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) |
| *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
Kazu 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.
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. 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. He was immediately loaned out to Paraná Clube for the 2020 season.
International career
Kazu was called up to the Brazil under-20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. He played 45 minutes before being replaced by Igor in a 1–0 win over Indonesia.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 5 July 2019.
| 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 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
- Notes