Caio Júnior

Luiz Carlos Sarolli (8 March 1965 – 28 November 2016), known as Caio Júnior or Caio Jr., was a Brazilian football forward and coach.

Caio Júnior
Caio Júnior in 2013
Personal information
Full name Luiz Carlos Sarolli
Date of birth (1965-03-08)8 March 1965
Place of birth Cascavel, Brazil
Date of death 28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 51)
Place of death La Unión, Colombia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1980 Grêmio
1983–1984 Cascavel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 Grêmio 14 (3)
1987–1992 Vitória Guimarães 106 (27)
1992–1994 Estrela Amadora 54 (13)
1994 Internacional 7 (2)
1994–1995 Belenenses 13 (2)
1996 Novo Hamburgo
1997 Paraná 16 (5)
1998 XV de Piracicaba
1998 Lousano Paulista
1998 Iraty
1999 Rio Branco
Total 210 (52)
Managerial career
2002 Paraná
2004 Cianorte
2004 Londrina
2004 Juventude
2005 Cianorte
2005 Gama
2006 Paraná
2007 Palmeiras
2008 Goiás
2008 Flamengo
2009 Vissel Kobe
2009–2011 Al-Gharafa
2011 Botafogo
2012 Grêmio
2012 Al Jazira
2012 Bahia
2013 Vitória
2014 Criciúma
2014–2016 Al Shabab
2016 Chapecoense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent his 14-year professional career in Brazil and Portugal, notably amassing Primeira Liga totals of 140 games and 31 goals in the latter nation in representation of three teams, mainly Vitória de Guimarães.

Caio Júnior started working as a manager in 2002, going on to be in charge of a host of clubs. In 2016, whilst at the service of Chapecoense, he died in an aviation incident in Colombia.

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