Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida (born 24 September 1988), known as Carlitos, is an

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

n professional

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who plays for Portuguese club R.D. Águeda as a

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or a

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Club career

Born in

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Aveiro District Aveiro District (, ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Porto District to the north, ...

of Angolan descent, Carlitos joined

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football (soccer), football te ...

's youth academy at the age of 13. He went on to represent the senior side in both the

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and second divisions, his first match in the latter competition occurring on 21 September 2008 in a 1–2 home loss against

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

and his first goal coming exactly three months later, as the hosts defeated S.C. Freamunde by the same score. In the 2009 off-season, Carlitos signed a four-year contract with

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

club F.C. Paços de Ferreira. His maiden league appearance took place on 16 August, in a 1–1 home draw with

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. The previous week, he had also come from the bench in the 2–0 loss against the same opposition in the

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

. In the summer of 2010, Carlitos was loaned to his former team Oliveirense. He subsequently took his game to the Angolan

Girabola Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan association football, football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The term "Girabola" () is a creation of the nationalist, ...

, where he represented C.R.D. Libolo, F.C. Bravos do Maquis and G.D. Interclube, being reconverted into a

in the process.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlitos 1988 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen 21st-century Angolan sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Angolan men's footballers Footballers from Aveiro District Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players U.D. Oliveirense players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players S.C. Olhanense players F.C. Alverca players S.C. Beira-Mar players SC São João de Ver players Girabola players C.R.D. Libolo players F.C. Bravos do Maquis players G.D. Interclube players Angola men's international footballers