This is why the Brazilian Caio disappeared from the FC Argeș team, immediately after he missed the penalty at the end of the match!
Article by Remus Dinu – Published Thursday, December 18, 2025, 5:18 p.m. / Updated Thursday, December 18, 2025, 5:33 p.m.
Caio Martins, the Brazilian star of FC Argeșwas not included in the squad for the last white-violet match, the draw with FC Botoșani, 0-0. The 25-year-old winger had started from the reserve position and the previous two matches in the championship, the supporters wondering what is the real situation of the footballer with 18 appearances, three goals and three assists in the current season and whether he is being looked after in the perspective of a possible transfer.
Undisputed starter in the first part of the season, Caio remained an unused reserve in the victory against CFR Cluj on November 29 (3-0), a decision that surprised the fans of Pitesti at that time.
Back in the starting lineup in the Cup match with Rapid (2-1), the footballer transferred in the summer from the Republic of Moldova scored, then, only 13 minutes away from Csikszereda (2-0), in which he wasted a penalty at the end of the match. A week later, he did not appear on the sheet in the draw with FC Botoșani.
Caio, on the bar due to physical problems
People close to the Pitesti group stated that the South American faced certain muscular problems recently:
“He feels something from the match with Csikszereda, and last week he didn't train with the team at all, he just stayed in the gym. We'll see if he's fit for the next match… It's normal to have discussions, but there's no problem between him and Bogdan Andone”, authorized sources said.
It remains to be seen if Bogdan Andone will give him at least one inning on Saturday, when FC Argeș plays in the last match of the year on the field of Oțelului Galați, a contender for the play-offs.
Caio also received an offer last week, but not from the country. I talked to Dani Coman a bit about this situation, we will see next week. The offer is not from Romania. Someone contacted me, honestly, also from Cyprus, but not from a specific club. A former club president, a player agent at the moment, but the offer did not come from Cyprus
– Bogdan Andone, FC Argeș coach, at PrimaSport
First scolded, then awarded
Scolded in the summer by Bogdan Andone, who reproached him that “he has to play for the team, not just for himself, I'm not interested in his giumbuşluci”, Caio became a key player at FC Argeș, being one of the leaders of the campaign that took the team to the play-off spot. In September, Gazeta named him “Player of the Month” in the monthly survey organized by the site.
Caio is courted by teams from Arab countries
According to GSP.RO information, the Pitesti club once had an offer for a definitive transfer of the South American, which the club would like to receive at least one million euros.
Recently, Argeș officials held discussions regarding a transfer of the striker, an aspect later recognized by technician Bogdan Andone. The offer from the Arab countries that FC Argeș received in exchange for Caio Ferreira amounts to 800,000 euros, there is a real possibility that the discussions will resume in the next mercato window.
“I believed in the project when my agent talked to me.
I didn't know anything about Romania! Guilherme Garutti (no Brazilian teammate from FC Arges) he only told me good things. I didn't hesitate, I wanted to come and join the team to help the club. I asked Guilherme to give me some information and he only told me good things from here. I had an extra reason to come”, revealed Caio Martins, in an interview granted to Gazeta in September.
