Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya sami damarsa na farko a wasan sada zumunta da Spain a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1990, kuma ya taka leda a Brazil a farkon shekarun 1990, yana yin 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, FIFA Confederations Cup na 1997, kuma ya kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1998.