Gabriel Kazu Rossato Yanagu (born 9 June 1999), commonly known as Kazu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tombense.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Kazu Rossato Yanagu | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Seki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tombense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Luverdense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Luverdense | 11 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | Tombense | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Paraná (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Luverdense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Avaí (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Brazil U20 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:54, 8 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:51, 5 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editKazu was born in Seki, Gifu Prefecture to a Japanese-Brazilian father and an Italian-Brazilian mother. His parents were injured in a car accident in 1998, and spent their life savings to pay the hospital bills. Kazu's father moved his family to his ancestral Japan to work as dekasegis to rebuild their life. Kazu was named after Japanese international footballer Kazuyoshi Miura.[1]
Career
editFlamengo
editOn 14 February 2018 Flamengo signed Kazu from Luverdense on a free transfer, although the two parts agreed that Luverdense would keep 30% of this economic rights.[2] In his first year at the club he was kept as a member of the under-20 team.
Tombense
editKazu left Flamengo at the end of 2019 where his contract expired and had already signed a pre-contract with Tombense in December 2019.[3] He was immediately loaned out to Paraná Clube for the 2020 season.[4][5]
International career
editKazu was called up to the Brazil under-20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[6] He played 45 minutes before being replaced by Igor in a 1–0 win over Indonesia.[7]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 5 July 2019.[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Luverdense | 2016 | Série B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flamengo | 2018 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tombense | 2020 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraná (loan) | 2020 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the Copa do Brasil
- ^ a b Appearances in the Copa Verde
- ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Paranaense
References
edit- ^ "Como acidente de carro fez reforço do Flamengo nascer no Japão". ESPN.com. 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Promessa da base do Luverdense acerta com o Flamengo". globoesporte.com. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ Tombense reformula elenco e anuncia 26 nomes para temporada 2020, globoesporte.globo.com, 6 December 2019
- ^ Jogador revelado no Luverdense é emprestado ao Paraná para temporada 2020, sonoticias.com.br, 15 January 2020
- ^ Gabriel Kazu busca conquistar espaço e fazer história no Paraná Clube, paranaclube.com.br, 15 January 2020
- ^ "Seleção Sub-20 convocada para o Torneio de Toulon". Seleção Brasileira (in Portuguese). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Brazil 1-0 Indonesia". Toulon Tournament (in French). 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Gabriel Kazu at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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