Caio Canedo Corrêa (Arabic: كايو كانيدو كوريا; born 9 August 1990), known as Caio Canedo or simply Caio, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Emirati club Al Ain and the United Arab Emirates national team.[2]
![]() Caio with the United Arab Emirates in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Caio Canedo Corrêa[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Volta Redonda, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al Ain | ||
Number | 7 | ||
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– | Al Ain | 43 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
2020– | United Arab Emirates | 22 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 8 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:54, 7 June 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Brazil, Caio acquired Emirati citizenship in 2020 in order to represent their national team.
In January 2013, Caio joined Internacional.[2]
Caio received his East Timorese passport in 2015,[3] despite having no known means of eligibility such as a family connection or residency.[4] An inquiry held by the Prime Minister of East Timor in 2016 heard that Caio was one of seven Brazilian 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.[5]
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.[6] Caio debuted in a friendly 3–2 win over Tajikistan on 12 November 2020.[7]
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 | Série A | 35 | 1 | 17[lower-alpha 3] | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 56 | 8 | ||
2011 | Série A | 20 | 1 | 15[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 43 | 6 | ||
2012 | Série A | 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 | Série A | 20 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||
2014 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2015 | Série A | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | UAE Pro League | 22 | 16 | — | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 29 | 19 | ||
Al-Wasl | 2015–16 | UAE Pro League | 23 | 9 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 29 | 14 | ||
2016–17 | UAE Pro League | 24 | 14 | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 32 | 16 | |||
2017–18 | UAE Pro League | 19 | 14 | — | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 35 | 27 | ||
2018–19 | UAE Pro League | 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 | UAE Pro League | 14 | 6 | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 29 | 13 | |
2020–21 | UAE Pro League | 20 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 21 | 7 | ||
2021–22 | UAE Pro League | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
Total | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 22 | ||
Career total | 220 | 96 | 71 | 15 | 36 | 18 | 43 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 446 | 153 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 November 2020 | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
2 | 24 May 2021 | Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–1 | |
3 | 7 June 2021 | Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 12 October 2021 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
5 | 30 November 2021 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Botafogo
Internacional
Al Ain FC – current squad | |
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