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{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Portuguese name|Ribeiro|Decousseau}}
{{Infobox football biography 
|name           = Caio Ribeiro
|image          = 
|image_size     = 
|alt            = 
|caption        = 
|fullname       = Caio Ribeiro Decousseau<ref name = "NFT"/>
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1975|8|16|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [[São Paulo]], Brazil
|height         = 1.77m<ref name = "NFT"/>
|position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|youthyears1    = 
|youthclubs1    = 
|years1         = 1994–1995
|clubs1         = [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|caps1          = 31
|goals1         = 14
|years2         = 1995–1996
|clubs2         = [[Inter Milan]]
|caps2          = 6
|goals2         = 0
|years3         = 1996–1997
|clubs3         = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
|caps3          = 20
|goals3         = 0
|years4         = 1997
|clubs4         = [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|caps4          = 25
|goals4         = 6
|years5         = 1998–1999
|clubs5         = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|caps5          = 30
|goals5         = 3
|years6         = 2000–2001
|clubs6         = [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|caps6          = 11
|goals6         = 0
|years7         = 2001–2002
|clubs7         = [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|caps7          = 13
|goals7         = 1
|years8         = 2002
|clubs8         = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|caps8          = 7
|goals8         = 0
|years9         = 2003
|clubs9         = [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|caps9          = 27
|goals9         = 4
|years10        = 2003–2004
|clubs10        = [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]]
|caps10         = 15
|goals10        = 1
|years11        = 2004–2005
|clubs11        = [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|caps11         = 42
|goals11        = 10
|totalcaps      = 227
|totalgoals     = 39
|nationalyears1 = 1995
|nationalteam1  = [[Brazil national under-20 football team|Brazil U20]]
|nationalcaps1  = 
|nationalgoals1 = 
|nationalyears2 = 1996
|nationalteam2  = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|nationalcaps2  = 4
|nationalgoals2 = 3
}}
'''Caio Ribeiro Decoussau''' (born 16 August 1975) is a Brazilian football [[pundit]] and retired [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Born in [[São Paulo]], Caio Ribeiro played for [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], [[Inter Milan]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[Santos FC|Santos]], [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]], [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]], [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]], [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]] and [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]].<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=10122|accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> When he moved from São Paulo to Inter Milan in 1995 at the age of 19, it was a record transfer for a teenager at £6.6 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34127701|title=From World Cup winners to prison: Football's costliest teenagers|date=2 September 2015|accessdate=21 October 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==International career==
Caio Ribeiro participated at the [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc95.html|title=World Youth Cup (U-20) 1995 (Qatar)|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> winning the Golden Ball award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/qatar1995/index.html|title=FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995|website=FIFA.com|access-date=21 October 2019|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211074117/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/qatar1995/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Caio Ribeiro scored 3 goals in 4 games for the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil senior team]] in 1996.<ref name = "NFT"/>

==Later career==
After retiring from football Caio Ribeiro studied sports management, and became a commentator for [[Rede Globo]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://terceirotempo.uol.com.br/que-fim-levou/caio-ribeiro-209|title=Caio Ribeiro - Que fim levou?|website=Terceiro Tempo}}</ref> Alongside his Globo coworker {{interlanguage link|Gustavo Villani|pt}}, they are the official Brazilian Portuguese commentators of [[FIFA (video game series)|FIFA series]] (now EA Sports FC) since ''[[FIFA 21]]''; previously, Ribeiro had been partnered with [[Tiago Leifert]] from ''[[FIFA 13]]'' to ''[[FIFA 20]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA 23 Commentators: EVERY voice you can expect to hear in this year's game |url=https://realsport101.com/fifa/fifa-23-commentators-every-voice-you-can-expect-to-hear-career-mode-ultimate-team/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=realsport101.com |date=18 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|1996||4||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!4!!3
|}

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ribeiro goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Caio Ribeiro
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|12 January 1996}}
|[[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], [[Los Angeles]], United States
|{{fb|Canada}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil vs. Canada|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/16867/Brazil_Canada.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|14 January 1996}}
|rowspan="2"|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Honduras}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0
|rowspan="2"|1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup	
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil vs. Honduras|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/16868/Brazil_Honduras.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|5–0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Brazil Squad 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{FIFA U-20 World Cup awards}}

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[[Category:1975 births]]
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[[Category:Footballers from São Paulo]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Brazil men's under-20 international footballers]]
[[Category:Brazil men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:Inter Milan players]]
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[[Category:CR Flamengo footballers]]
[[Category:Fluminense FC players]]
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[[Category:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players]]
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[[Category:Serie A players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
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