Caio Ribeiro
Brazilian footballer and manager
Intro | Brazilian footballer and manager | |
Places | Brazil | |
is | Athlete Football player Association football player Journalist | |
Work field | Journalism Sports | |
Gender |
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Birth | 16 August 1975, São Paulo | |
Age | 49 years | |
Star sign | Leo |
Caio Ribeiro Decoussau (born 16 August 1975) is a Brazilian former professional footballer nicknamed Caio, who played in Brazil with São Paulo, Santos, Flamengo, Fluminense, Gremio and Botafogo, in Italy with Internazionale joining for a World Record fee of £6.6m for a teenager at the time and Napoli, and in Germany with Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, as well as with the Brazil national team.
He participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, winning the Golden Ball.
He holds dual Brazilian and Italian nationality.
Since January 2008, Caio works as a sportscaster for Brazilian network Rede Globo television.