| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kaiki Bruno da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Betim, 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Kaiki Bruno da Silva (born 8 March 2003), known simply as Kaiki, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro and the Brazil national team.
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- Kaiki Bruno at WorldFootball.net
- 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.