Carlos Apna Embaló (born 25 November 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean
footballer
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who plays as a
winger or
forward
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for Italian club
Foggia
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.
Club career
Embalo was bought by
Palermo
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from Portuguese team
Chaves. ''Rosanero'' then loaned Embalo to
Carpi
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. On 13 September 2014, Embaló made his professional debut with
Carpi
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Places
* Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, a large town in the province of Modena, central Italy
* Carpi (Africa), a city and former diocese of Roman Africa, now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric
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in a
2014–15 Serie B
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match against
Crotone
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. After his loan period end,
Palermo
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loaned him to
Lecce
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and
Brescia.
On 15 June 2016,
Palermo
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officially announced the contract extension with Embalo until 30 June 2020.
On 25 January 2019, he joined
Cosenza
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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.
After Palermo's exclusion from Italian football, he left Italy for Belgium by joining
Eupen. On 29 January 2021, he joined Spanish club
AD Alcorcón on loan for the remainder of the
2020–21 Segunda División
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Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
...
season.
On 23 June 2022, Embaló returned to Italy and signed with
Serie B side
Cittadella.
On 1 September 2023, Embaló moved to
Foggia
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.
International career
International stats
International goals
:''Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Bissau
Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Segunda Divisão players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Belgian Pro League players
Segunda División players
G.D. Chaves players
AC Carpi players
US Lecce players
Brescia Calcio players
Palermo FC players
Cosenza Calcio players
K.A.S. Eupen players
AD Alcorcón footballers
AS Cittadella players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
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