| Intro | Brazilian footballer and manager |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Brazil |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 31 August 1986, Andradina, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Age: | 33 years |
| Star sign | Virgo |
Not to be confused with Ricardo Manuel Ferreira Sousa, also known as Cadú.
Carlos Eduardo de Fiori Mendes, commonly known as Cadú (born 31 August 1986), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli in the Lebanese Premier League. He is known for being the record-holder of most game appearances of any foreigner who has ever played for Red Star Belgrade.
Club career
Early career
Born in Andradina, Brazil, Cadú started his senior career in his homeland by playing with Campinas Futebol Clube and Porto Alegre. He left Brazil and moved to Montenegro in summer 2007 by joining Montenegrin First League side FK Zeta where he will play the following two seasons.
Red Star Belgrade
Cadú and Sávio have been teammates since 2007, first in Porto Alegre then in Zeta, and both were signed by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade in June 2009. He won with Red Star two Serbian Cups. Cadú has 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. 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. 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. He is the most scoring foreign player 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. 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. 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 March 21, 2016, Cadú left Sheriff abruptly due to a family circumstance.
Career statistics
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 2010–11 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 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 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 187 | 40 | ||
Honours
- Moldovan National Division: 2013–14
- Moldovan Super Cup: 2014
- Serbian Cup (2): 2009–10, 2011–12