Cadú (footballer, born 1986)

Not to be confused with Cadú (footballer, born 1981).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Fiori and the second or paternal family name is Mendes.

Cadú
Cadú with Sheriff Tiraspol in 2014
Personal information
Full name Carlos Eduardo de Fiori Mendes
Date of birth (1986-08-31) 31 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Andradina, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Porto Alegre 0 (0)
2007–2009 Zeta 51 (15)
2009–2013 Red Star Belgrade 80 (21)
2013–2016 Sheriff Tiraspol 58 (11)
2016–2017 Akhaa Ahli Aley 13 (5)
2017–2019 Balzan 34 (5)
Total 236 (57)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Eduardo de Fiori Mendes (born 31 August 1986), commonly known as Cadú, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Early career

Born in Andradina, Brazil, Cadú started his senior career in his homeland by playing with Campinas Futebol Clube and Porto Alegre.[1] He left Brazil and moved to Montenegro in summer 2007 by joining Montenegrin First League side FK Zeta where he played the following two seasons.[2]

Red Star Belgrade

Cadú and Sávio had been teammates since 2007, first in Porto Alegre then in Zeta, when both were signed by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade in June 2009.[3] Cadú signed a four-year contract with Red Star, earning €200,000 per season.[4] Cadú played an important role in Red Star's matches during the qualification for the UEFA Europa League since he joined the team in 2009. His first goal for Red Star Belgrade in any UEFA league was scored against Dinamo Tbilisi in the second qualifying round of the Europa League.[5] In the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, he scored a goal against Slovan Bratislava.[6] In a Belgrade Derby match on 5 May 2012, Red Star won against its eternal rival Partizan by 1–0, with Cadú scoring the decisive 90th-minute goal from over 20 meters out.[7] By the end of his career at Red Star he was the most scoring foreign player, and also a foreign player with most appearances in Red Star Belgrade's history.

Sheriff Tiraspol

Cadú joined Sheriff Tiraspol on 17 June 2013, through a bosman move after his contract at Red Star wasn't renewed.[8] In the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, Cadú scored his first goal for Sheriff in a 5–0 win against FK Sutjeska Nikšić.[9] He played as a starting player throughout Sheriff's 2013-14 Europa League group stage campaign, and scored a goal against Tromsø in Tiraspol. On 21 March 2016, Cadú left Sheriff abruptly due to a family circumstance.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2016[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Star Belgrade 2009–10 SuperLiga 21 3 3 1 4 2 0 0 28 6
2010–11 26 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 32 6
2011–12 20 11 2 0 4 1 0 0 26 12
2012–13 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 2
Total 80 21 10 1 13 4 0 0 102 26
Sheriff Tiraspol 2013–14 Divizia Națională 23 7 3 0 11 2 1 0 13 13
2014–15 18 3 3 0 6 0 1 0 30 9
2015–16 18 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 21 5
Total 59 11 6 0 19 3 3 1 87 15
Career total 139 32 16 0 32 7 3 1 189 41

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Red Star

References

  1. ^ Profile in Zerozero (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Profile at fscg.co.me Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Serbian)
  3. ^ "Nova brazilska veza – Kadu i Savio" (in Serbian). crvenazvezdafk.com. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  4. ^ D. Nikolić (14 June 2013). "Blic Sport: Otišao Zvezdin stranac-rekorder: Kadu bez obeštećenja prešao u Šerif" (in Serbian). Archived from the original (via Wayback Machine) on 19 July 2013.
  5. ^ Crvena zvezda – Dinamo Tbilisi
  6. ^ Slovan Bratislava – Crvena zvezda
  7. ^ Kadu za pobedu Zvezde u 93. minutu at Večernje novosti, 5 May 2012 (in Serbian)
  8. ^ Mozzart Sport (Serbian): ZVANIČNO: Kadu postao šerif Archived 20 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine 17 June 2013
  9. ^ [1] Sportske: LŠ - "Petarda" kraj Bistrice, ispao Helsinki (in Serbian) 23 July 2013
  10. ^ [2] FC Sheriff: Brazilian midfielder Kadu left FC Sheriff. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016
  11. ^ "Cadú". Socerway. Retrieved 29 October 2015.