Enrico Cardoso Nazaré (born 4 May 1984, in

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), commonly known as Enrico, is a former

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ian

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Playing career

Enrico played for the Brazilian teams

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and

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before his transfer to the Swedish team

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, in the summer of 2006 on a 3.5 year contract. Enrico moved back to Brazil in 2009, hired by

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. During almost six years in Brazil, he played as well for

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and Ponte Preta. In the summer of 2014 Enrico went to Europe again, first to Greece where he defended

Apollon Smyrni Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

and Iraklis Psachna, and then to Sweden, defending

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and Enskede. In 2017 Enrico ended his football career and started working as an agent.

Career statistics

Honours

;

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(1): 2005 ;

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(1): 2009 *

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(1): 2011 ;

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(1): 2010 *

(1): 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enrico 1984 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Clube Atlético Mineiro players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players CR Vasco da Gama players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Ceará Sporting Club players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Allsvenskan players Association football midfielders Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Greece Huddinge IF players Enskede IK players Footballers from Belo Horizonte