title: Kauê (footballer, born 2004)
text: # Kauê (footballer, born 2004)
  
  Kauê Rodrigues Pessanha (born 22 October 2004) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Botafogo.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Kauê joined the academy of Botafogo in 2017, rising through the club's youth teams and playing under-20 football while still only 16. He signed his first professional contract in April 2022, before training with the first team in September of the same year.
  
  Having impressed in first team training, he was reported to have been integrated permanently ahead of the 2023 season.
  
  ## International career
  
  Valim was first called up to the Brazil under-20 team in May 2022.
  
  