Cayo Nicolau

Cayo Simões Nicolau is a Brazilian-born former international rugby union player.

Rugby career

Born in Belém, Nicolau was a Brazil junior World Cup representative, recruited by Middle Tennessee State University after they spotted him at a rugby sevens tournament in Dallas. He joined the university in 1998 on a rugby scholarship.
Nicolau competed for the United States in 2002 and 2003. His first two appearances were off the bench and included a try against Japan in San Francisco during the Super [Cup (rugby union)|2003 Super Cup]. He gained a further two caps in the 2003 Churchill Cup, as starting fly-half in their over Canada, then as a centre against England "A", scoring a try in the latter.