Antônio Eduardo Pereira dos Santos (born 3 May 1984), commonly known as Kanu, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Jacuipense.

Career

Kanu joined Beira-Mar in the summer of 2008 from Águia Negra. His time with ''Auri-negros'' saw him feature regularly in a side which in the 2009–10 season claimed the Segunda Liga, thus gaining promotion to the Portuguese top flight. Kanu scored the goal which sealed promotion to the top flight against

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. In January 2011, Kanu would leave Beira-Mar for Belgian side

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on an undisclosed fee. In the summer of 2013, he attracted interest from

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and

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, but decided to stay with

. After his release from Liège in the summer of 2014, Kanu signed for

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side

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. On 29 December 2015,

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team

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announced the signing of Kanu for two and a half years as he was brought in to help the team avoid relegation, however only three months later as the team had suffered relegation his contract was deemed to be too much of a burden for the second division and he was subsequently released. In his short period back in Belgium, Kanu appeared 7 times, scoring one goal against

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Honours

Club

;Beira-Mar * Segunda Liga: 2009–10 Standard Liège *

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;Vitória *

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: 2017

Individual

* Beira-Mar Player of the Year: 2010

References

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Ituano FC players ABC Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Beira-Mar players Kanu Kanu Vitória S.C. players Esporte Clube Vitória players Oeste Futebol Clube players Sociedade Desportiva Juazeirense players Esporte Clube Jacuipense players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Kanu Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Kanu Brazilian expatriate men's footballers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub