Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya sami kwallo na farko a wasan sada zumunta da Spain a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1990, kuma ya buga wasa kaɗan ga Brazil a farkon shekarun 1990, yana yin jerin sunayen gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1994 a matsayin mai maye gurbin. Ya bayyana a wasan karshe da Italiya, bayan raunin da Jorginho ya samu a minti na 22. Bayan haka, ba da daɗewa ba Cafu ya zama na yau da kullun a cikin farawa goma sha ɗaya yayin da Brazil ta lashe Copa América a
1997 da 1999, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, kuma ya kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1998.