Carlos Ilídio Moreno Gomes (born 7 December 1970), known as Piguita, is a Cape Verdean retired
footballer
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who played as a
central defender
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
Piguita was born in
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. . He arrived in Portugal at the age of 22 from
Sporting Clube da Praia
Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: ''Sporting Klubi di Praia'') is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is bas ...
, suffering two consecutive
Primeira Liga
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relegations with
F.C. Famalicão
Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portugu ...
and
S.C. Beira-Mar
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.
After one year in the
third division with
Portimonense SC
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, Piguita signed for
S.C. Covilhã
Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the ...
in the
second level. He went on to remain with the club for 11 years, appearing in nearly 300 competitive matches and achieving three promotions to division two.
Piguita retired at nearly 40, after three seasons with four teams in Portuguese amateur football.
References
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1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Praia
Cape Verdean footballers
Men's association football defenders
Sporting Clube da Praia players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
F.C. Famalicão players
S.C. Beira-Mar players
Portimonense S.C. players
S.C. Covilhã players
S.C. Lusitânia players
Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal