Caio Lucas
Brazilian footballer (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Caio Lucas Fernandes[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 April 1994||
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) |
2020–2021 | → Sharjah (loan) | 27 | (8) |
2021– | Sharjah | 69 | (39) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 |
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kashima Antlers | 2014 | J1 League | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 9 | ||
2015 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 42 | 12 | |||
2016 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 6 | ||||
Total | 78 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 100 | 27 | |||
Al Ain | 2016–17 | UPL | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14[d] | 5 | — | 45 | 18 | |
2017–18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9[e] | 1 | — | 36 | 13 | |||
2018–19 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3[c] | 0 | 5[f] | 2 | 37 | 17 | ||
Total | 65 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 118 | 51 | ||
Benfica | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Sharjah | 2019–20 | UPL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 2 | — | 13 | 5 | |
2020–21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | — | 31 | 8 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7[c] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 20 | ||
2022–23 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 29 | 12 | |||
2023–24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8[c] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 14 | ||
2024–25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | ||
Total | 96 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 68 | ||
Career total | 243 | 95 | 26 | 14 | 46 | 19 | 64 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 387 | 147 |
- Includes Emperor's Cup, UAE President's Cup, Taça de Portugal
- Includes J.League Cup, UAE League Cup, Taça da Liga
- Appearances in AFC Champions League
- Six appearances and two goals in 2016 AFC Champions League, Eight appearances and three goals in 2017 AFC Champions League
- Two appearances in 2017 AFC Champions League, Seven appearances and one goal in 2018 AFC Champions League
- One appearance and one goal in UAE Super Cup, four appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Kashima Antlers
Al Ain
- UAE Pro-League: 2017–18
- UAE President's Cup: 2017–18
- FIFA Club World Cup runner-up: 2018
Sharjah
Individual
References
External links
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