paraná (loan) 8 (0)
2022–2024 Oliveirense 35 (1)
2024– Gil Vicente 3 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Brazil U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 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.

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueState leagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coritiba 2020 Série A 001 [lower-alpha 1] 000000010
Career total001000000010
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Campeonato Paranaense

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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.