Carlitos (footballer, born 1988)

Carlitos
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida
Date of birth	24 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Vale de Cambra, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team	São João Ver
Youth career
2001–2007	Oliveirense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Oliveirense
2009–2011	Paços Ferreira
2010–2011	→ Oliveirense (loan)
2011–2017	Libolo
2018	Bravos Maquis
2018–2019	Interclube
2019–2020	Olhanense
2020–2021	Alverca
2021–2022	Olhanense
2022–2023	Beira-Mar
2023–	São João Ver
International career
2012–2015	Angola
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida (born 24 September 1988), known as Carlitos, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club SC São João de Ver as a right-back or a right winger.

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.^[2] His maiden league appearance took place on 16 August, in a 1–1 home draw with FC Porto.^[3] The previous week, he had also come from the bench in the 2–0 loss against the same opposition in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[4]

In the summer of 2010, Carlitos was loaned to his former team Oliveirense.^[5] He subsequently took his game to the Angolan Girabola, where he represented C.R.D. Libolo,^[6] F.C. Bravos do Maquis and G.D. Interclube, being reconverted into a right-back in the process.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Carlitos" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ "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.