Caio Lucas

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Caio Lucas

Caio Lucas Fernandes (born 19 April 1994), known as Caio Lucas or just Caio [ˈkajju], is an Emirati-Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Emirati Club Sharjah.

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Caio Lucas
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Caio Lucas playing for Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name Caio Lucas Fernandes[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Sharjah
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2005 América-SP
2005–2009 São Paulo
2009–2011 América-SP
2011–2013 Chiba Kokusai High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Kashima Antlers 78 (23)
2016–2019 Al Ain 62 (23)
2019–2021 Benfica 4 (1)
2020–2021Sharjah (loan) 27 (8)
2021– Sharjah 69 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024
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Born in Brazil, Luanzinho acquired Emirati citizenship in 2024.

Career

Born in Araçatuba, São Paulo,[3] Caio Lucas started playing football in 2002, aged 8, at local clubs SMER Bosque Araçatuba and América-SP. He then played for São Paulo's youth teams from 2005 to 2009 but could not become professional, so he left the club and unsuccessfully tried to join rivals Santos and Palmeiras before returning to América. In 2011, when he was prepared to give up on football, he was discovered by a Japanese university that was playing in Birigui, Brazil.[4] Almost aged 17, he moved to Japan that year to enroll in Chiba Kokusai High School in Kimitsu, where he played for three years.[3][5]

After his graduation, Caio Lucas joined the J1 League club, the Kashima Antlers in 2014. In his first professional season, under the coaching of Toninho Cerezo, Caio scored eight goals as Kashima Antlers qualified for the AFC Champions League. Moreover, he was named J. League's Young Player of the Year in 2014 and won the 2016 J1 League and 2015 J.League Cup.[6] In 2019, following a three-year spell with Emirati club Al Ain, with whom he reached the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Caio signed a four-year contract with Portuguese club Benfica.[7][8]

On 23 January 2020, Sharjah signed Caio Lucas from Benfica on loan for 18 months.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 October 2024[10]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kashima Antlers 2014 J1 League 3081160379
2015 321000426[c]04212
2016 1650051216
Total 7823111536010027
Al Ain 2016–17 UPL 2412205114[d]54518
2017–18 19533549[e]13613
2018–19 22711673[c]05[f]23717
Total 65246416122665211851
Benfica 2019–20 Primeira Liga 4120203[g]000111
Sharjah 2019–20 UPL 6221006[c]2135
2020–21 21631205[c]1318
2021–22 201453417[c]2103720
2022–23 2294241102912
2023–24 221121208[c]2103514
2024–25 5511123100109
Total 964717913527103015868
Career total 2439526144619641482387147
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  1. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. Six appearances and two goals in 2016 AFC Champions League, Eight appearances and three goals in 2017 AFC Champions League
  3. Two appearances in 2017 AFC Champions League, Seven appearances and one goal in 2018 AFC Champions League
  4. One appearance and one goal in UAE Super Cup, four appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Kashima Antlers

Al Ain

Sharjah

Individual

References

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