Caio De Cenco (born 5 May 1989) is an

Italian Brazilian Italian Brazilians ( it, italo-brasiliani, pt, ítalo-brasileiros) are Brazilians of full or partial Italian descent. Italian Brazilians are the largest number of people with full or partial Italian ancestry outside Italy, with São Paulo being ...

professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club Ostia Mare.

Career

Boca

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Brazil, De Cenco started his Italian career at Emilia-Romagna club Boca San Lazzaro, in Italian Serie D, the fifth division (from 1978 to 2014; Serie C refound in 2014) and top division of amateur (non fully professional) football. He played 15 games in

2007–08 Serie D The 2007–08 Serie D was the sixty edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It was composed by 162 teams divided into nine divisions of 18 teams ...

, at age 18. He followed the club relegated to

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...

in 2008. In 2009 Boca demerged with San Lazzaro, and merged with Pietri Carpi and Vignola to form Boca Pietri Carpi, which De Cenco followed the demerger and merger to the new club. He scored 14 goals in

2009–10 Serie D The 2009–10 Serie D was the sixty-second edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 167 divided into six 18-team divisions, one 1 ...

. The club folded after relegation back to Eccellenza at the end of season.

Cesena

In August 2010 De Cenco was signed by Serie A club

A.C. Cesena A.C. Cesena, commonly referred to as Cesena (), was an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club spent most of its history in professional leagues such as Serie A and Serie B, but went bankrupt and folde ...

on a free transfer. He was farmed to A.C. Bellaria – Igea Marina in a co-ownership deal for €500 each, along with Alessio Petti. De Cenco spent 2

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

seasons with the Romagna-based club. In June 2012 Cesena bought back De Cenco also for €500, in 3-year contract, re-joining coach

Nicola Campedelli Nicola Campedelli (born 7 February 1979) is an Italian football coach and former player who is a youth coach at Cesena. Playing career A midfielder, Campedelli played with Cesena from 1997 to 2000. In 2007, when at Cesena, he suffered a Lisfr ...

, teammates Daniele Fioretti,

Daniele Forte Daniele Antonio Forte (born 7 September 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club Avezzano. Career Born in Foggia, Apulia, Forte started his career at hometown club U.S. Foggia, which he was a player ...

and Marco Mariani. Despite Cesena relegated back to Serie B, De Cenco did not include in the pre-season camp of the Romagna-based side. On 6 July 2012 he was signed by Emilian club Reggiana. On 15 January 2013 De Cenco left for Lombard club

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

. De Cenco scored nil in the first half of the season in

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

and 5 goals in the second half in Serie C2 respectively. In June 2013 De Cenco was sold to

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

of Serie C1.

Pavia

De Cenco was signed by another Lombard club

in June 2013 in co-ownership deal for €350,000, as part of the deal that Cesena signed Matteo Zanini for €400,000. He scored 4 goals in the first half of 2013–14 Serie C1 season. On 31 January 2014 De Cenco returned to Monza in temporary deal. Monza finished as the fourth of Group A of 2013–14 Serie C2 season, which qualified to 2014–15 Serie C, while Pavia finished as the least of Group A of 2013–14 Serie C1, however also qualified to Serie C. On 1 September 2014 he was swapped with Samuele Sereni of

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

. On 26 January 2015 De Cenco left for

Pontedera Pontedera (; la, Pons Herae) is an italian comune with a population of 29.270 inhabitants, located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Central Italy, central Italy. The town is located 20 km (12 miles) from Pisa and 50 km (31 miles) from Florenc ...

. In June 2015 Cesena gave up the remain 50% registration rights of De Cenco to Pavia, as well as Pavia gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Fabio Reato to Cesena. In summer 2015 De Cenco was signed by

Pordenone Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'. ...

. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 August, in a friendly match.

Trapani

On 22 July 2016 he was re-signed by

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...

, after a loan in the second half of 2015–16 season.

Padova

On 8 January 2017 De Cenco was signed by

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

in a -year contract.

Pontedera

On 29 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

Feralpisalò

On 1 September 2020 he moved to Feralpisalò on a 2-year contract.

Loan to Carpi

On 14 January 2021 he joined

Carpi Carpi may refer to: Places * Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, a large town in the province of Modena, central Italy * Carpi (Africa), a city and former diocese of Roman Africa, now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric People * Carpi (people), an ancie ...

on loan.

Mantova

On 25 August 2021, after his contract with Feralpisalò expired, De Cenco joined to

Mantova 1911 Mantova 1911 Società a Responsabilità Limitata (Mantova 1911 s.r.l.), commonly referred to as Mantova, is an Italian football club based in Mantua ( it, Mantova), Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005 ...

Ostia Mare

On 3 August 2022, De Cenco moved to Ostia Mare in

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
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