Daniel Filipe Martins Carriço (born 4 August 1988) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays mainly as a

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. He spent most of his early professional career with

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, appearing in 154 official matches over four and a half seasons and scoring five goals. In 2013 he signed with

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, winning the

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four times with the club while playing 167 games in all competitions. All categories comprised, Carriço earned 70

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for Portugal, including 16 for the under-21s (four goals). He played one match for the senior team in 2015.

Club career

Sporting CP

A product of

's prolific youth academy, Carriço was born in Cascais and made his professional debut in 2007–08, splitting that season with S.C. Olhanense and

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, in both cases on loan. Having returned to Sporting he made his Primeira Liga debut on 26 October 2008, replacing injured Tonel in a 0–0 away draw against

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and securing a starting place even after the latter became available. For

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, after longtime incumbent

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's departure to FC Porto, Carriço was chosen as new

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by newly appointed coach Paulo Sérgio. In the following campaign, under both

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and his successor Ricardo Sá Pinto, he was used almost exclusively as a

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Reading

On 31 December 2012, Sporting announced that Carriço had been sold to

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club

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for a fee of £609,000 (

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750,000); he signed an initial two-and-a-half-year contract, with the option of a further year after that. He made his debut on 12 January 2013, starting and playing 45 minutes in a 3–2 home win against

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. Carriço only totalled 87 minutes of action – all in the league – and four bench appearances, as the English team eventually suffered relegation after ranking 19th.

Sevilla

On 17 July 2013, Carriço joined

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side

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on a

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-long loan with a view to a permanent move. He made his debut on 1 August in a

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qualifier in which he scored the last goal of a 3–0 home win over

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. His league debut occurred on 20 October in a 2–2 draw at

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, and his first goal for the club came on 11 January 2014, a late equaliser which ensured a 1–1 away draw against

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. His only other goal of the campaign was on 9 March, the second in a 3–1 victory at

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. Carriço played the entirety of the

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, partnering

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in defensive midfield as Sevilla beat

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on penalties. He signed a permanent deal with Sevilla on 23 June 2014, and his first match after that was the

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, a 0–2 defeat to compatriots Real Madrid. On 23 April 2015, Carriço became the player with most appearances in the Europa League at 45. Again an undisputed starter for coach

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, he also appeared in the 2015 final of the competition, won against

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(3–2). Carriço missed the first part of the 2015–16 season due to a

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injury, but was still able to contribute 25 appearances across all competitions, scoring in a 1–1 away draw against RC Celta de Vigo. He also started in both of the team's finals: he helped them to a third consecutive Europa League title by defeating

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3–1 in

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, making a goal-line clearance from

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's header after ten minutes and subsequently dedicating the victory to

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, a Sevilla player who died in 2007. On 22 May 2016, in the last minute of extra time of the

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of the

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against

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, he was

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for two bookable offenses in less than 30 seconds, first for tackling

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then for calling referee Carlos del Cerro Grande a "faggot" in an eventual 2–0 loss, receiving a four-match ban the following day for his actions.

Wuhan Zall

On 20 February 2020, Carriço transferred to Wuhan Zall FC. He joined the

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club despite it being based in the city that was the point of origin of the

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. Due to the health crisis, he did not debut until 25 July, when he came on as an added-time substitute in a 2–0 opening day win at home to Qingdao Huanghai FC.

Almería

On 22 August 2021, Carriço returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year contract with

in Segunda División.

International career

As a youth

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, Carriço appeared at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he was elected as one of the best players after scoring two goals in just three games (

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did not go through the group stage). The following year, he progressed into the under-21s. In May 2015, shortly after winning his second consecutive Europa League title, Carriço was called up to the senior national team for the first time by coach Fernando Santos, ahead of a

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against

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and a friendly with

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. He made his only senior international appearance in the latter on 16 June, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute for Bruno Alves in the 1–0 win in

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sporting CP *

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* Taça da Liga runner-up: 2008–09 Sevilla *

: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20 *

runner-up: 2015–16 *

runner-up:

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Almería * Segunda División: 2021–22

References

External links

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