Cássio Roberto Ramos (born 6 June 1987), simply known as Cássio, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Cruzeiro. Cássio began his career at the academy of Grêmio in his home state of

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and was quickly promoted to the club's first team. He then spent some time in the Netherlands for PSV, where he won two trophies, and

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, before joining

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in 2012. Until his departure for Cruzeiro in May 2024, Cássio has made over 700 appearances for Corinthians and won two Brasileirão titles, four

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titles, a

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, a

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and a

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, where the ''Timão'' beat Chelsea in the

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. Cássio himself was named man of the match and also awarded the tournament's Golden Ball. Since 2019, he is Corinthians' most decorated player in their history. Cássio was a Brazilian international from 2007 to 2019 and played at two major tournaments, the

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and the

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, which Brazil won.

Club career

Grêmio

Born in

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, Cássio was a Grêmio youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 12 February 2006, in a 2–1

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home win over Santa Cruz-RS. Cássio made his debut in the Brasileirão on 26 October 2006, replacing the injured

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in a 2–1 away win over

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. He spent the remainder of his time at Grêmio as the club's third-choice goalkeeper behind

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and Galatto, who were also youth graduates.

PSV Eindhoven

He started his first game for PSV in January 2009. Soon after, the 21-year-old former Brazilian U-20 national squad goalkeeper moved to

until the end of the season. In the 2011–12 season he played at the second team. On 28 September 2011 his contract was terminated by mutual consent and Cássio returned to Brazil.

Corinthians

In the end of 2011, after terminating his contract with PSV Eindhoven, Cássio signed with Corinthians. On 27 April 2012, he was made Corinthians' first-choice goalkeeper, replacing Júlio César, the former number one goalkeeper at the club. He made his debut in the Libertadores 2012 on 2 May 2012, in a game against Emelec in the round-of-16. The result was a goalless draw and Cássio was elected Man of the Match following a great display. He went on to make 7 more appearances for Corinthians in the competition, helping the team become champions, including a miraculous save against Vasco da Gama in the second-leg of the quarter-finals. On 16 December 2012, Cássio helped Corinthians beat Chelsea by the score of 1–0 in the FIFA Club World Cup. He was later rewarded the golden ball for the tournament due to his brilliant performances during the competition. In May 17, 2024, Cássio came out and said he will sadly leave Corinthians, ending a 12-year-old career with the São Paulo club.

International career

He has been capped at Under-20 level for Brazil and played for the

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in Canada. The first call came in 2007 by

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for two friendly matches against

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and

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. He was 19 years old and was called up due to Helton's injury; and also because Dunga was calling some players under the Olympic age to prepare for the

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. Eventually, he did make it to the preliminary squad for Beijing, but lost out on a place in the final list to Renan and Diego Alves. In August 2012, Cássio was called up by

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for two friendlies against

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and

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. He was called up by

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coach

in 2015 for two games of

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and was called up again three times by Tite in the second semester of 2017 for four consecutive games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and two friendlies. He was given his first cap on 10 November 2017, coming in as a substitute for

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for the second half of the friendly against

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. His participation was minimal due to Japan's limited attempts on goal, but he ended up conceding two goals from

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and Sugimoto, though the latter's was nullified. In May 2018, he was named in the final 23-man squad for the

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. He also was part of the

's winning squad.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

PSV *

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: 2007–08 *

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Corinthians *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Brazil *

2007 South American U-20 Championship The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the ...

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Individual *FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2012 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

* Best Goalkeeper in Brazil: 2015, 2017, 2022 *

Team of the Year:

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*Craque da Galera do Campeonato Paulista:

* Bola de Prata:

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*Best Goalkepper in

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Literature

* Celso Unzelte: "Cássio: a trajetória do maior goleiro da história do Corinthians", Universo dos Livros, São Paulo, 2019.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassio 1987 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazil men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Grêmio FBPA players PSV Eindhoven players Sparta Rotterdam players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Eredivisie players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players Copa América–winning players Copa Libertadores–winning players People from Veranópolis 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen