Pedro Ken Morimoto Moreira (born 20 March 1987), known as Pedro Ken, is a Brazilian
footballer
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. He is of
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
descent.
Career
Club
Pedro Ken was born in
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
,
Paraná. In 2007, when Coritiba won the
Série B, Pedro Ken,
Keirrison
Keirrison de Souza Carneiro (born 3 December 1988), nicknamed "K9", is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Londrina.
Club career Coritiba
Keirrison became a regular in Coritiba's main squad in 2007, he ...
and
Henrique were called ''Trio de Ouro'' (in English: ''Golden Trio'') because of their important role in the championship, young age and good prospects.
On 7 December 2009 Pedro Ken left
Coritiba
Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...
to sign for league rival
Cruzeiro. He signed a five-year contract with the club.
On 1 June 2011 Pedro Ken joined
Avaí
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Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 milli ...
on a season-long loan deal.
On 22 December 2012, on an exchange for
Nílton,
Cruzeiro loaned Ken for
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently compet ...
until the end of 2013 season.
In January 2016, Ken went on trial with
FC Terek Grozny
Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...
, going on to sign a 2.5-year contract with Terek on 3 February 2016.
He left the club in March 2017.
International
Pedro played once for the Olympic National Team in a commemorative match against
Brasileirão's best players. He did not score in that game.
Honours
;Coritiba
*
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B:
2007
*
Campeonato Paranaense: 2008
;Cruzeiro
*
Campeonato Mineiro:
2011
;Ceará
*
Campeonato Cearense
The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Format
The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change ev ...
: 2018
References
External links
*
1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Curitiba
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Brazilian footballers
Association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Avaí FC players
Esporte Clube Vitória players
CR Vasco da Gama players
Ceará Sporting Club players
Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players
Russian Premier League players
FC Akhmat Grozny players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Russia
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