Cauê Vinicius dos Santos (born 16 November 2002), known simply as Cauê, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a striker for Benfica B in the

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, on loan from Belgian club

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Club career

Born in

Novo Horizonte, São Paulo Novo Horizonte (Portuguese for "New Horizon") is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 41,414 (2020 est.) in an area of 932 km². Novo Horizonte is the center of a Microregion with 79,222 inhabitants. History In 1 ...

, Cauê started playing football in the local club Novorizontino. Cauê made his professional debut for Novorizontino on 21 March 2019 in the

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. He later signed for

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. He became part-time with the professional squad in September 2020. In January 2022, Cauê joined

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side

on a five-year deal. On 30 August 2023, Portuguese club Benfica announced that Cauê had joined their

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on a season-long loan from Lommel.

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* Living people 2002 births People from Novo Horizonte, São Paulo People from Ituverava Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo (state) Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Challenger Pro League players Liga Portugal 2 players Grêmio Novorizontino players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Lommel S.K. players S.L. Benfica B players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Brazil-footy-forward-2000s-stub