Pedro Ken
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Ken Morimoto Moreira | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Coritiba | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Coritiba | 74 | (2) |
2010–2015 | Cruzeiro | 40 | (0) |
2011 | → Avaí (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2012 | → Vitória (loan) | 30 | (5) |
2013–2014 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 85 | (4) |
2015 | → Coritiba (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2015 | → Vitória (loan) | 27 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Terek Grozny | 6 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Ceará | 74 | (4) |
2020 | Juventude | 9 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Operário Ferroviário | 41 | (2) |
International career | |||
2007 | Brazil U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2021 |
Pedro Ken Morimoto Moreira (born 20 March 1987), known as Pedro Ken, is a Brazilian footballer. He is of Japanese descent.
Career
Club
Pedro Ken was born in Curitiba, Paraná. In 2007, when Coritiba won the Série B, Pedro Ken, Keirrison 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 to sign for league rival Cruzeiro. He signed a five-year contract with the club.
On 1 June 2011 Pedro Ken joined Avaí 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 until the end of 2013 season.
In January 2016, Ken went on trial with FC Terek Grozny, 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
- Cruzeiro
- Ceará
- Campeonato Cearense: 2018
- 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
- Brazilian football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs