Kanú (footballer, born 1983)

Kanú

Personal information
Full name	Elias de Oliveira Rosa
Date of birth	(1983-02-08) 8 February 1983
Place of birth	Boa Esperança, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Cruzeiro	7	(0)
2005	→ Ipatinga (loan)
2005–2011	Marítimo B	7	(4)
2005–2011	Marítimo	82	(14)
2011–2012	Al-Ittihad Kalba	10	(6)
2012–2013	Al Khaleej
2013	Nacional-MG	7	(1)
2013–2015	Al-Tadamun
2015–2016	Al-Jahra
2016	Al-Muharraq	22	(10)
2016	Al-Arabi	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2016

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

Kanú moved to Portugal for 2005–06, joining C.S. Marítimo in the Primeira Liga. 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).

External links

• Kanú at Sambafoot (archived)
• Template:Zerozero
• Kanú at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Kanú at Soccerway