Carlos Eduardo Ferrari
Encyclopedia
Carlos Eduardo Ferrari, sometimes known as Cacá, (born 19 February 1979) is a former Brazil
ian footballer, but also holds Italian nationality.
club Rangers
in October 2000, but never appeared for the first team.
His Brazilian club, Mirassol
, then loaned him to English club Birmingham City
for the 2001–02 season. He made four appearances in the First Division
(second tier) in October and November 2001, all as a late substitute, but then faced a long-term foot injury and was released in March 2002.
in February 2003. He played 16 games in the Segunda División
. In summer 2003, he signed for La Liga
side Albacete Balompié
, and then played for clubs in Segunda División B
.
In December 2006, he left for Greece and was presented to media on 1 January 2007 along with Pablo Coira
. He then played in Paraguay for Cerro Porteño
and in Tunisia for Espérance before returning to Segunda División B with Universidad Las Palmas
.
on his league debut for the team on 8 February 2009 in 8-0 win against Tuen Mun Progoal. He scored 13 goals in 17 appearances, including 7 goals in the AFC Cup
group match and Round of 16. On 23 June 2009, after winning 4-0 against Singapore
's side Home United in the Round of 16 at AFC Cup 2009 knockout stage, Caca announced this was his last game for South China as he needed to return to his pregnant wife in Brazil. His AFC Cup goals gave him a rank of 78th in "The World's Top Goal Scorer 2009" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics
.
, which he finished as Campeonato Carioca Série B
runner-up and promoted to the top division of Rio de Janeiro state. In January 2010 he signed a new contract for the club until the end of the 2010 Campeonato Carioca. Olaria finished 3rd in Group A of the Taça Guanabara
(name of the first half mini-league), and entered the playoffs "Troféu Moisés Mathias de Andrade", which would decided the 5th to 8th place of the first half, eventually Olaria won, defeated América then Boavista
in the final. But in Taça Rio
, the second half of the state league season Olaria just finished 7th in Group A, failed to enter the playoffs.
In May 2010, he signed a contract with Bahia
until the end of 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
. He only played once in Série B but played 3 out of first 4 games in 2010 Campeonato do Nordeste
.
. He is a friend of Ronaldo and played for "Friends of Ronaldo" against "Friends of Zidane", scored a goal in the match against poverty in 2008.
|2002||Mirassol
||São Paulo Série A2
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|2002–03||Salamanca
||Segunda División
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|2003–04||Albacete
||La Liga
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|2003–04||Académica||Portuguese Liga
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|2004–05||Las Palmas
||rowspan=2|Segunda División B
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|2005–06||Alicante
||27||4|| || ||colspan=4| || ||
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|2006-07||Aris
||Super League
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|2007
||Cerro Porteño
||Primera División||5||1||colspan=6| || ||
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|2007-08
||Espérance Tunis||CLP-1
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|2007–08||rowspan=2|Universidad Las Palmas
||rowspan=2|Segunda División B||17||9||colspan=2| ||rowspan=2 colspan=4| ||17||9
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|2008–09||18||6|| || || ||
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|2008–09||South China||First Division
||8||6||2||0||1||0||6||7||17||13
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|2009||rowspan=2|Olaria
||Rio de Janeiro Série B
||colspan=2 rowspan=2|—||colspan=2 rowspan=3|—||colspan=2 rowspan=3|—||colspan=2 rowspan=3|—||23||61
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|2010||Rio de Janeiro state
||15||72
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|2010
||Bahia
||National Série B
||1||0||4||03
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|2010–11||Kalba||UAE Pro-League||0||0||?||?||?||?||colspan=2| ||?||?
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123 games and 6 goals in state league
214 games and 7 goals in state league
33 games in 2010 Campeonato do Nordeste
.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian footballer, but also holds Italian nationality.
Great Britain
Cacá signed a short-term deal for Scottish Premier LeagueScottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
club Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
in October 2000, but never appeared for the first team.
His Brazilian club, Mirassol
Mirassol Futebol Clube
Mirassol Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Mirassol is a Brazilian football club from Mirassol, São Paulo state.- History :On November 9, 1925, the club was founded as Mirassol Esporte Clube....
, then loaned him to English club Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
for the 2001–02 season. He made four appearances in the First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
(second tier) in October and November 2001, all as a late substitute, but then faced a long-term foot injury and was released in March 2002.
Spain
Cacá signed for UD SalamancaUD Salamanca
Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 16 March 1923, it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 2....
in February 2003. He played 16 games in the Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
. In summer 2003, he signed for La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
side Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded on August 2, 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, with a 17,300-seat capacity.-History:The club was founded...
, and then played for clubs in Segunda División B
Segunda División B
Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. The top two levels are La Liga, also referred to as the Primera División, and the Segunda División. Immediately below Segunda División B is the Tercera Division...
.
In December 2006, he left for Greece and was presented to media on 1 January 2007 along with Pablo Coira
Pablo Coira
Pablo Coira Lojo is a Spanish footballer who plays mainly as a right defender.-Football career:...
. He then played in Paraguay for Cerro Porteño
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...
and in Tunisia for Espérance before returning to Segunda División B with Universidad Las Palmas
Universidad de Las Palmas CF
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands...
.
South China
He joined South China in January 2009, signed a half-season contract, and scored a hat-trickHat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
on his league debut for the team on 8 February 2009 in 8-0 win against Tuen Mun Progoal. He scored 13 goals in 17 appearances, including 7 goals in the AFC Cup
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their...
group match and Round of 16. On 23 June 2009, after winning 4-0 against Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
's side Home United in the Round of 16 at AFC Cup 2009 knockout stage, Caca announced this was his last game for South China as he needed to return to his pregnant wife in Brazil. His AFC Cup goals gave him a rank of 78th in "The World's Top Goal Scorer 2009" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics
International Federation of Football History & Statistics
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics is an organization that chronicles the history and records of Association football. It was founded on 27 March 1984 at Leipzig by Dr. Alfredo Pöge with the blessings of general secretary of the FIFA at the time, Dr. Helmut Käser...
.
Return to Brazil
In July 2009 he signed a contract until December for OlariaOlaria Atlético Clube
Olaria Atlético Clube, or Olaria as it is usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Olaria neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro state, founded on July 1, 1915...
, which he finished as Campeonato Carioca Série B
Campeonato Carioca (lower levels)
The Campeonato Carioca lower levels are the football tournaments for the Rio de Janeiro clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Carioca First Division. The competitions are organized by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation...
runner-up and promoted to the top division of Rio de Janeiro state. In January 2010 he signed a new contract for the club until the end of the 2010 Campeonato Carioca. Olaria finished 3rd in Group A of the Taça Guanabara
Taça Guanabara
Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Trophy, is a football tournament organized yearly since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions , Taça Guanabara was a tournament of its own right, completely unrelated to the Rio de Janeiro league, and the winners would be...
(name of the first half mini-league), and entered the playoffs "Troféu Moisés Mathias de Andrade", which would decided the 5th to 8th place of the first half, eventually Olaria won, defeated América then Boavista
Boavista Sport Club
Boavista Sport Club, usually known simply as Boavista , is a Brazilian football team, from the Bacaxá district, city of Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state...
in the final. But in Taça Rio
Taça Rio
Taça Rio, or Rio Trophy, is an annual Rio de Janeiro football tournament. It is the second stage competition of the Campeonato Carioca, the state football championship in Rio de Janeiro...
, the second half of the state league season Olaria just finished 7th in Group A, failed to enter the playoffs.
In May 2010, he signed a contract with Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia , known familiarly as Bahiaço, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's national league. Bahia was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 group...
until the end of 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 7 to November 27, 2010...
. He only played once in Série B but played 3 out of first 4 games in 2010 Campeonato do Nordeste
Campeonato do Nordeste
Campeonato do Nordeste , also known as Copa do Nordeste or Copa Nordeste , is a Brazilian football competition contested between Northeastern region teams .From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do...
.
Retirement and personal life
In early 2011 he retired from football and work for RonaldoRonaldo
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...
. He is a friend of Ronaldo and played for "Friends of Ronaldo" against "Friends of Zidane", scored a goal in the match against poverty in 2008.
Career statistics
|-|2002||Mirassol
Mirassol Futebol Clube
Mirassol Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Mirassol is a Brazilian football club from Mirassol, São Paulo state.- History :On November 9, 1925, the club was founded as Mirassol Esporte Clube....
||São Paulo Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 20 teams, in which the four best teams are promoted to Série A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
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|2002–03||Salamanca
UD Salamanca
Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 16 March 1923, it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 2....
||Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||19||6||colspan=6| ||19||6
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|2003–04||Albacete
Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded on August 2, 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, with a 17,300-seat capacity.-History:The club was founded...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||2||0|| || ||colspan=4| || ||
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|2003–04||Académica||Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
||4||0||colspan=6| || ||
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|2004–05||Las Palmas
UD Las Palmas
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands...
||rowspan=2|Segunda División B
Segunda División B
Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. The top two levels are La Liga, also referred to as the Primera División, and the Segunda División. Immediately below Segunda División B is the Tercera Division...
||30||12|| || ||colspan=4| || ||
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|2005–06||Alicante
Alicante CF
Alicante Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1918, it plays in Tercera División – Group 6, holding home matches at Ciudad Deportiva Villafranqueza.-History:...
||27||4|| || ||colspan=4| || ||
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|2006-07||Aris
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...
||Super League
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
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|2007
2007 in Paraguayan football
-First division results:The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system...
||Cerro Porteño
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...
||Primera División||5||1||colspan=6| || ||
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|2007-08
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2007-08
The 2007-08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 saw Club Africain crowned as champions. Stade Gabésien and Espérance Sportive de Zarzis were relegated to Ligue Professionnelle 2....
||Espérance Tunis||CLP-1
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...
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|2007–08||rowspan=2|Universidad Las Palmas
Universidad de Las Palmas CF
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands...
||rowspan=2|Segunda División B||17||9||colspan=2| ||rowspan=2 colspan=4| ||17||9
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|2008–09||18||6|| || || ||
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|2008–09||South China||First Division
Hong Kong First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...
||8||6||2||0||1||0||6||7||17||13
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|2009||rowspan=2|Olaria
Olaria Atlético Clube
Olaria Atlético Clube, or Olaria as it is usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Olaria neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro state, founded on July 1, 1915...
||Rio de Janeiro Série B
Campeonato Carioca (lower levels)
The Campeonato Carioca lower levels are the football tournaments for the Rio de Janeiro clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Carioca First Division. The competitions are organized by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation...
||colspan=2 rowspan=2|—||colspan=2 rowspan=3|—||colspan=2 rowspan=3|—||colspan=2 rowspan=3|—||23||61
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|2010||Rio de Janeiro state
Campeonato Carioca
The Campeonato Carioca, also known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, is the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of the most prestigious national football tournaments...
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|2010
2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 7 to November 27, 2010...
||Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia , known familiarly as Bahiaço, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's national league. Bahia was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 group...
||National Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...
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|2010–11||Kalba||UAE Pro-League||0||0||?||?||?||?||colspan=2| ||?||?
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123 games and 6 goals in state league
214 games and 7 goals in state league
33 games in 2010 Campeonato do Nordeste
Campeonato do Nordeste
Campeonato do Nordeste , also known as Copa do Nordeste or Copa Nordeste , is a Brazilian football competition contested between Northeastern region teams .From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do...
.