Corinthians U17 striker celebrates return and joy of scoring again | OneFootball

Corinthians took the field on Wednesday afternoon (5) to face Bahia at Estádio do Canindé, in a match valid for the 10th round of the first phase of the 2026 Brazilian Under-17 Championship, and beat their opponent 4-2. Timãozinho’s goals were scored by Ronaldo Henrique, Miguel Moscardo, Lucca Caramico, and Kayke Dallaqua. The three points allowed Alvinegro to reclaim second place in the competition with 22 points — seven wins, one draw, and two losses — with 31 goals scored and nine conceded.

The match was special for forward Kayke Dallaqua, Tupã, who, in addition to scoring, returned to play for Timãozinho’s youth ranks for the first time since January. It is worth remembering that the youngster was registered by Timão for the 2026 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr and played for the Under-20 team in the tournament. In April this year, when the Under-17 season was about to begin, he suffered an injury to his right ankle and remained sidelined for the entire period.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

Previously, his last match for Corinthians’ Under-17 team had been on October 11, 2025, when he was on the field in a 3-0 defeat to Red Bull Bragantino at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, Fazendinha, in the second leg of the round of 16 of the category’s Campeonato Paulista. After the win against Bahia, the young center-forward gave an interview to Filhos do Terrão, the official Corinthians youth academy page, celebrated his return to the pitch, and spoke about scoring from the penalty spot right in his comeback.

“I can only thank the Corinthians medical department staff, who believed in me, the coaches, uncles, aunts, employees. Man, when you take that shot there, you say: ‘it’s going to happen,’ you already know it’s going to be a goal, because you’ve already been through so much that whatever happens there, you’re going to thank God, you’re going to keep your head up. If I hadn’t scored, of course I would have been sad, but it still would have been a huge victory for me, another learning experience, so I could train more, so I could do what I know how to do best. That was a strike of relief, a strike of glory, now I’m going to have a wonderful year,” he said.

With a professional contract valid until October 2028, signed in November 2025, with an international release clause of 100 million euros (almost R$600 million at the current exchange rate), according to reporting by Central do Timão at the time, the center-forward has nine goals in 34 matches for the Under-17 category. He has also played nine times for the Under-20 team, although he has yet to score.

With Tupã available, Corinthians now turn their focus to the Paulista Under-17 Championship. Next Saturday (8), at 11 a.m. (Brasília time), the Filhos do Terrão will host São Caetano at the same stadium in their 12th match of the state tournament’s first phase. Timão, it is worth remembering, are second in Group 12 with 25 points — eight wins, one draw, and two losses — with 43 goals scored and 16 conceded. The leader is Ibrachina, with 30 points.

In the Brazilian Under-17 Championship, the club from Parque São Jorge will return to the field next Tuesday (11) to face Flamengo away from home in the 11th round of the tournament’s qualifying phase.

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