Coach recalls Corinthians duo and Diniz's son at Penha Futsal | OneFootball

Corinthians are still unbeaten and have yet to concede a goal since coach Fernando Diniz arrived. Two key pieces of the team who have been regular starters are “old acquaintances” of the new Corinthians manager: midfielder Breno Bidon and forward Kayke, both products of Corinthians’ youth academy who, back in their futsal days, even played together with the coach’s son, Diogo Diniz, at Clube Esportivo Penha.

That team competed in the top tier of youth futsal in São Paulo and always made life difficult for the state’s four biggest clubs. In an interview with ge.globo, Penha’s coach at the time, Bruno Roberto Pereira da Silva, recalled the boys’ time together, detailing each of their profiles on and off the court.

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“Both had decision-making. It was surreal, they were extremely technically gifted. They were above average. And they decided games. Obviously there were extraordinary boys alongside them too, but you could really see they had a different football IQ. They had it… Breno Bidon arrived very introverted, both he and Kayke. Kayke was even more outgoing, very friendly. Breno Bidon was more introverted.”

He continued: “Bidon played as a winger and pivot, Kayke played as a winger and sometimes, when things got too complicated, we gave him the ball as the last man. He would come out, go on, Kayke, do whatever you want. Take people on and tear it up. Breno Bidon played as a winger and usually as a pivot. So Breno played a lot with his back to goal, and Kayke facing forward.”

Later, he spoke about Fernando Diniz’s son and recalled the coach’s arguments with the São Paulo Futsal Federation because of his energetic behavior in the stands during youth matches.

“Diego Diniz played with Breno Bidon. Kayke, meanwhile, is from 2004, and I don’t remember Diego Diniz having played with him. Diego was a genius. Diniz’s son is a genius to me. Today he enjoys football, he’s in England on an exchange program, but he plays university tournaments at college. Diniz came here a lot, a lot. He watched training sessions, ran training with me. Man, he always made a lot of interventions. He was always a very reserved guy. He led about five sessions, not many. He came here, took part in futsal, joked around with the parents. He was always very human, very humble. It’s hard to explain. He questions a lot, right? In the sense of, ‘So, what do you think about football? What’s the objective? Where do you want to get to?’.

“Diniz came here a lot, a lot. He watched training sessions, ran training with me. Man, he always made a lot of interventions. He was always a very reserved guy. He led about five sessions, not many. He came here, took part in futsal, joked around with the parents. He was always very human, very humble. It’s hard to explain. He questions a lot, right? In the sense of, ‘So, what do you think about football? What’s the objective? Where do you want to get to?’,” he concluded.

At his introductory press conference at Corinthians, Fernando Diniz had been asked about using youth academy players and mentioned the very two boys discussed in this article: “For me it’s a joy, I’ve always had a special eye for the youth academy. Kayke played futsal with one of my sons, Bidon too, at Penha.”

Breno Bidon and Kayke were promoted to Corinthians’ first-team squad after winning the 2024 Copa São Paulo and, since then, have collected three titles with the senior team: the Paulista Championship (2025), the Copa do Brasil (2025), and the Supercopa do Brasil (2026). The former was a starter in all of them, while number 31 was an option off the bench.

In total, Bidon has four goals and three assists in 122 matches (95 as a starter) for Corinthians’ first team. Kayke, meanwhile, who is recovering from a knee cruciate ligament injury suffered last Tuesday (21), has two goals and one assist in 26 matches (11 as a starter).

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