Caio Canedo
Caio with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Caio Canedo Corrêa[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990[2]
Place of birth Volta Redonda, Brazil[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Al Wasl
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2009 Volta Redonda
2008 → São Paulo (loan)
2009 → Botafogo (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Volta Redonda 8 (1)
2009 → Botafogo (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2012 Botafogo 101 (15)
2012 → Figueirense (loan) 26 (9)
2013–2015 Internacional 37 (1)
2014 → Vitória (loan) 18 (5)
2014–2015 → Al Wasl (loan) 22 (16)
2015–2019 Al Wasl 91 (50)
2019–2023 Al Ain 70 (21)
2023– Al Wasl 12 (4)
International career‡
2020– United Arab Emirates 37 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:52, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Caio Canedo Corrêa (Arabic: كايو كانيدو كوريا; born 9 August 1990), known as Caio Canedo or simply Caio, is a professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder or a winger for Emirati club Al Wasl. Born in Brazil, he represents the United Arab Emirates national team.[4]

Born in Brazil, Caio acquired Emirati citizenship in 2020 in order to represent their national team.

Club career

In January 2013, Caio joined Internacional.[4]

International career

East Timor

Caio received his East Timorese passport in 2015,[5] despite having no known means of eligibility such as a family connection or residency.[6] An inquiry held by the Prime Minister of East Timor in 2016 heard that Caio was one of seven Brazilian men's footballers to receive falsified baptism documents from East Timor's Catholic Church in order to make it appear he was eligible for East Timorese nationality.[7]

United Arab Emirates

In January 2020, Caio acquired Emirati citizenship which qualified him to play for United Arab Emirates national team to compete at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[8] Caio debuted in a friendly 3–2 win over Tajikistan on 12 November 2020.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 December 2023[10][1]
Club Season League State league National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Volta Redonda 2009 —8[lower-alpha 3]100——81
Botafogo (loan) 2009 Série A 000000——00
Botafogo 2010 35117[lower-alpha 3]740——568
2011 20115[lower-alpha 3]460—2[lower-alpha 4]1436
2012 0014[lower-alpha 3]240——182
Total 5524613140002111716
Figueirense (loan) 2012 Série A 2690000—2[lower-alpha 4]0289
Internacional 2013 20012[lower-alpha 5]152——373
2014 005[lower-alpha 5]000——50
2015 —————00
Total 200171520000423
Vitória (loan) 2014 Série A 1850010—00195
Al-Wasl (loan) 2014–15 UPL 2216—1063—2919
Al-Wasl 2015–16 239—2342—2914
2016–17 2414—2062—3216
2017–18 1914—45973[lower-alpha 6]13527
2018–19 2513—34727[lower-alpha 7]24221
Total 9150001112261310313878
Al Ain 2019–20 UPL 146—34636[lower-alpha 6]02913
2020–21 207—00001[lower-alpha 6]0217
2021–22 154—107200236
2022–23 214—322000266
Total 70210076135709932
Al-Wasl 2023–24 UPL 124—0031—155
Career total 243103711540214720214476163
  1. ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, UAE President's Cup
  2. ↑ Includes UAE League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  4. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. 1 2 Appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho
  6. 1 2 3 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  7. ↑ Two appearances one goal in Arab Club Champions Cup, five appearances one goal in AFC Champions League

International

Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 November 2020Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Bahrain1–01–3Friendly
224 May 2021Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jordan5–05–1
37 June 2021Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Thailand1–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
412 October 2021 Iraq1–02–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
530 November 2021Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar Syria1–02–12021 FIFA Arab Cup
627 January 2022Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
77 June 2022Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar Australia1–11–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
812 September 2023Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia Costa Rica2–04–1Friendly
917 October 2023Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Lebanon1–02–1

Honours

Botafogo

Internacional

Al Ain

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Caio Canedo". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: United Arab Emirates" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Caio Canedo". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Inter apresenta Vítor Júnior e Gilberto; Caio deve ser anunciado em breve" [Inter presents Vítor Júnior and Gilberto; Caio must be announced soon]. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "'Al Wasl have to fight at the top': Caio Canedo talks Dubai club's ambitions". The National. 23 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Jack Kerr (October 2015). "Success Is No Longer Foreign to East Timor, but the Players Are - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Deskonfia Paroquia Balun Falsifika Dokumentu, Kontribui Instabilidade – STL Online". Suara-timor-lorosae.com. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Al Ain FC's Caio Canedo Correa gets UAE citizenship". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Jose, James. "Saleh strikes in stoppage time as UAE edge past Tajikistan". Khaleej Times.
  10. ↑ Caio Canedo at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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