Kaiki Bruno
Brazilian footballer (born 2003)
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Kaiki Bruno da Silva (born 8 March 2003), known simply as Kaiki or as Kaiki Bruno, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro and the Brazil national team.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kaiki Bruno da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Cruzeiro | 75 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Brazil | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Belo Horizonte, Kaiki started playing football at Betim's São Cristovão football school at the age of seven. He was discovered by coach Michel Colosimo in a game for disabled people in Belo Horizonte's Rocinha slum.[2] At the age of ten, he featured in a local tournament organised by the Instituto Mineiro de Escolas de Futebol (IMEF), scoring 15 goals and catching the attention of Cruzeiro, whom he would go on to join a year later.[2][3] At the same time, he was playing futsal at Olympico Club.[2]
International career
Kaiki has represented Brazil at under-20 level.[1] On 31 March 2026, he made his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against Croatia, which Brazil won 3–1.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 8 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | Copa do Brasil | South America | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2021 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | Série A | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 51 | 1 | |||
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 75 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 83 | 2 | |||
- Notes
- Includes Campeonato Mineiro
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance in Copa Libertadores
