Carlitos (footballer, born 1988)
Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida (born 24 September 1988), known as Carlitos, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club S.C. Olhanense as a right back or a right winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Vale de Cambra, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Right back / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Olhanense | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2007 | Oliveirense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Oliveirense | 36 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Paços Ferreira | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Oliveirense (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2011–2017 | Libolo | 77 | (0) |
| 2018 | Bravos Maquis | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Interclube | 13 | (0) |
| 2019– | Olhanense | 21 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Angola | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2015 | |||
Club career
Born in Vale de Cambra, Aveiro District of Angolan descent, Carlitos joined U.D. Oliveirense's youth academy at the age of 13. He went on to represent the senior side in both the third and second divisions, his first match in the latter competition occurring on 21 September 2008 in a 1–2 home loss against S.C. Covilhã and his first goal coming exactly three months later, as the hosts defeated S.C. Freamunde by the same score.
In the 2009 off-season, Carlitos signed a four-year contract with Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[1] His maiden league appearance took place on 16 August, in a 1–1 home draw to FC Porto;[2] the previous week, he had also come from the bench in the 2–0 loss against the same opposition for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.[3]
In the summer of 2010, Carlitos was loaned to his former team Oliveirense.[4] He subsequently took his game to the Angolan Girabola, where he represented C.R.D. Libolo,[5] F.C. Bravos do Maquis and G.D. Interclube, being reconverted into a right back in the process.[6]
References
- "Carlitos e Ciel certos" [Carlitos and Ciel confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Falcão voou entre os centrais" [Falcão flew amongst the stoppers]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 17 August 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Assunção, Manuel (9 August 2009). "Erro à Higuita na 16.ª Supertaça do FC Porto" [Higuita-like blunder in FC Porto's 16th Supercup]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Sp. Braga cede Pizzi ao P. Ferreira" [Sp. Braga loan Pizzi to P. Ferreira] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Coelho, Nuno (28 January 2015). ""Sinto-me muito feliz no Libolo"" [“I'm very happy at Libolo”] (in Portuguese). Rede Angola. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Kambata, Valódia (26 May 2018). "Carlitos troca Maquis pelo Interclube" [Carlitos swaps Maquis for Interclube]. Jornal dos Desportos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
