Cainan de Matos (born 27 January 1990), known simply as Cainan, is a Brazilian-Italian futsal player who plays for RSC Anderlecht Futsal in the Belgian Futsal Division 1, and the Italian national futsal team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cainan Dalpaz de Matos | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Tapera, Brasil | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RSC Anderlecht Futsal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | America-Tapera | ||
| 2009–2012 | LCF Martina | ||
| 2012–2013 | Viagrande | ||
| 2013–2017 | Cisternino | ||
| 2017–2018 | Napoli | ||
| 2018–2019 | CAME Dosson | ||
| 2019–2021 | Valdepeñas | ||
| 2021–2023 | Palma | ||
| 2023– | Anderlecht | ||
| International career | |||
| 2021– | Italia | 17 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Brasil, Cainan arrived in 2009 in Italy, being signed up by the newly formed L.C. Five Martina. He remained there for three seasons, contributing to the team's climb from Serie C2 to A2 (the result of 3 promotions in as many years) and to the victory of the Coppa Italia Serie B in 2012.[2]
In the summer of 2013 he moved to Cisternino. Also here, he was among the protagonists of a team that managed to promote from Serie C1 to Serie A, also winning his second Coppa Italia B in 2015.
In the 2017–18 season he made his debut in the top division, scoring a hat-trick in the victorious away match against Pescara. The following summer he was purchased by CAME Dosson with whom he scored 22 goals during the regular season, finishing second in the goalscoring charts.[3]
Holding a dual citizenship, on 17 January 2022 he was included in Italy's final list for the 2022 European Championship.[4]
With AE Palma Futsal, Cainan won the UEFA Futsal Champions League in the 2022–23 season, after a penalty shoot-out against Sporting CP.[5]
One month later, RSC Anderlecht Futsal announced the transfer of Cainan.[6] In his first season, Cainan scored 28 goals in 35 matches, with the club winning the Belgian Championship for a third time in a row.[7]
Honours
editClub
editPalma
Anderlecht
- Belgian Futsal Division 1: 2023–24[8]
- Belgian Super Cup: 2024[9]
Individual
edit- Futsal Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2022–23[10]
References
edit- ^ "Cainan de Matos". leballonrond.fr (in French). 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Intervista a Cainan de Matos, bomber del Futsal Cisternino". capursowebtv.it (in Italian). 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Colpo Came Dosson, arriva Cainan De Matos". archive.org. 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Euro 2022, il sogno degli azzurri parte da Groningen" (PDF). 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Palma 1-1 (5-3p) Sporting CP". uefa.com. 7 May 2023.
- ^ "TOPTRANSFER. RSCA Futsal trekt Europees kampioen Cainan aan: "Ook met Anderlecht wil ik winnen"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 28 June 2023.
- ^ "33.Cainan de Matos". playmakerstats.com. 30 October 2024.
- ^ "RSCA opnieuw Futsal-kampioen". news.ladbrokes.be (in Dutch). 4 June 2024.
- ^ "RSCA Futsal swingt nog niet, maar pakt wel eerste trofee van het seizoen tegen Charleroi: "Altijd leuk om zo te beginnen"" [RSCA Futsal is not swinging yet, but it does take the first trophy of the season against Charleroi: “Always nice to start like this”]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 8 September 2024.
- ^ "2023 Futsal Champions League Team of the Tournament". uefa.com. 9 May 2023.