Carlos Apna Embaló (born 25 November 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean

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who plays as a winger or

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for Italian club

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Club career

Embalo was bought by

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from Portuguese team Chaves. ''Rosanero'' then loaned Embalo to

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. On 13 September 2014, Embaló made his professional debut with

in a

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match against

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. After his loan period end,

loaned him to

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

and Brescia. On 15 June 2016,

officially announced the contract extension with Embalo until 30 June 2020. On 25 January 2019, he joined

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

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

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season. On 23 June 2022, Embaló returned to Italy and signed with Serie B side Cittadella. On 1 September 2023, Embaló moved to

International career

International stats

International goals

:''Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.''

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