Stanley Guzorochi Kanu (born 17 January 1999) is a Nigerian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
winger for Czech club
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...
.
Professional career
Kanu is a youth product of Diamond Academy in Nigeria, before finishing his development in Portugal with
Portosantense. He began his senior career with
Caçadores das Taipas
The Caçadores (hunters) were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Units of ''Caçadores'' – with features somewhat different from the original ones – continued to exist in the P ...
in 2018, and followed that up with a stint with the amateur club GD Vilar de Perdizes. On 31 August 2020, he moved to the
Marítimo B team. He made his professional debut with the senior
Marítimo side as a late substitute in a 1–1 Primeira Liga tie with
Rio Ave
Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...
on 23 December 2022.
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1999 births
Footballers from Lagos
Living people
21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
Men's association football wingers
Nigerian men's footballers
Clube Caçadores das Taipas players
C.S. Marítimo players
FC Zlín players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Czech National Football League players
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic