Sociedade Esportiva Caeté, commonly referred to as Caeté, is a Brazilian professional club based in Bragança,

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founded on 27 February 2019. It competes in the

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, the top flight of the Pará state football league.

History

The idea of founding the club came from Rodrigo Barata, who held the post of director in

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino, commonly known as Bragantino, is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista ...

, but after disagreements with the management of the time, in 2018 gave the beginning with help from other former club leaders to found the second club in the city, this initially focused on the basic categories. To honor the first inhabitants of the region, the founders decided to adopt Caeté as the club's name, which refers to the indigenous people of the Caetés tribe. Still following this line, they chose the color red as a reference to their ancestors. The green refers to the name, which means strong forest or true forest in the Tupi language.

Stadium

Caeté play their home games at

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. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 11,000 people.

Rivalries

Caeté's biggest rival is

. The duel between the two clubs is called the ''Clássico da Farinha'' (Flour derby).

References

External links

Official page on Facebook

Caeté on Globo Esporte
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