Editing Cafu (section)

==Early life==
One of six children, Cafu was raised in the Jardim Irene [[favela]] of [[São Paulo]]. At the age of seven, he was able to attend a football academy and soon moved up to the junior sides of [[Nacional Atlético Clube (SP)|Nacional-SP]], [[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa]], and Itaquaquecetuba. He also played [[futsal]] for two years.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

As a child he received the nickname 'Cafu', in honor of the Brazilian winger [[Cafuringa]].<ref name="folhaonline">{{cite web | title =Cafu entra para a galeria dos centenários da seleção| url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u8064.shtml | accessdate =2008-12-26| date =2000-11-15 | publisher=Folha Online |language=Portuguese}}</ref>

In the early 1980s, he was rejected from the youth squads of [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Santos FC|Santos]], [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]], and Portuguesa, but it was not until 1988 that he made the youth squad of hometown club [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], and subsequently won the ''Copa São Paulo'' youth tournament that year, but he did not play during the next season as São Paulo won the 1989 [[Campeonato Paulista]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}