Caio Ribeiro
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Caio Ribeiro Decoussau | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| São Paulo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | São Paulo | 31 | (14) |
| 1995–1996 | Internazionale | 6 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Napoli | 20 | (0) |
| 1997 | Santos | 25 | (6) |
| 1998–1999 | Flamengo | 30 | (3) |
| 2000 | Santos | 11 | (0) |
| 2001 | Fluminense | 13 | (1) |
| 2002 | Flamengo | 7 | (0) |
| 2003 | Grêmio | 27 | (4) |
| 2004 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 15 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Botafogo | 42 | (10) |
| Total | 229 | (40) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (5) |
| 1996 | Brazil U23 | ||
| 1996 | Brazil | 4 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Caio Ribeiro Decoussau (born 16 August 1975) is a Brazilian former professional footballer, nicknamed Caio, who played as a forward in Brazil with São Paulo, Santos, Flamengo, Fluminense, Gremio and Botafogo, in Italy with Internazionale joining for a world record fee of £6.6m for a teenager at the time[1] and Napoli, and in Germany with Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, as well as with the Brazil national team.
He participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, winning the Golden Ball.
He holds dual Brazilian and Italian nationality.
Since January 2008, Caio works as a sportscaster for Brazilian network Rede Globo television.[2]
References
- ^ "From World Cup winners to prison: Football's costliest teenagers". BBC. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ Bastidores da Midia [dead link]
External links
- Template:TheFinalBall
- Caio Ribeiro Decoussau at Flapédia Template:Pt icon
- Caio at Sambafoot (archived)
- Caio Ribeiro Decoussau at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from São Paulo
- Brazilian people of French descent
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Brazil international footballers
- São Paulo FC players
- Inter Milan players
- S.S.C. Napoli players
- Santos Futebol Clube players
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo footballers
- Fluminense Football Club players
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Serie A players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards