Carlos Luís Cereja de Morais Brito (born 21 September 1963) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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, and is a

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. Most of his career was associated with

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, which he represented as both a player and manager, the latter in various spells.

Playing career

Born in

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, Portugal, Brito played for three northern clubs during his 14-year professional career. After starting with local

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, where he could hardly get a game, he moved to neighbours

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. Brito's best year in the

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came in the 1987–88 season, when he scored three goals while appearing in all 38 matches, but his team was eventually relegated after finishing in 19th position. He wrapped up his career with

Rio Ave FC Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...

, helping the

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side promote to the

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– his first year – and retiring as a player at nearly 33.

Coaching career

In 1996, with Rio Ave back in the top flight, Brito replaced

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in the 14th round, eventually leading the club out of the relegation zone and coaching the team until the end of the 1999–2000 campaign, which ended in relegation. After half a season at C.F. Estrela da Amadora and one year out of football, he returned to Rio Ave, helping it return to the top level. In summer 2005, after two further campaigns, Brito signed with another former team, Boavista, leading them to a final sixth position in the league and narrowly missing out on

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to the

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. In 2007–08, Brito worked with Leixões SC, being fired near the end of the season, with the

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side finally avoiding relegation. In January 2009 he replaced João Eusébio at Rio Ave, thus returning for a third stint as a manager. Brito was fired at the end of the 2011–12 campaign after Rio Ave could only rank in 14th position, even though it was enough to preserve top division status. In March 2015, he returned to active with F.C. Penafiel, last-placed in the second tier. He kept the club from relegation, and quit his job on 2 December. Brito was back in the same league on 16 February 2016, when he signed for sixth-placed

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for the rest of the season. He left by mutual consent on 25 October that year, with the team second from bottom after 12 fixtures.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brito, Carlos 1963 births Living people Footballers from Porto Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Boavista F.C. players S.C. Salgueiros players Rio Ave F.C. players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Rio Ave F.C. managers C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers Boavista F.C. managers C.D. Nacional managers Leixões S.C. managers F.C. Penafiel managers S.C. Freamunde managers