Carlos Eduardo Ferrari, sometimes known as Cacá, (born 19 February 1979) is a former

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ian

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, but also holds Italian nationality.

Career

Great Britain

Cacá signed a short-term deal for

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club Rangers in October 2000, but never appeared for the first team. His Brazilian club,

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, then loaned him to English club

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for the 2001–02 season. He made four appearances in the First Division (second tier) in October and November 2001, all as a late substitute, but then faced a long-term foot injury and was released in March 2002.

Spain

Cacá signed for

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in February 2003. He played 16 games in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. In summer 2003, he signed for

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side

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, and then played for clubs in

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. In December 2006, he left for Greece and was presented to media on 1 January 2007 along with

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. He then played in Paraguay for

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and in Tunisia for Espérance before returning to Segunda División B with Universidad Las Palmas.

South China

He joined

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in January 2009, signed a half-season contract, and scored a

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on his league debut for the team on 8 February 2009 in 8–0 win against

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. He scored 13 goals in 17 appearances, including 7 goals in the

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group match and Round of 16. On 23 June 2009, after winning 4–0 against Singapore's side

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in the Round of 16 at AFC Cup 2009 knockout stage, Caca announced this was his last game for South China as he needed to return to his pregnant wife in Brazil. His AFC Cup goals gave him a rank of 78th in "The World's Top Goal Scorer 2009" by the

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Return to Brazil

In July 2009 he signed a contract until December for Olaria, which he finished as Campeonato Carioca Série B runner-up and promoted to the top division of Rio de Janeiro state. In January 2010 he signed a new contract for the club until the end of the 2010 Campeonato Carioca. Olaria finished third in Group A of the

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(name of the first half mini-league), and entered the play-offs " Troféu Moisés Mathias de Andrade", which decided the fifth to eighth places of the first half; eventually Olaria won, defeated América then Boavista in the final. But in

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, the second half of the state league season Olaria just finished seventh in Group A, failed to enter the play-offs. In May 2010, he signed a contract with

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until the end of

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 7 to November 27, 2010. The top four teams in the table, former Brazilian Série A champions Coritiba and Bahia alongside Fig ...

. He only played once in Série B but played 3 out of first 4 games in 2010

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United Arab Emirates

In August 2010 he left for

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Retirement and personal life

In early 2011 he retired from football and work for

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. He is a friend of Ronaldo and played for "Friends of Ronaldo" against "Friends of Zidane" twice, scoring goals in the matches against poverty in 2008 and 2012.

Career statistics

¹23 games and 6 goals in state league
²14 games and 7 goals in state league
³3 games in 2010

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caca Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Bangu Atlético Clube players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Rangers F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players UD Salamanca players Albacete Balompié players UD Las Palmas players Alicante CF footballers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Cerro Porteño players Universidad de Las Palmas CF footballers South China AA players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players English Football League players La Liga players Hong Kong First Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Men's association football forwards Brazilian people of Italian descent Footballers from Paraná (state) Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong 1979 births Living people Ittihad Kalba FC players UAE First Division League players