Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Secretário (born 12 May 1970) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played mainly as a

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, currently a

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. In a 17-year career, in which he appeared in 341

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

games and scored 12 goals, he played for six clubs in his country including

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, with which he won 16 major titles. He also briefly represented

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

. Secretário played more than 30 times with the Portugal national team, representing the country in two

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. In 2007, he started working as a coach.

Playing career

Club

After making his professional debut with

Gil Vicente F.C. Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

in the Segunda Liga, Secretário, who was born in

São João da Madeira São João da Madeira (), is a city and a municipality in northwestern region of the Portuguese Norte region. It's part of the larger Porto Metropolitan Area, located 30 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 21,713. With an area ...

and started his career as a

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, moved to the

with F.C. Penafiel in 1989, then spent one additional

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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 ...

in the same league. Ahead of 1992–93, he signed for

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese ...

. In the summer of 1993, Secretário joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, quickly establishing himself as an undisputed starter in defense or midfield – after João Pinto's retirement, he played almost exclusively as a

– and helping the northerners to two leagues, one

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and one Supercup in his first spell. He attracted attention from

, which signed the player in July 1996, but he would encounter extreme difficulties in carving a starting niche with the Spanish club, which was aggravated with the January 1997 signing of Italian

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; in a bizarre incident in a game against

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at the

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, a delay was caused by a rabbit presumably thrown into the fray from the terraces, and he was quick enough to catch it. "Secretário may or may be not a good player," said TV commentator Arsenio Iglesias at the time, "but he is indeed a great hunter." Secretário returned to Porto in January 1998 for six-and-a-half additional seasons, and would go on to conquer the

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and the

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in successive years, although he was now only backup to emergent

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. On 14 March 2002, he was

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for a

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during a 2–1 continental home win over

Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο. ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', "All-Athenian ...

, receiving a three-match suspension. In June 2005, Secretário retired after one year with

F.C. Maia Futebol Clube da Maia is a Portuguese football club based in Maia, Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto. Founded on 4 April 1954, it currently plays in the Porto Regional League, holding home matches at the Estádio Professor Doutor Vieira de Carv ...

(second tier).

International

Secretário earned 35

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for

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, and played at the

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and 2000 European Championships. In both cases second choice, he totalled three appearances.

Honours

Player

Porto *

: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04 *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...

: 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03 *

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese football match played since 1979 between the winners of the Portuguese League (Primeira Liga) and Portuguese ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

: 2002–03 Real Madrid *

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: 1996–97 Portugal *

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third place:

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Manager

Créteil *

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: 2018–19

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Secretario, Carlos 1970 births Living people People from São João da Madeira Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Aveiro District Men's association football fullbacks Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Gil Vicente F.C. players F.C. Penafiel players F.C. Famalicão players S.C. Braga players FC Porto players F.C. Maia players La Liga players Real Madrid CF players UEFA Cup winning players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players UEFA Euro 2000 players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese football managers F.C. Maia managers A.D. Lousada managers F.C. Arouca managers US Créteil-Lusitanos managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France