Carlos Manuel Guedes dos Santos (born 31 March 1989) is a Portuguese former professional
footballer
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who played mainly as a
central defender
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
but also as a
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
Born in
Barroselas
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,
Viana do Castelo District, Santos spent the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues. In 2012, he signed with
Boavista F.C.
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of the
third division
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Association football
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.
At the end of
2013–14, and due to the consequences of the ''
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'' affair, the club was promoted straight into the
Primeira Liga
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. He made his debut in the competition on 14 September 2014 at the age of 25, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against
Académica de Coimbra, and finished
his first season with two goals in 25 matches to help his team easily retain their league status.
In the summer of 2017, Santos left the ''
Estádio do Bessa'' and had almost everything arranged with
Aris Limassol FC
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, having even been presented. However, he left after the
Cypriot First Division club tried to alter the contract's conditions without his knowledge, and joined
S.C. Salgueiros
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Founded on 8 December 1911, in the parish of Paranhos, it is mostly known f ...
in his country's third tier shortly after.
References
External links
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Portuguese League profile
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Viana do Castelo
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
Segunda Divisão players
FC Porto players
Padroense F.C. players
Eléctrico F.C. players
Juventude Sport Clube players
S.C. Coimbrões players
Boavista F.C. players
S.C. Salgueiros players
AD Oliveirense players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Footballers from Viana do Castelo District