Corinthians striker clocks most minutes on the pitch since late November | OneFootball

On the afternoon of last Sunday (15), Corinthians went to Vila Belmiro to face Santos, in a match valid for the sixth round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship, and ended in a 1-1 draw. The goal for the Alvinegro was scored by striker Memphis Depay, around the 20th minute of the first half, after a through ball assist. The result left the Corinthians team in eighth place with eight points – six goals scored and six conceded.

In the derby, winger Kaio César, who provided the assist for Corinthians’ number 10, was on the field for 63 minutes and recorded his highest playing time in a match since the end of November, that is, after four months. On the 25th of that month, the 21-year-old was on the field for 70 minutes in Al-Hilal’s 4-0 victory over Al-Shorta Bagdad of Iraq, for the Asian Champions League.

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This data was taken from Sofascore, a sports statistics app. Since then, there have been 11 matches, nine for Al-Hilal and two for the Alvinegro, totaling 128 minutes on the field, representing an average of 11.6 minutes per game. Before that, he hadn’t played since February 5, when he felt muscle discomfort and was substituted early in the match against Capivariano, in which the Alvinegro won 3-0 in Itaquera, for the sixth round of the first phase of the Paulistão.

Afterwards, he was diagnosed with a grade 2 injury to the posterior muscle of his right thigh and, as a result, missed the matches against Palmeiras (H), Red Bull Bragantino (H), São Bernardo (A), Athletico-PR (H), Portuguesa (A), Cruzeiro (A), Novorizontino (A), and Coritiba (H) – for the Brasileirão and Campeonato Paulista, respectively.

Kaio César was signed by Corinthians at the start of this season to strengthen the offensive system, which needed a ‘speedster’ on the wings. The player arrived on loan from Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia, until the end of this season, with a purchase option at the end of the contract. The youngster was developed in the youth ranks of Coritiba and, besides the Arab world, also played for Vitória de Guimarães, Portugal.

In three matches wearing the Corinthians shirt (two of them as a starter), he has two assists and one title: the 2026 Supercopa do Brasil, against Flamengo, at Estádio Mané Garrincha, in Brasília.

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