Flávio Caça-Rato

Flávio Caça-Rato
Personal information
Full name	Flávio Augusto do Nascimento
Date of birth	29 June 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Tupi
Number	7
Youth career
2005	Sport Recife
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Sport Recife
2006	→ Salgueiro (loan)
2007	→ SEV (loan)
2008–2009	Omiš
2009–2011	Cabense
2010	→ América de Natal (loan)
2010	→ Timbaúba (loan)
2011–2015	Santa Cruz
2015	Remo
2016	Guarani
2016	Duque de Caxias
2017	Tupi
2018	Vitória da Conquista
2019	Decisão Futebol Clube
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Flávio Augusto do Nascimento (born 29 June 1986 in ), commonly known as Flávio Caça-Rato or simply Caça-Rato (English: Rat Catcher), is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a forward for Decisão.

Personal drama[]

At 8 years old, the father of Caça Rato came home drunk and tried to hang Caça, and when he was almost being hanged his uncle saved him.^[1]^[2]

Caça-Rato took two shots on a Sunday night on 1 August 2010 in the town of Campina Barreto, Pernambuco. The incident occurred at a party after a round of Timbaúba, team that defended, at the event. Flavio got caught in an argument with two men, one of them pulled a gun and shot him in the right leg and on the back of the player. After stopping by a hospital, Flavio was medicated and discharged. He was back in the fields after a month.^[1]

Honours[]

Sport Recife

Campeonato Pernambucano : 2007, 2008
Copa do Brasil : 2008

Santa Cruz

Campeonato Pernambucano : 2012, 2013

References[]

^ ^a ^b Young, James (26 January 2014). "Voices of Brazil: the footballer who comes from the nation's poorest area". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ Gomes, Daniel (23 November 2013). "Perfil Caça-Rato: enforcado com lençol pelo pai, a história de um sobrevivente". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links[]

(in Portuguese) CBF
(in Portuguese) meusport

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[observer-1] Young, James (26 January 2014). "Voices of Brazil: the footballer who comes from the nation's poorest area". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[2] Gomes, Daniel (23 November 2013). "Perfil Caça-Rato: enforcado com lençol pelo pai, a história de um sobrevivente". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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