Cássio Vargas

Cássio Vargas Barbosa ( born November 25, 1983 in Porto Alegre ), called Cássio, is a Brazilian footballer. The striker has played a total of 87 games in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and the Romanian League 1 since the summer of 2012, he stands in al - Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia under contract.

Career

Cássio came to Europe in 2005, played for the FC Maia in the second Portuguese football league, the Liga de Honra. At the middle of the season he moved to league rivals GD Chaves, where he was able to achieve twelve goals in 17 games. Thus, the first division side Nacional Funchal became aware of him, who signed him in the summer of 2006.

In Funchal cassion did not come as expected for the course and not regularly used. After two years he left the club and moved to União Leiria in the Liga de Honra. He found his scoring prowess and contributed 17 goals for promotion to the Super League, where he managed the league in the following season.

In summer 2010, he moved to Rapid Bucharest. In the first year he was able to achieve seven goals for Rapid. In January 2012 he was loaned for six months in the Portuguese first division side SC Beira -Mar. After his return, he moved in summer 2012 to al - Ettifaq to Saudi Arabia.

Achievements

• Rise in the Portuguese Primeira Liga: 2009