Carlos Eduardo de Fiori Mendes (born 31 August 1986), commonly known as Cadú, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
 Cadú with Sheriff Tiraspol in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Eduardo de Fiori Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Andradina, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Porto Alegre | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Zeta | 51 | (15) |
| 2009–2013 | Red Star Belgrade | 80 | (21) |
| 2013–2016 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 58 | (11) |
| 2016–2017 | Akhaa Ahli Aley | 13 | (5) |
| 2017–2019 | Balzan | 34 | (5) |
| Total | 236 | (57) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[1] He left Brazil and moved to Montenegro in summer 2007 by joining Montenegrin First League side FK Zeta where he played the following two seasons.[2]
Red Star Belgrade
Cadú and Sávio had been teammates since 2007, first in Porto Alegre then in Zeta, when both were signed by Serbian side Red Star Belgrade in June 2009.[3] Cadú signed a four-year contract with Red Star, earning €200,000 per season.[4] Cadú 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] By the end of his career at Red Star he was the most scoring foreign player, and also a foreign player with most appearances 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.[8] 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.[9] 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 21 March 2016, Cadú left Sheriff abruptly due to a family circumstance.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 December 2016[11]
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| 2010–11 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 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 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 26 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 189 | 41 | ||
Honours
Sheriff Tiraspol
Red Star
References
External links
- Profile (in Portuguese)
- Carlos Mendes Stats at Utakmica.rs at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 May 2011) (in Serbian)
- Cadú at FootballDatabase.eu