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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Kendji Wagatsuma Ferreira | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 2000 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –2020 | Coritiba | ||
| 2019 | → Grêmio (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Coritiba | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | → North Texas SC (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 2022 | → Paraná (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Oliveirense | 35 | (1) |
| 2024– | Gil Vicente | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:10, 2 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:36, 24 February 2020 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
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 edit
Kazu is of Japanese descent with his great grandparents hailing from Osaka.[2]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 24 February 2020.[3]
| 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
- ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Paranaense
References edit
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Kazu is a Gil Vicente reinforcement until 2026". CNN Portugal (in European Portuguese). 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Meet Kazu, North Texas SC's Goal-Scoring Japanese-Brazilian". FC Dallas. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ Kazu at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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