Carlos Manuel Oliveiros da Silva (born 9 March 1959), known as Vermelhinho, is a Portuguese former professional
footballer
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who played as a
left winger
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.
Club career
Born in
São João da Madeira
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,
Aveiro District, Vermelhinho signed for
FC Porto in 1982 after starting out at local
A.D. Sanjoanense. In the
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup
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Universitatea Craiova, winners of the ...
he scored arguably his most important career goal, as the former team won 1–0 away against
Aberdeen
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in the second leg of the semi-finals (2–0 on aggregate): in a foggy night, he netted through an amazing long-range lob, and went on to also play the entire
decisive match, lost 1–2 to
Juventus FC
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, founded = as Sport-Club Juventus
, ground = Juventus Stadium
, capacity = 41,507
, owner = Agnell ...
.
Vermelhinho closed out his career at the age of 36 with his first club Sanjoanense, also having one-season spells with
G.D. Chaves
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,
S.C. Braga
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and
S.C. Espinho.
International career
Vermelhinho earned two
caps
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for
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,
being picked for the squad at
UEFA Euro 1984
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where he did not leave
the bench.
References
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1959 births
Living people
People from São João da Madeira
Footballers from Aveiro District
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
A.D. Sanjoanense players
FC Porto players
G.D. Chaves players
S.C. Braga players
S.C. Espinho players
Portugal men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 1984 players