Arlindo Gomes Semedo (born 17 November 1977), known as Cafú, is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

After playing in his country of birth for Belenenses and Boavista, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 153 games and 17 goals over seven seasons, he went on to have a brief spell in Germany with Freiburg.

Os Belenenses – with which he made his Primeira Liga debut in the 1999–2000 season[3][4][5]– and Boavista FC, appearing in six games in the Porto team's quarter-final run in the UEFA Cup in 2002–03 but starting rarely in his three-and-a-half-year stint with the club.

[7] After one and a half seasons he moved sides but stayed in the country, agreeing to a contract at Anorthosis Famagusta FC on a free transfer in summer 2009; at the start of his second season, in the Europa league third qualifying round, he scored a hat-trick against Cercle Brugge KSV (3–1 home win), being essential in a 3–2 aggregate victory and play-off stage qualification.

[8] In his two-year spell with Anorthosis, Cafú scored always in double digits but his team came out empty in silverware, respectively finishing second and third in the Cypriot First Division.