Carlos Manuel de Oliveira Magalhães (born 25 February 1974), known as Litos, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central defender. He appeared in 226

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matches (21 goals) over nine seasons, mainly for Boavista with whom he won the 2001 national championship. He also spent several years in La Liga with

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Club career

Born in Porto, Litos started playing football with

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. After a small stint with Boavista FC – in which youth system he grew – and moves to

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and Rio Ave FC, he rejoined Boavista, being instrumental in the northern club's only

title in its history in 2000–01, as

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; he formed a formidable stopper duo with

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, who would then move to

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. After Boavista's conquest, Litos signed for La Liga side

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, experiencing different fortunes during his spell in Andalusia – two seasons as an undisputed starter, a total of 20 games in the other three. In 2005–06 his team was relegated, with the player only making eight league appearances; for five years, he partnered compatriots

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and Duda. Litos joined Académica de Coimbra for 2006–07. After being first choice in his first year he was deemed surplus to requirements in the following, leaving and moving to

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in January 2008; he retired at the end of that campaign, with no competitive matches to his credit.

International career

Litos earned six caps for Portugal, the first arriving on 10 February 1999 as he played three minutes in a 0–0

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draw against the Netherlands in Paris. He also represented the nation at the

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Honours

Boavista *

: 2000–01 * Taça de Portugal: 1996–97 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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Málaga *

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Litos 1974 births Living people Portuguese footballers Footballers from Porto Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Boavista F.C. players S.C. Campomaiorense players G.D. Estoril Praia players Rio Ave F.C. players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players La Liga players Málaga CF players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Portugal Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Austria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Austria