Gabriel Kazu

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Gabriel Kazu
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Kazu Rossato Yanagu
Date of birth (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 24)
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)
2020Paraná (loan) 14 (0)
2021Luverdense (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2022Avaí (loan) 4 (0)
International career
2017 Brazil U20 3 (0)
*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)

Gabriel Kazu Rossato Yanagu (born 9 June 1999), commonly known as Kazu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tombense.

Early life

Kazu was born in

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

Flamengo

On 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

Kazu 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

Kazu was called up to the Brazil under-20 squad for the

Indonesia.[7]

Career statistics

Club

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
  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa do Brasil
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Copa Verde
  3. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Paranaense

References

  1. ^ "Como acidente de carro fez reforço do Flamengo nascer no Japão". ESPN.com. February 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Promessa da base do Luverdense acerta com o Flamengo". globoesporte.com. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. ^ Tombense reformula elenco e anuncia 26 nomes para temporada 2020, globoesporte.globo.com, 6 December 2019
  4. ^ Jogador revelado no Luverdense é emprestado ao Paraná para temporada 2020, sonoticias.com.br, 15 January 2020
  5. ^ Gabriel Kazu busca conquistar espaço e fazer história no Paraná Clube, paranaclube.com.br, 15 January 2020
  6. ^ "Seleção Sub-20 convocada para o Torneio de Toulon". Seleção Brasileira (in Portuguese). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Brazil 1-0 Indonesia". Toulon Tournament (in French). 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. ^ Gabriel Kazu at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.