Career
As a defensive midfielder. Benfica
Born in Guimarães, Cafú joined local Vitória South Carolina"s youth system at the age of 11, signing with South.L. Benfica four years later and going on to complete his formation there. He started playing as a defensive midfielder, but later shifted to a striker role.
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 equalizer away against Communicative Disorders Tondela for the Segunda Liga championship.
lieutenant 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.
Having returned to his previous position, he was initially assigned to the reserve team, which he helped promote to the second level He finished his debut campaign with 29 games, in an eventual fifth-place finish and the subsequent qualification to the Union of European Football Associations Europa League.
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 Union of European Football Associations European Championship.
