Carlos Alberto Carvalho da Silva Júnior (born 15 August 1995), simply known as Carlos, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a forward for Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia.

Club career

Born in Santa Luz,

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, Carlos joined

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

's youth setup in 2009, aged 14. On 10 August 2013 he made his professional debut, replacing Rosinei in a 0–0 away draw against Náutico for the Série A championship. In January 2014 Carlos was definitely promoted to the main squad. He scored his first goal on 1 March, netting the last of a 4–1 Campeonato Mineiro away routing over Villa Nova. Carlos also appeared regularly during the year's national league, scoring a brace in a 3–2 away win against fierce rivals Cruzeiro on 21 September. On 2 February 2017, Carlos joined

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on a season-long loan. On 17 April 2018, Carlos was once again loaned by Atlético, this time to Paraná, reuniting with his former manager at Atlético's youth team

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. On 29 December 2018 it was announced, that Carlos had signed with Vitória F.C. in Portugal. His contract with Atlético was terminated, but the club maintained a percentage in case of future sale of the player. Carlos moved to

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, but the transfer was actually never finalized due to bureaucratic problems. He then signed with another Portuguese club,

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. On 20 August 2021, Carlos joined Al-Shabab on a three-year contract.

International career

On 27 November 2014, Carlos was preselected by the Brazil under-20s for the

2015 South American Youth Football Championship The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, pt, Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015, region=BR) was the 27th edition of the biennia ...

, hosted in Uruguay.

Honours

;Atlético Mineiro *

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* Campeonato Mineiro: 2015

Individual

* Primeira Liga Team of the Year:

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References

External links

Atlético official profile
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at Rio Ave FC 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Bahia Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Sport Club Internacional players Paraná Clube players Rio Ave F.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Primeira Liga players Saudi Professional League players Brazil youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub