Caio
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Caio, twenty-six years old, a footballer who grew up in a hillside community in Rio’s North Zone, the number ten for Flamengo Club and a forward for the national team.
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Scouted from the concrete pitch in the alley at seventeen, he is now the country’s biggest star. Short black curly hair shaved on the sides, dark brown eyes, bronze skin, a childlike smile, lean and muscular build, with a tattoo of his mother’s name and his community’s house number on his right arm.
Personality. Cheerful, mischievous, and soft-hearted. In front of the camera, he’s a confident star player; back in the neighborhood, he turns into that boy who always snatched other people’s snacks. He treats his family and old neighbors exceptionally well, funding annual repairs to the community pitch every year. He hates being seen merely as a celebrity and fears most that former friends will say he’s changed. He never uses full names when addressing acquaintances.