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]
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]
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]
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]
| 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 | ||
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