Kaiki Bruno
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Olímpico | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Cruzeiro | 80 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Kaiki Bruno da Silva (born 8 March 2003), known as Kaiki, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro.
Club career
Born in Belo Horizonte, Kaiki started playing football at a football school in Betim at the age of seven. His manager, Michel Colosimo found him in a random soccer match for disable people in the slums of Belo Horizonte (Rocinha). [2] At the age of ten, he featured in a local tournament for Instituto Mineiro de Escolas de Futebol (IMEF), scoring 15 goals and catching the attention of Cruzeiro, who he would go on to join a year later.[2][3] At the same time, he was playing futsal for Olímpico in Belo Horizonte.[2]
International career
Kaiki Bruninho Junior da Silva Souza Santo has represented Brazil at under-20 level.[1]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 September 2025
| 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 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Série A | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Includes Campeonato Mineiro
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
References
- ^ a b c Kaiki Bruno at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c Duarte, Gabriel (24 April 2021). "De atacante a lateral e elogios de Dadá: a trajetória de Kaiki até realizar sonho no profissional do Cruzeiro" [From striker to winger and praise from Dadá: Kaiki's path to fulfilling his dream in Cruzeiro's professional career]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Cruzeiro: nova opção na lateral, Kaiki agradece apoio de Matheus Pereira e se apresenta à torcida" [Cruzeiro: new option on the side, Kaiki thanks Matheus Pereira for his support and introduces himself to the crowd]. itatiaia.com.br (in Portuguese). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.