Carlos Fernandes (footballer, born 1979)

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Carlos
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Fernandes [1]
Date of birth (1979-12-08) 8 December 1979 (age 45) [1]
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1998 Vilafranquense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2001 Vilafranquense 71 (0)
2001–2002 Campomaiorense 0 (0)
2002–2003 Amora 13 (0)
2003–2004 Felgueiras 33 (0)
2004–2005 Boavista 33 (0)
2006–2007 Steaua București 22 (0)
2007–2008 Boavista 9 (0)
2008 → Foolad (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2009 Foolad 29 (0)
2009–2010 Rio Ave 28 (0)
2010–2011 Bucaspor 14 (0)
2013 Feirense 11 (0)
2013–2014 Moreirense 16 (0)
2015–2016 Caála 28 (0)
2017–2018 Vilafranquense 29 (0)
2019 Limianos 10 (0)
2019–2020 Amarante 23 (0)
2020–2021 Vilaverdense 14 (0)
2021–2022 Vitória Sernache 16 (0)
Total402(0)
International career
2005 Portugal B 1 (0)
2009–2012 Angola 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Fernandes (born 8 December 1979), known simply as Carlos, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Carlos started his career as a striker, subsequently moving into goalkeeper upon replacing an injured teammate. He started playing professionally with lowly U.D. Vilafranquense, having a short stint with S.C. Campomaiorense in the Segunda Liga afterwards.

Carlos then returned to the lower leagues, with Amora FC. After a string of good performances with F.C. Felgueiras in the second division (sharing teams with Marcelo Moretto, later of S.L. Benfica), he signed with Primeira Liga's Boavista F.C. for the 2004–05 season. [2]

At Boavista, Carlos was initially backup to veteran William Andem, but eventually won starting honours. This prompted a January 2006 move to Romania's FC Steaua București, thus becoming the first Portuguese player to have played in the country's Liga I; shortly after his arrival, he lost the confidence of fans and general manager Mihai Stoica alike, with the latter declaring at a TV show that the player, although greatly underachieving, had been put under immense pressure due to the fact of being the team's only foreigner. [3] [4] [5] He was released and rejoined Boavista on 30 May 2007, having previously trained for a time with Charlton Athletic to remain fit. [6]

In 2007–08, after losing first-choice status to Liechtensteiner Peter Jehle, Carlos was loaned to Foolad F.C. in January 2008, with the move being made permanent the following campaign – the Persian Gulf Pro League club was coached by compatriot Augusto Inácio.

After spending one year in Iran, Carlos moved back to Portugal in the summer of 2009, joining Rio Ave FC. [7] He only missed two league games, as the Vila do Conde side retained their top-division status.

International career

Through his grandmother, [8] Carlos chose to represent Angola at international level, the first cap coming in 2009 at nearly 30 years of age. He represented his adopted nation at the following year's Africa Cup of Nations, played on home soil. [9]

Carlos was also the starter in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, participating in the first two games but missing the third due to yellow card accumulation, [10] as the Palancas Negras exited in the group stage. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Carlos" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Marítimo-Boavista, 2–1 (destaques)" [Marítimo-Boavista, 2–1 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 25 September 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Steaua se 'carga' al portero portugués Carlos Fernandes" [Steaua 'fulminate' Portuguese goalkeeper Carlos Fernandes]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 December 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Udrea, Dan (26 March 2009). "Vasile Iordache: "Şi Carlos era peste Zapata!"" [Vasile Iordache: "Even Carlos was better than Zapata!"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Stoica a găsit soluţia pentru atacul Stelei – O nimerește MM de această dată? A dat rateu după rateu până acum" [Stoica found the solution for Steaua's attack – Will MM be lucky this time? He failed until now]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 26 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Charlton trial goalkeeper". Eurosport. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Silva, Sandra (14 July 2009). "Carlos é o eleito para fechar a baliza" [Carlos chosen to close goal]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Carlos Fernandes goes back to his roots". BBC World Service. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  9. ↑ Connelly, Richard (23 January 2010). "Angola keeper Carlos adapts to his new surroundings". BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  10. ↑ "Sudan 2–2 Angola: Former Manchester Utd striker Manucho nets brace for Black Antelopes but Ahmed Bashir double ensures entertaining Group B draw". Goal. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  11. ↑ Edwards, Piers (30 January 2012). "Africa Cup of Nations: Ivorians send Angolans packing". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
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