Hamilton de Souza (born 27 September 1968 in

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), better known as Careca or Careca II, is a former Brazilian

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who played as a

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. Careca II played for several Brazilian clubs as Cruzeiro,

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and

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and also for

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. Careca competed for Brazil at the

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. In the first round, he started three times in the front line with the famed

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but did not score and was each time substituted for

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. 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

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. Careca II played four games for the Brazil national football team but did not score. In 2008, he served as assistant coach of the youth team of

Personal life

In July 2015, his son Hamilton de Souza Junior, signed a contract to play for

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in the

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Careca 1968 births Living people Brazilian footballers Olympic footballers of Brazil Association football forwards Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Brazilian expatriate footballers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Londrina Esporte Clube players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Sporting CP footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Olympic medalists in football Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games