Caio Canedo
Caio Canedo Corrêa (Arabic: كايو كانيدو كوريا; born 9 August 1990), known as Caio Canedo or simply Caio, is a Brazilian-born Emirati professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder or a winger for Emirati club Al Wasl and the United Arab Emirates national team.[4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Caio Canedo Corrêa[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 August 1990||
Place of birth | Volta Redonda, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | attacking midfielder, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al Wasl | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Volta Redonda | ||
2008 | → São Paulo (loan) | ||
2009 | → Botafogo (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Volta Redonda | 8 | (1) |
2009 | → Botafogo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Botafogo | 101 | (15) |
2012 | → Figueirense (loan) | 26 | (9) |
2013–2015 | Internacional | 37 | (1) |
2014 | → Vitória (loan) | 18 | (5) |
2014–2015 | → Al Wasl (loan) | 22 | (16) |
2015–2019 | Al Wasl | 91 | (50) |
2019–2023 | Al Ain | 70 | (21) |
2023– | Al Wasl | 2 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | United Arab Emirates | 34 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 18 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:49, 17 October 2023 (UTC) |
Born in Brazil, Caio acquired Emirati citizenship in 2020 in order to represent their national team.
Club career
In January 2013, Caio joined Internacional.[4]
International career
East Timor
Caio received his East Timorese passport in 2015,[5] despite having no known means of eligibility such as a family connection or residency.[6] An inquiry held by the Prime Minister of East Timor in 2016 heard that Caio was one of seven Brazilian men's footballers to receive falsified baptism documents from East Timor's Catholic Church in order to make it appear he was eligible for East Timorese nationality.[7]
United Arab Emirates
In January 2020, Caio acquired Emirati citizenship which qualified him to play for United Arab Emirates national team to compete at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[8] Caio debuted in a friendly 3–2 win over Tajikistan on 12 November 2020.[9]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | State league | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Volta Redonda | 2009 | — | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
Botafogo (loan) | 2009 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Botafogo | 2010 | 35 | 1 | 17[lower-alpha 3] | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 56 | 8 | |||
2011 | 20 | 1 | 15[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 43 | 6 | |||
2012 | 0 | 0 | 14[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
Total | 55 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 117 | 16 | ||
Figueirense (loan) | 2012 | Série A | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 28 | 9 | |
Internacional | 2013 | 20 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||
2014 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
Vitória (loan) | 2014 | Série A | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
Al-Wasl (loan) | 2014–15 | UPL | 22 | 16 | — | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 29 | 19 | ||
Al-Wasl | 2015–16 | 23 | 9 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 29 | 14 | |||
2016–17 | 24 | 14 | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 32 | 16 | ||||
2017–18 | 19 | 14 | — | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 35 | 27 | |||
2018–19 | 25 | 13 | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7[lower-alpha 7] | 2 | 42 | 21 | |||
Total | 91 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 138 | 78 | ||
Al Ain | 2019–20 | UPL | 14 | 6 | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 29 | 13 | |
2020–21 | 20 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 21 | 7 | |||
2021–22 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |||
2022–23 | 21 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |||
Total | 70 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 32 | ||
Al-Wasl | 2023–24 | UPL | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | ||
Career total | 234 | 100 | 71 | 15 | 40 | 21 | 45 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 465 | 160 |
- Includes Copa do Brasil, UAE President's Cup
- Includes UAE League Cup
- Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho
- Appearances in AFC Champions League
- Two appearances one goal in Arab Club Champions Cup, five appearances one goal in AFC Champions League
International
- Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 November 2020 | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Bahrain | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
2 | 24 May 2021 | Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Jordan | 5–0 | 5–1 | |
3 | 7 June 2021 | Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Thailand | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 12 October 2021 | Iraq | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
5 | 30 November 2021 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar | Syria | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
6 | 27 January 2022 | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
7 | 7 June 2022 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar | Australia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | 12 September 2023 | Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia | Costa Rica | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
9 | 17 October 2023 | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Lebanon | 1–0 | 2–1 |
References
- "Caio Canedo". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: United Arab Emirates" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- "Caio Canedo". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- "Inter apresenta Vítor Júnior e Gilberto; Caio deve ser anunciado em breve" [Inter presents Vítor Júnior and Gilberto; Caio must be announced soon]. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- "'Al Wasl have to fight at the top': Caio Canedo talks Dubai club's ambitions". The National. 23 September 2015.
- Jack Kerr (October 2015). "Success Is No Longer Foreign to East Timor, but the Players Are - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Deskonfia Paroquia Balun Falsifika Dokumentu, Kontribui Instabilidade – STL Online". Suara-timor-lorosae.com. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Al Ain FC's Caio Canedo Correa gets UAE citizenship". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- Jose, James. "Saleh strikes in stoppage time as UAE edge past Tajikistan". Khaleej Times.
- Caio Canedo at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
External links
- Caio Canedo at ESPN FC
- Caio Canedo at FootballDatabase.eu
- Caio Canedo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Caio Canedo at Soccerway.com
- Caio Canedo at WorldFootball.net