Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida (born 24 September 1988), known as Carlitos, is an

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n professional

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who plays for Portuguese club

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

as a

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or a

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Club career

Born in

Vale de Cambra Vale de Cambra (; cel-x-proto, Cambra) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 22,864, in an area of 147.33 km2. It had 21,440 electors in 2006. The city itself has about 4,100 inhabitants and is located in the Vi ...

Aveiro District Aveiro District ( pt, Distrito de Aveiro, or ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Po ...

of Angolan descent, Carlitos joined

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

's youth academy at the age of 13. He went on to represent the senior side in both the

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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 Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the ...

and his first goal coming exactly three months later, as the hosts defeated

S.C. Freamunde Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at ...

by the same score. In the 2009 off-season, Carlitos signed a four-year contract with

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

club

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

. His maiden league appearance took place on 16 August, in a 1–1 home draw with

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. The previous week, he had also come from the bench in the 2–0 loss against the same opposition for the

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. In the summer of 2010, Carlitos was loaned to his former team Oliveirense. He subsequently took his game to the Angolan

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, where he represented

C.R.D. Libolo Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, usually known simply as Recreativo do Libolo, is an Angolan multisport club based in Libolo, Cuanza Sul Province. History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three different clubs in the vill ...

, F.C. Bravos do Maquis and

G.D. Interclube Grupo Desportivo Interclube, usually known as Interclube or Inter de Luanda, is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club is attached to the Angolan police force. Interclube is one of the two clubs based in Luanda (the other one is 1º d ...

, being reconverted into a

in the process.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlitos 1988 births Living people Citizens of Angola through descent Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Sportspeople from Aveiro District Portuguese footballers Angolan footballers Association football defenders Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players U.D. Oliveirense players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players S.C. Olhanense players F.C. Alverca players Girabola players C.R.D. Libolo players F.C. Bravos do Maquis players G.D. Interclube players Angola international footballers