Kaio Pantaleão
Brazilian footballer (born 1995)
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Kaio Fernando da Silva Pantaleão (born 8 September 1995), known mononymously as Kaio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Brazilian club Botafogo.[2]
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Kaio with FC Krasnodar in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kaio Fernando da Silva Pantaleão | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1995[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Araraquara, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Ferroviária | ||
| 2015 | → Atlético Paranaense (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Ferroviária | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Santa Clara (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Santa Clara | 22 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Krasnodar-2 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2025 | Krasnodar | 96 | (3) |
| 2025– | Botafogo | 11 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 | |||
Career
Born in Araraquara, Brazil, Kaio is product of local Ferroviária youth ranks. On 22 July 2017, he started his first experience abroad, joining Santa Clara on a one-year loan deal.[3] He made his debut for the Azorean team on 13 August 2017, in a 2–1 home win against Sporting da Covilhã.[citation needed]
Before the 2018–19 season, Santa Clara bought out his rights.[4]
Krasnodar
On 20 May 2019, he signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Krasnodar.[4] On 3 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krasnodar announced that his contract was suspended and he would not train with the team, but the contract was not terminated and remained valid.[5] Kaio returned to the club in June 2022.[6]
After having spent the last six seasons defending FK Krasnodar, he ended his time in Russia with 124 appearances and four goals.[7] Last season, however, the defender lost his absolute starting place at Krasnodar and took to the field 13 times in the campaign that ended with the club's first Russian title in history.[8]
Botafogo
On 5 June 2025, Botafogo made the arrival of Kaio Pantaleão official, he signed a contract with Glorioso valid for three years, therefore, going until June 2028.[9] He will wear the name Kaio Fernando on the number 31 shirt.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 May 2025[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ferroviária | 2013 | Paulista Série A2 | — | — | — | 11[a] | 2 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2014 | — | — | — | 11[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2015 | Paranaense | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ferroviária | 2016 | Paulista | — | 2 | 0 | — | 20[a] | 2 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | — | — | — | 3[c] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 47 | 4 | ||
| Santa Clara | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Krasnodar-2 | 2019–20 | Russian Football National League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Krasnodar | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Total | 96 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 218 | 8 | ||
- Appearances in Copa Paulista
- 10 appearances in Copa Paulista, 1 appearance in Paulista Série A2
- Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
- Appearance in Taça da Liga
- 8 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, 2 appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Russian Super Cup
Honours
Krasnodar
