Cafú (footballer, born 1993)

Carlos Miguel Ribeiro Dias (born 26 February 1993), known as Cafú, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Nottingham Forest as a defensive midfielder.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Ribeiro and the second or paternal family name is Dias.
Cafú
Cafú (right) playing for Portugal U19
Personal information
Full name Carlos Miguel Ribeiro Dias[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 18
Youth career
2002–2003 Futsal
2003–2004 Caçadores Taipas
2004–2008 Vitória Guimarães
2008–2012 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Benfica B 22 (1)
2013–2014 Vitória Guimarães B 28 (6)
2014–2016 Vitória Guimarães 61 (3)
2016–2017 Lorient 18 (0)
2017–2019 Metz 10 (0)
2018–2019 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 38 (6)
2019–2020 Legia Warsaw 6 (0)
2020–2021 Olympiacos 9 (2)
2020–2021 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 13 (0)
2021– Nottingham Forest 1 (0)
National team
2008 Portugal U16 4 (0)
2010 Portugal U17 1 (0)
2011 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U19 13 (5)
2013 Portugal U20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:20, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Benfica

Born in Guimarães of Guinea-Bissauan descent,[2] Cafú joined local Vitória SC's youth system at the age of 11, signing with S.L. Benfica four years later and going on to complete his formation there. He started playing as a striker, but later shifted to a defensive midfielder role.[3]

On 19 September 2012, whilst with Benfica B, Cafú made his debut as a professional, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Cláudio Correa and scoring the 2–2 equaliser away against C.D. Tondela for the Segunda Liga.[4] It was his only goal of the season, in seven starts.

Guimarães

On 26 July 2013, Cafú signed a four-year contract with former club Vitória.[5] Having returned to his previous position, he was initially assigned to the reserve team, which he helped promote to the second level.[6]

Cafú first appeared in the Primeira Liga on 17 August 2014, in a 3–1 away win over Gil Vicente F.C. where he partnered André André and Bernard Mensah in midfield and also featured the full 90 minutes.[7] He finished his debut campaign with 29 games, in an eventual fifth-place finish and the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Europa League.

Lorient

On 8 June 2016, Cafú signed a four-year contract with French club FC Lorient.[8] His maiden appearance in Ligue 1 occurred on 18 November, in a 0–3 home loss against AS Monaco FC.[9]

Metz

Following his team's relegation, Cafú joined FC Metz also in the French top division on 1 August 2017, penning a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[10] He made his league debut 17 days later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home defeat to title holders Monaco.[11]

Legia Warsaw

On 27 February 2018, Cafú was loaned to Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2019.[12] Subsequently, the move was made permanent.[13]

During his spell at the Polish Army Stadium, Cafú took part in 59 competitive matches (nine goals, six assists).[14] On 2 May 2018, he scored the 2–1 winner in the final of the Polish Cup against Arka Gdynia.[15]

Olympiacos

On 1 February 2020, Olympiacos F.C. agreed to pay Legia €400,000 to sign Cafú.[16] On 5 October, he was loaned to English Championship side Nottingham Forest until the end of the season.[17]

Nottingham Forest

On 2 February 2021, it was announced that Cafú's move to Forest had been made permanent.[18]

International career

Cafú earned 27 caps for Portugal, from the under-16 to the under-20 levels. He was part of the under-19 squad that competed in the 2012 UEFA European Championship.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of 30 September 2020[20][21]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 221––––221
Vitória Guimarães B 2013–14 Campeonato Portugal 276––––276
2014–15 Segunda Liga 10––––10
Total 28600000000286
Vitória Guimarães 2014–15 Primeira Liga 2900020–310
2015–16 323101020–363
Total 61310302000673
Lorient 2016–17 Ligue 1 1802210–20232
Metz 2017–18 Ligue 1 1002110–131
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 7211–––83
2018–19 31442–6010426
Total 38653006010509
Legia Warsaw 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 6000–30–90
Olympiacos 2019–20 Super League Greece 7130–10–111
2020–21 2 1 0 0 – 1 0 – 3 1
Total 9 2 3 0 – 2 0 – 14 2
Nottingham Forest (Ioan) 2020–21 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 19218136501303022824

Honours

Club

Legia Warsaw

Olympiacos

References
  1. "Cafú" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. Camara, Sene (2 May 2016). "Cafú e Pelé na seleção da Guiné-Bissau" [Cafú and Pelé in Guinea-Bissau national team] (in Portuguese). O Golo. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. "Cafú: "Sinto-me melhor a meio-campo"" [Cafú: "I feel better in midfield"] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. "Benfica B-Tondela, 2–2: Cafú salva encarnados da derrota" [Benfica B-Tondela, 2–2: Cafú saves reds from defeat]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. "Cafú assina contrato até 2017" [Cafú signs a contract until 2017] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. "Vitória B sobe à Segunda Liga" [Vitória B promote to the Second League] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. "Primeiro 'onze' com muita juventude" [First 'eleven' with a lot of youth] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  8. "Cafú s'engage avec les Merlus!" [Cafú committs to the Hakes!] (in French). FC Lorient. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. "Pas d'effet Casoni pour Lorient face à Monaco" [No Casoni effect for Lorient against Monaco] (in French). Sport.fr. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. "Cafu (Lorient) signe trois ans à Metz (officiel)" [Cafu (Lorient) signs for three years at Metz (official)]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  11. "Metz – Monaco – Falcao, évidemment" [Metz – Monaco – Falcao, of course]. L'Équipe (in French). 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  12. "Metz empresta Cafú ao Legia Varsóvia" [Metz loan Cafú to Legia Warsaw] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  13. "CAFU ZOSTAJE W LEGII!" [Cafú is a Legia player!] (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  14. Szymański, Piotr (31 January 2020). "Transfery. Legia Warszawa sprzedała Cafu do Olympiakosu Pireus. Za pół roku odszedłby za darmo" [Transfers. Legia Warsaw sold Cafu to Olympiacos Piraeus. In half a year he would leave for free] (in Polish). Gol 24. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  15. "Sensacji nie było. Błędy Arki, Legia z Pucharem Polski" [No upset. Arka mistakes, Legia with Polish Cup] (in Polish). Eurosport. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  16. "Ολυμπιακός: Ανακοίνωσε Καφού και Μορ" [Olympiacos: Cafú and Mor announced] (in Greek). Iefimerida. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  17. "Reds land Cafu". Nottingham Forest F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  18. https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2021/february/cafu-loan-move-made-permanent/
  19. "Sub-19 – Convocados para Europeu" [Under-19 – European selection] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  20. Cafú at ForaDeJogo
  21. "Cafú". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  22. "Polónia: Cafú marca no triunfo do Legia na final da Taça" [Poland: Cafú scores in Legia triumph in Cup final] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  23. "Olympiacos win their 45th Greek Super League title". Greek City Times. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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