Alcides de Souza Faria Júnior, or simply Cidinho (born 28 January 1993) is a Brazilian

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. He was a member of Brazil national under-23 football team in

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on 2011.

Club career

Born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Cidinho started his youth football career in 2001 where he joined

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. He played in all age-levels in Botafogo until 2011. On 2011 he could play for Botafogo in

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

. He played 28 matches in Série A and scored 4 goals. Moreover, from 2013 to 2015 he played for Botafogo in

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and

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. In the international level, Cidinho also got a chance to play for Botafogo in

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in 2012 and

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in 2014. In 2017, he joined French club

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. He left Béziers in the summer 2019. At the end of December 2019, Cidinho signed with

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club, Air Force United, who was renamed

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for the 2020 season. However, after difficulties adapting, he left the club after three months and returned to France.Lembra dele? Hoje na França, Cidinho lembra Botafogo: ‘É minha vida’
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Brazil U20 and U23 national teams

On 2010 and from Botafogo U20 he could reach

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. He played 19 matches for the Brazil U20 national team and scored 3 goals from 2010 to 2012. On 2011 and after strong performance in

with

, he invited to Brazil national under-23 football team for competing in

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held in

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. In the competition, he played 2 matches for Brazil U23 national team against

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and

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Honours

Botafogo *

fourth place:

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, runners-up:

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1993 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Académica de Coimbra (football) players AS Béziers (2007) players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Championnat National players Ligue 2 players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub