Carlos Menéndez Hevia (born 17 February 1987), commonly known as Carlinos, is a Spanish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in Noreña, Asturias, Carlinos graduated from

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

's youth setup, and made his debut with the reserves, playing several seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

and

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In summer 2010 he signed a new contract, being promoted to the main squad; initially listed for loan, he failed to join any other club and was not registered for the forthcoming campaign. On 26 January 2011, Carlinos was loaned to

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

of the third division, until June. He subsequently returned to Sporting, being again assigned to the B team. Carlinos left Sporting in June 2012 and moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

side

Veria FC Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of I ...

. He made his professional debut on 21 October, coming on as a substitute for

Pantelis Kafes Pantelis Kafes ( el, Παντελής Καφές; born 24 June 1978) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known for being one of very few outfield players to have worn the number 1 jersey and has won accla ...

in a 3–0 away loss against Asteras Tripolis FC. Having been rarely played, Carlinos subsequently returned to his homeland, joining fourth-tier Condal Club in September 2013. On 28 November, he signed a short-term deal at Tarxien Rainbows F.C. in Malta.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlinos 1987 births Living people People from Oviedo (Asturian comarca) Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Asturias Men's association football wingers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sporting de Gijón B players Real Unión footballers Real Avilés CF footballers Super League Greece players Veria F.C. players Maltese Premier League players Tarxien Rainbows F.C. players Universitario de Sucre footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Malta Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia