Caiuby Francisco da Silva (born 14 July 1988), commonly known as Caiuby, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Regionalliga Bayern club

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Career

Caiuby was born in

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. His former clubs include

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and

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. On 29 August 2008, he joined VfL Wolfsburg from Brazilian club

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, signing a contract until 2013. On 20 July 2009, the

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club

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signed the 21-year-old striker on loan from VfL Wolfsburg for one year. He played his first game in a friendly match against

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. After his loan ended, he returned to VfL Wolfsburg, but failed to establish himself. In January 2011, he was loaned out again, this time to FC Ingolstadt 04. In February 2019, he joined

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on loan from

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until the end of the season. He returned to FC Ingolstadt 04 in January 2021. He left the club in June 2021. During the 2022 winter transfer window, Caiuby joined

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, a Greek club who participates at the second tier of Greek Football,

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. Caiuby returned to Germany on 19 August 2022, signing with recently relegated Regionalliga Bayern club

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg *

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: 2008–09

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