Caio Ribeiro

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ribeiro and the second or paternal family name is Decousseau.
Caio Ribeiro
Personal information
Full name Caio Ribeiro Decousseau[1]
Date of birth (1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 São Paulo 31 (14)
1995–1996 Inter Milan 6 (0)
1996–1997 Napoli 20 (0)
1997 Santos 25 (6)
1998–1999 Flamengo 30 (3)
2000–2001 Santos 11 (0)
2001–2002 Fluminense 13 (1)
2002 Flamengo 7 (0)
2003 Grêmio 27 (4)
2003–2004 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 15 (1)
2004–2005 Botafogo 42 (10)
Total 227 (39)
International career
1995 Brazil U20
1996 Brazil 4 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Caio Ribeiro Decoussau (born 16 August 1975) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Caio Ribeiro played for São Paulo, Inter Milan, Napoli, Santos, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Botafogo.[1] When he moved from São Paulo to Inter Milan in 1995 at the age of 19, it was a record transfer for a teenager at £6.6 million.[2]

International career

Caio Ribeiro participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship,[3] winning the Golden Ball award.[4]

Caio Ribeiro scored 3 goals in 4 games for the Brazil senior team in 1996.[1]

Later career

After retiring from football Caio Ribeiro studied sports management, and became a commentator for Rede Globo in 2007.[5] Alongside his Globo coworker Gustavo Villani, they are the official Brazilian Portuguese commentators of FIFA series (now EA Sports FC) since FIFA 21.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Caio Ribeiro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ "From World Cup winners to prison: Football's costliest teenagers". BBC Sport. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "World Youth Cup (U-20) 1995 (Qatar)". RSSSF.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Caio Ribeiro - Que fim levou?". Terceiro Tempo.
  6. ^ "FIFA 23 Commentators: EVERY voice you can expect to hear in this year's game". realsport101.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.