Kazu (footballer, born 2000)
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| 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 | Oțelul Galați | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Grêmio (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Coritiba | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → North Texas SC (loan) | 27 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Paraná (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Oliveirense | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Gil Vicente | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Oțelul Galați | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Brazil U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Christian Kendji Wagatsuma Ferreira (born 18 March 2000), commonly known as Kazu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club Oțelul Galați.
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]
In June 2025, the player moved to Oțelul Galați from Liga I, signing a two-year contract.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Kazu is of Japanese descent with his great grandparents hailing from Osaka.[3]
Honours
[edit]Brazil U17
References
[edit]- ^ "OFFICIAL: Kazu is a Gil Vicente reinforcement until 2026". CNN Portugal (in European Portuguese). 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Kazu, bine ai venit la Galați!" [Kazu, welcome to Galati!]. ascotelul.ro (in Romanian). 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Meet Kazu, North Texas SC's Goal-Scoring Japanese-Brazilian". FC Dallas. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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- Footballers from Maringá
- Brazilian men's footballers
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- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
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- North Texas SC players
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