Caio De Cenco (born 5 May 1989) is an

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professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club Atletico Uri.

Career

Boca

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Brazil, De Cenco started his Italian career at Emilia-Romagna club Boca San Lazzaro, in Italian Serie D, the fifth division (from 1978 to 2014; Serie C refound in 2014) and top division of amateur (non fully professional) football. He played 15 games in

2007–08 Serie D The 2007–08 Serie D was the sixty edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It was composed by 162 teams divided into nine divisions of 18 teams ...

, at age 18. He followed the club relegated to

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in 2008. In 2009 Boca demerged with San Lazzaro, and merged with Pietri Carpi and Vignola to form Boca Pietri Carpi, which De Cenco followed the demerger and merger to the new club. He scored 14 goals in

2009–10 Serie D The 2009–10 Serie D was the sixty-second edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 167 divided into six 18-team divisions, one 19 ...

. The club folded after relegation back to Eccellenza at the end of season.

Cesena

In August 2010 De Cenco was signed by Serie A club

A.C. Cesena AC Cesena, commonly referred to as Cesena (), was an Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club spent most of its history in professional leagues such as Serie A and Serie B, but went bankrupt and folded in 2018. Another cl ...

on a free transfer. He was farmed to A.C. Bellaria – Igea Marina in a co-ownership deal for €500 each, along with Alessio Petti. De Cenco spent 2

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seasons with the Romagna-based club. In June 2012 Cesena bought back De Cenco also for €500, in 3-year contract, re-joining coach Nicola Campedelli, teammates Daniele Fioretti, Daniele Forte and Marco Mariani. Despite Cesena relegated back to Serie B, De Cenco did not include in the pre-season camp of the Romagna-based side. On 6 July 2012 he was signed by Emilian club Reggiana. On 15 January 2013 De Cenco left for Lombard club

Monza Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...

. De Cenco scored nil in the first half of the season in

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and 5 goals in the second half in Serie C2 respectively. In June 2013 De Cenco was sold to

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of Serie C1.

Pavia

De Cenco was signed by another Lombard club

in June 2013 in co-ownership deal for €350,000, as part of the deal that Cesena signed

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for €400,000. He scored 4 goals in the first half of 2013–14 Serie C1 season. On 31 January 2014 De Cenco returned to Monza in temporary deal. Monza finished as the fourth of Group A of 2013–14 Serie C2 season, which qualified to 2014–15 Serie C, while Pavia finished as the least of Group A of 2013–14 Serie C1, however also qualified to Serie C. On 1 September 2014 he was swapped with Samuele Sereni of

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

. On 26 January 2015 De Cenco left for

Pontedera Pontedera (; ) is an Italian comune with a population of 30070, located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Central Italy, central Italy. The town is located 20 km (12 miles) from Pisa and 50 km (31 miles) from Florence. It houses the headquarte ...

. In June 2015 Cesena gave up the remain 50% registration rights of De Cenco to Pavia, as well as Pavia gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Fabio Reato to Cesena. In summer 2015 De Cenco was signed by

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 August, in a friendly match.

Trapani

On 22 July 2016 he was re-signed by

Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the mai ...

, after a loan in the second half of 2015–16 season.

Padova

On 8 January 2017 De Cenco was signed by

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

in a -year contract.

Pontedera

On 29 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

Feralpisalò

On 1 September 2020 he moved to Feralpisalò on a 2-year contract.

Loan to Carpi

On 14 January 2021 he joined

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on loan.

Mantova

On 25 August 2021, after his contract with Feralpisalò expired, De Cenco joined to

Mantova 1911 Mantova 1911, commonly referred to as Mantova, is an Italian professional football club based in Mantua (Italian: ''Mantova''), Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005–06 season to 2009–10 as Associa ...

Ostia Mare

On 3 August 2022, De Cenco moved to Ostia Mare in

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
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