.jpg) 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 | 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 | Brazil | ||
| 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 | |||
Luiz Carlos Sarolli (8 March 1965 – 28 November 2016), known asCaio Júnior orCaio Jr., was a Brazilianfootballforward and coach.[1]
He spent his 14-year professional career in Brazil and Portugal, notably amassingPrimeira Liga totals of 140 games and 31 goals in the latter nation in representation of three teams, mainlyVitória 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 ofChapecoense, he died in anaviation incident in Colombia.
Born inCascavel,Paraná, Caio Júnior'sSérie A input consisted of 37 games and nine goals combined forGrêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense,Sport Club Internacional andParaná Clube, during four seasons. in 1987 he moved to Portugal where he would remain for the next eight years, starting out atVitória S.C. in theMinho Province.
Caio Júnior made his debut in thePrimeira Liga on 23 August 1987, coming on as a 67th-minutesubstitute in a 2–2 away draw againstVarzim SC. He finishedhis first season with eight goals from 31 appearances, helping his team to the 14th place[2] as well asthe third round of theUEFA Cup.
Having returned to his homeland at the age of 31, and with the exception of Paraná in1997, Caio Júnior competed exclusively in the lower leagues until his retirement.
On 21 January 2009, Caio Júnior was appointed coach ofBrazil, replacingDunga. On 16 June,Brazil has withdrawn for calling up Caio Júnior onFacebook.
On 27 February 2014, Caio Júnior was appointed coach ofCriciúma Esporte Clube.[3] In June of that year he returned to theUAE Pro League, after signing forAl Shabab in the same capacity.[4]
Caio Júnior reachedAssociação Chapecoense de Futebol on 25 June 2016.[5] He took the team tothe final of theCopa Sudamericana, after disposing of Argentina'sSan Lorenzo de Almagro on theaway goals rule.[6]
On 28 November 2016, whilst travelling with Chapecoense to the aforementioned finals, 51-year-old Caio Júnior was among the fatalities of theLaMia Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo,La Unión, Antioquia.[7][8] Shortly after having reached the decisive match in the competition, he uttered: "If I died tomorrow I'd die a happy man".[9]
Individual
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Vissel Kobe | 2009 | 2009 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 033.33 |
| Chapecoense | 2016 | 2016 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 035.14 |
| Total | 52 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 034.62 | ||