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as a left-back.

Club career

Santos

Born in

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, Caju graduated from Santos's youth setup, and was promoted to the first-team in September 2014, profiting from the departure of Emerson Palmieri to

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and from

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's injury. He stands as the only player who graduated from ''Peixe'' Academy 100% owned by the club since 2010. On 21 September 2014 Caju made his first-team – and Série A – debut, starting in a 3-1 home win against

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. He overtook Mena and

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during the latter stages of the campaign, appearing in 11 matches. On 10 March 2015, after being linked to Udinese and

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, Caju renewed with ''Peixe'', signing until 2019. He spent the campaign as a backup to Zeca. In 2016, as the latter was representing the Brazil under-23s in the

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, Caju was made a starter by manager

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, earning plaudits for his performances. On 15 July 2017, Caju was loaned to French

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side

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for a fee of

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500,000, with an obligatory 4 million buyout clause after 15 matches. In September, however, after failing his medical, he returned to his parent club.

APOEL (loan)

On 22 May 2018, Cypriot side

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

announced an agreement in principle for the signing of Caju, signing a one-year loan deal with a buyout clause.

Braga

On 23 July 2019, Caju signed a four-year contract with

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side Braga.

International career

On 27 November 2014 Caju was called up to the Brazil under-20's, alongside Santos teammates

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and

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, for the

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. He made his debut for the side on 15 January 2015, starting in a 2–1 win against

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Career statistics

Honours

;Santos *

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* Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2014 *

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: 2013

References

External links

Santos FC profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caju 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Bahia Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Santos FC players Goiás Esporte Clube players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Primeira Liga players S.C. Braga players Aris Limassol FC players 2015 South American Youth Football Championship players Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Portugal