Careca (footballer, born 1968)

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Careca
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-27) 27 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Team competition

Hamilton de Souza (born 27 September 1968 in Passos, Minas Gerais), better known as Careca or Careca II, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. [1]

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Careca II played for several Brazilian clubs as Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro and Coritiba and also for Sporting CP in Portugal.

Careca competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [2] In the first round, he started three times in the front line with the famed Romário but did not score and was each time substituted for Bebeto. Careca also played each of Brazil's three games in the knock-out stages and won the silver medal, after Brazil lost the final against the Soviet Union. [3]

Careca II played four games for the Brazil national football team but did not score. [4]

In 2008, he served as assistant coach of the youth team of Atlético Mineiro.

Personal life

In July 2015, his son Hamilton de Souza Junior, signed a contract to play for Biu Chun Rangers in the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League. [5]

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References

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  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hamilton "Careca" de Souza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. A true Golden Goal - USSR vs Brazil - Football - 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. YouTube . Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  4. "Hamilton Careca II - Stats and titles won".
  5. (in Chinese) "港超聯 標準流浪簽咗個名將之後". Oriental Daily . 31 August 2015.