Carlos Manuel Costa Fernandes Fonseca (born 23 August 1987) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger.

Club career

Born in

Galegos (São Martinho) Galegos (São Martinho) is a Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, var ...

, Barcelos, Fonseca played in every level of Portuguese football with the exception of the

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. He started with

Santa Maria F.C. Santa Maria Futebol Clube ''(abbreviated as Santa Maria FC)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Galegos (Santa Maria), Barcelos in the district of Braga. Background Santa Maria FC currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores Sér ...

in the regional leagues, then moved straight to the third tier with

F.C. Tirsense Futebol Clube Tirsense, commonly known as just Tirsense, is a Portuguese football club from Santo Tirso, founded on January 5, 1938. They currently play in the Divisão de Elite of AF Porto. They currently play their home games in Abel Alves de F ...

. Fonseca signed with Segunda Liga club

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

in the summer of 2010, achieving immediate promotion and scoring one goal from 27 appearances in the process. He made his debut in the

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, ...

on 14 August 2011, starting and being sent off at the hour-mark of a 0–0 home draw against

C.D. Nacional Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...

. On 15 July 2013, Fonseca joined

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n side

PSFC Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achi ...

after a successful one-week trial. In January 2016, he moved from

PFC Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

to Kazakhstan Premier League's FC Irtysh Pavlodar on a two-year contract after a six-month loan the previous season. On 30 December 2018, Fonseca signed a new one-year deal with Irtysh. On 21 November of the following year, he agreed to a new extension. Fonseca joined

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They ...

of the same country and league on 8 July 2020. On 2 July 2021, he left after his contract expired.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fonseca, Carlos 1987 births Living people People from Barcelos, Portugal Sportspeople from Braga District Portuguese footballers Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Santa Maria F.C. players F.C. Tirsense players C.D. Feirense players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Slavia Sofia players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players FC Tobol players FC Kyzylzhar players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan