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Kanu

Kanu

Attack - Centre-Forward  at KVV Zelzate
Age38
CitizenshipBrazil Belgium
Height1.90 m
Footleft
BornSeptember 23, 1987
at KVV Zelzate 479 days · joined 2025-01-31
👕200+ Apps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 24/25 6.3 Solid
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
08/09
debut season
0.12
goals / match
RSC Anderlecht
top club · 123 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#1196
goals rank
#2734
assists rank
47
season goals
40
season assists

Among 3,489 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€2.50m
peak value · 2012
€3.00m
top transfer fee · 12/13
7
best season · 24/25
1 · 2.1%
pens / of goals
381Appearances
47Goals
40Assists
54Yellow cards
2Red cards
101Full matches (90′)
Full nameKanu
Name in home countryRubenilson dos Santos da Rocha
Date of birth1987-09-23 (38 yrs)
Place of birthBarueri, São Paulo, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil Belgium
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height190.00 m
Current clubKVV Zelzate
Joined2025-01-31
Contract expires2026-06-30
Jan 2025
Transfer: KS Besa → Zelzate
24/25 · Transfer
Aug 2024
Transfer: Zelzate → KS Besa
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — KVV Zelzate, KS Besa
33 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2024
Transfer: Rupel Boom → Zelzate
23/24 · Transfer
Aug 2023
Transfer: KFC Diest → Rupel Boom
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — KVV Zelzate, FC Rupel Boom
27 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2023
Transfer: Without Club → KFC Diest
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — KFC Diest (-2025)
10 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2022
Transfer: Rupel Boom → Without Club
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2021
Transfer: Juazeirense-BA → Rupel Boom
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — SD Juazeirense (BA)
9 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC Rupel Boom
26 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2021
Transfer: PO Xylotymbou → Juazeirense-BA
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
Transfer: Without Club → PO Xylotymbou
20/21 · Transfer
Sep 2019
Transfer: Al-Raed → Without Club
19/20 · Transfer
Jan 2019
Transfer: KV Kortrijk → Al-Raed
18/19 · Transfer · €300k
Jul 2018
Transfer: Omonia Nicosia → KV Kortrijk
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — KV Kortrijk, Al-Raed SFC
32 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Omonia Nicosia
22 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Without Club → Omonia Nicosia
17/18 · Transfer
Feb 2017
Transfer: Buriram Utd. → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
Transfer: Terek Grozny → Buriram Utd.
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Terek Grozny, Buriram United
8 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Terek Grozny, Terek Grozny II
20 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Terek Grozny, Terek Grozny II
29 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2013
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Feb 2013
Transfer: RSC Anderlecht → Terek Grozny
12/13 · Transfer · €3.00m
Jul 2012
12/13 — RSC Anderlecht, Terek Grozny
38 matches · 6 G · 9 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — RSC Anderlecht
21 matches · 5 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — RSC Anderlecht
36 matches · 5 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — RSC Anderlecht
31 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jun 2009
Transfer: Cercle Brugge → RSC Anderlecht
08/09 · Return from loan
Feb 2009
Transfer: RSC Anderlecht → Cercle Brugge
08/09 · Loan
Jan 2009
Transfer: Barueri → RSC Anderlecht
08/09 · Transfer · €500k
Dec 2008
Transfer: RSC Anderlecht → Barueri
08/09 · Return from loan
Aug 2008
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2008
08/09 — RSC Anderlecht, Cercle Brugge
21 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2008
2008 — Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda., CA Juventus (SP)
14 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: Barueri → RSC Anderlecht
08/09 · Loan
May 2008
Transfer: Juventus-SP → Barueri
07/08 · Return from loan
Feb 2008
Transfer: Barueri → Juventus-SP
07/08 · Loan
Jul 2007
2007 — Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda.
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1196 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals7 total · 0.55/90
52
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A7 total · 0.55/90
35
Yellow cards7 total · 0.55/90
29
9,085 min
Minutes played by club
KS Besa 4.8%
KVV Zelzate 10.9%
FC Rupel Boom 17.7%
KFC Diest (-2025) 1.8%
SD Juazeirense (BA) 0.7%
CA Juventus (SP) 4.8%
Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda. 0.0%
KV Kortrijk 6.6%
Al-Raed SFC 10.3%
Omonia Nicosia 0.0%
Terek Grozny 17.0%
Buriram United 0.0%
Terek Grozny II 0.0%
RSC Anderlecht 25.4%
Cercle Brugge 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
KS Besa 1 24/25 24/25 21 6 0 439
KVV Zelzate 2 23/24 24/25 25 5 3 991
FC Rupel Boom 2 21/22 23/24 40 4 0 1,604
KFC Diest (-2025) 1 22/23 22/23 10 5 0 159
SD Juazeirense (BA) 1 2021 2021 9 2 0 62
CA Juventus (SP) 1 2008 2008 11 4 0 435
Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda. 2 2007 2008 7 0 0 0
KV Kortrijk 1 18/19 18/19 18 1 0 599
Al-Raed SFC 1 18/19 18/19 14 1 1 938
Omonia Nicosia 1 17/18 17/18 22 0 4 0
Terek Grozny 4 12/13 15/16 60 3 6 1,547
Buriram United 1 15/16 15/16 1 0 0 0
Terek Grozny II 2 13/14 14/15 2 0 0 0
RSC Anderlecht 5 08/09 12/13 123 16 22 2,311
Cercle Brugge 1 08/09 08/09 18 0 4 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

4€625K8€1.3M11€1.9M15€2.5M08/09 — 5 assists508/0909/10 — 1 goals (RSC Anderlecht)09/10 — 4 assists509/1010/11 — 5 goals (RSC Anderlecht)10/11 — 5 assists1010/1111/12 — 5 goals (RSC Anderlecht)11/12 — 3 assists811/1212/13 — 6 goals (RSC Anderlecht)12/13 — 9 assists1512/1313/14 — 1 goals (Terek Grozny)13/14 — 4 assists513/1414/1515/16 — 1 goals (Terek Grozny)15/16 — 2 assists315/1617/18 — 4 assists417/1818/19 — 2 goals (Al-Raed SFC)18/19 — 1 assists318/192008 — 4 goals (CA Juventus (SP))420082021 — 2 goals (SD Juazeirense (BA))2202121/22 — 2 goals (FC Rupel Boom)221/2222/23 — 5 goals (KFC Diest (-2025))522/2323/24 — 6 goals (FC Rupel Boom)23/24 — 3 assists923/2424/25 — 7 goals (KVV Zelzate)724/2508/09 — €400K09/10 — €900K10/11 — €1.8M11/12 — €1.5M12/13 — €2.5M13/14 — €2.5M14/15 — €2.3M15/16 — €1.5M17/18 — €600K18/19 — €600K24/25 — €10KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

08/09: 0008/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 5510/1111/12: 5511/1212/13: 6612/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1617/18: 0017/1818/19: 2218/192007: 0020072008: 4420082021: 22202121/22: 2221/2222/23: 5522/2323/24: 6623/2424/25: 7724/25

Assists by season

08/09: 5508/0909/10: 4409/1010/11: 5510/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 9912/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 2215/1617/18: 4417/1818/19: 1118/192007: 0020072008: 0020082021: 00202121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 0024/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 2 NAT PO Promotie KVV Zelzate 3 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 2de Nat. VV A KVV Zelzate 9 1 0 5 0 708
24/25 Kategoria e Parë KS Besa 19 5 0 2 0 274
24/25 Kupa e Shqipërisë KS Besa 2 1 0 0 0 165
23/24 2de Nat. VV A KVV Zelzate 13 4 3 2 0 283
23/24 2de Nat. VV B FC Rupel Boom 13 2 0 3 1 510
23/24 Croky Cup FC Rupel Boom 1 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 3de Nationale VV B KFC Diest (-2025) 10 5 0 2 1 159
21/22 1ste Nationale FC Rupel Boom 25 2 0 10 0 1,094
21/22 Croky Cup FC Rupel Boom 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Campeonato Baiano SD Juazeirense (BA) 5 0 0 1 0 0
2021 Copa do Brasil SD Juazeirense (BA) 3 2 0 1 0 62
2021 Série D SD Juazeirense (BA) 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Campeonato Paulista Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda. 3 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Campeonato Paulista CA Juventus (SP) 8 2 0 1 0 331
2008 Copa do Brasil CA Juventus (SP) 3 2 0 0 0 104
2007 Campeonato Paulista Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda. 4 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Croky Cup KV Kortrijk 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 JPL KV Kortrijk 16 1 0 1 0 599
18/19 King's Cup Al-Raed SFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Saudi Pro League Al-Raed SFC 13 1 1 2 0 938
17/18 Champions Round Omonia Nicosia 7 0 2 1 0 0
17/18 Protathlima Cyta Omonia Nicosia 15 0 2 2 0 0
15/16 Premier Liga Terek Grozny 5 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Russian Cup Terek Grozny 2 1 2 0 0 184
15/16 Thai FA Cup Buriram United 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premier Liga Terek Grozny 18 0 0 3 0 0
14/15 Russian Cup Terek Grozny 1 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) Terek Grozny II 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premier Liga Terek Grozny 25 1 2 3 0 1,052
13/14 Russian Cup Terek Grozny 3 0 2 1 0 0
13/14 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) Terek Grozny II 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Champions League RSC Anderlecht 4 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Champions League Qu. RSC Anderlecht 3 1 2 0 0 242
12/13 Cofidis Cup RSC Anderlecht 3 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 JPL RSC Anderlecht 21 4 6 3 0 331
12/13 Premier Liga Terek Grozny 6 1 0 1 0 311
12/13 Pro L. Supercup RSC Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 Cofidis Cup RSC Anderlecht 2 1 0 0 0 123
11/12 Europa League RSC Anderlecht 2 0 2 1 0 0
11/12 Europa League Qualifying RSC Anderlecht 2 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 JPL RSC Anderlecht 6 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 JPL Play-Offs I RSC Anderlecht 9 4 0 0 0 141
10/11 Champions League Qu. RSC Anderlecht 2 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Cofidis Cup RSC Anderlecht 2 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 Europa League RSC Anderlecht 5 1 0 1 0 345
10/11 JPL RSC Anderlecht 21 4 3 2 0 327
10/11 JPL Play-Offs I RSC Anderlecht 6 0 1 1 0 0
09/10 Champions League Qu. RSC Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Cofidis Cup RSC Anderlecht 3 0 1 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League RSC Anderlecht 6 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 JPL RSC Anderlecht 18 1 3 0 0 802
09/10 JPL Play-Offs I RSC Anderlecht 4 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Champions League Qu. RSC Anderlecht 2 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 Cofidis Cup Cercle Brugge 5 0 1 0 0 0
08/09 JPL Cercle Brugge 13 0 3 0 0 0
08/09 JPL RSC Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2008-02-01 Barueri Juventus-SP Loan 0
07/08 2008-05-01 Juventus-SP Barueri Return from loan 0
08/09 2008-07-01 Barueri RSC Anderlecht Loan 50000
08/09 2008-12-01 RSC Anderlecht Barueri Return from loan 400000
08/09 2009-01-01 Barueri RSC Anderlecht Transfer 400000 €500k
08/09 2009-02-01 RSC Anderlecht Cercle Brugge Loan 600000
08/09 2009-06-30 Cercle Brugge RSC Anderlecht Return from loan 750000
12/13 2013-02-20 RSC Anderlecht Terek Grozny Transfer 2500000 €3.00m
16/17 2016-07-01 Terek Grozny Buriram Utd. Transfer 700000
16/17 2017-02-07 Buriram Utd. Without Club Transfer 600000
17/18 2017-07-01 Without Club Omonia Nicosia Transfer 600000
18/19 2018-07-13 Omonia Nicosia KV Kortrijk Transfer 600000
18/19 2019-01-17 KV Kortrijk Al-Raed Transfer 600000 €300k
19/20 2019-09-01 Al-Raed Without Club Transfer 600000
20/21 2020-07-14 Without Club PO Xylotymbou Transfer 0
20/21 2021-03-31 PO Xylotymbou Juazeirense-BA Transfer 0
21/22 2021-07-29 Juazeirense-BA Rupel Boom Transfer 0
22/23 2022-07-01 Rupel Boom Without Club Transfer 0
22/23 2023-01-30 Without Club KFC Diest Transfer 0
23/24 2023-08-23 KFC Diest Rupel Boom Transfer 0
23/24 2024-01-05 Rupel Boom Zelzate Transfer 0
24/25 2024-08-19 Zelzate KS Besa Transfer 0
24/25 2025-01-31 KS Besa Zelzate Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
08/09 Knee problems 2008-08-27 2008-10-15 50 5
12/13 Muscle strain 2013-04-01 2013-04-21 21 3
Current
Peak€2.50m
Low
Δ since start−€50k
€625k€1.25m€1.88m€2.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €10k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Roland Juhász 2 2 0
Ondrej Mazuch 2 0 0
Romelu Lukaku 2 4 0
Maurício 1 0 0
Oleg Ivanov 1 1 0
Rizvan Utsiev 1 0 0
Maciej Rybus 1 1 0
Andrey Semenov 1 0 0
Fedor Kudryashov 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 3de Nationale VV B KFC Diest (-2025) 5 10
24/25 Kategoria e Parë KS Besa 5 19
12/13 JPL RSC Anderlecht 4 21

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
12/13 JPL RSC Anderlecht 6 21
08/09 JPL RSC Anderlecht 4 14
10/11 JPL RSC Anderlecht 3 21

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
08/09 2009-06-30 Cercle Brugge RSC Anderlecht Return from loan €750k
08/09 2009-02-01 RSC Anderlecht Cercle Brugge Loan €600k
08/09 2008-12-01 RSC Anderlecht Barueri Return from loan €400k
08/09 2008-07-01 Barueri RSC Anderlecht Loan €50k
07/08 2008-05-01 Juventus-SP Barueri Return from loan
07/08 2008-02-01 Barueri Juventus-SP Loan

Teams faced most often by Kanu's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Royal Antwerp FC 27 10 8 9 32 34 -2 37%
Club Brugge KV 25 3 7 15 25 48 -23 12%
KRC Genk 24 6 5 13 24 41 -17 25%
Cercle Brugge 20 12 5 3 38 17 +21 60%
KAA Gent 20 8 4 8 27 19 +8 40%
Sporting Charleroi 18 7 3 8 19 18 +1 39%
Sint-Truidense VV 18 8 5 5 25 18 +7 44%
Standard Liège 18 8 3 7 24 24 0 44%
KAS Eupen 14 5 4 5 14 17 -3 36%
KV Mechelen 12 5 3 4 21 23 -2 42%
Union Saint-Gilloise 12 1 3 8 6 21 -15 8%
Oud-Heverlee Leuven 12 2 6 4 13 16 -3 17%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
08/09 Senior debut season
09/10 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 33 1,147 7 0 0 0.55
23/24 27 793 6 0 1 0.79
22/23 10 159 2 0 1 1.7
21/22 26 1,094 10 0 0 0.82
2021 9 62 2 0 0 2.9
2008 14 435 1 0 0 0.21
18/19 32 1,537 3 0 0 0.18
17/18 22 0 3 1 0 0
14/15 20 0 4 0 0 0
13/14 29 1,052 4 0 0 0.34
12/13 38 884 4 0 0 0.41
11/12 21 264 1 0 0 0.34
10/11 36 672 5 0 0 0.67
09/10 31 802 1 0 0 0.11
08/09 21 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

JPL
96 apps
10 G
16 A
2de Nat. VV A
22 apps
5 G
3 A
Kategoria e Parë
19 apps
5 G
0 A
3de Nationale VV B
10 apps
5 G
0 A
JPL Play-Offs I
19 apps
4 G
1 A
Copa do Brasil
6 apps
4 G
0 A
Premier Liga
54 apps
2 G
2 A
2de Nat. VV B
13 apps
2 G
0 A
Campeonato Paulista
15 apps
2 G
0 A
1ste Nationale
25 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Kanu

Who is Kanu?

Kanu is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for KVV Zelzate.

How old is Kanu?

Kanu is 38 years old. He was born on September 23, 1987 in Barueri, São Paulo.

What position does Kanu play?

Kanu plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Kanu play for?

Kanu currently plays for KVV Zelzate.

How many career goals has Kanu scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Kanu has scored 47 goals in 381 appearances.