Carlos Emanuel Soares Tavares (born 23 April 1985), known as Carlitos, is a former professional

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who played as a right or left-back.

Club career

Born in

Almada Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population of the municipality in 20 ...

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, Carlitos played the vast majority of his career in the lower levels of Portuguese football. His first Segunda Liga experience occurred with Portimonense S.C. in the 2007–08 season. In summer 2011, Carlitos moved to the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

, where he spent several years in service of

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

. On 3 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

club Iraklis FC. Carlitos returned to Cyprus and its top flight on 4 January 2016, when he joined

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also Romanization of Greek, transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional multi-sport club, esta ...

. He scored his only goal for the side roughly one year later, when he headed home in a 2–1 away loss against

Apollon Limassol FC Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has Association football, football, Apollon Limassol B.C., basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cyp ...

, and after 52 competitive appearances he was released on 26 May 2017. Before retiring at age 35, Carlitos represented Real S.C. and Casa Pia A.C. in the Portuguese second tier.

Personal life

Carlitos' cousin, Nani, was also a footballer. He represented mainly

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and

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Career statistics

Honours

Barreirense *

Segunda Divisão : : The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa ( English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the second level of the Portuguese pyrami ...

: 2004–05 AEL Limassol *

: 2011–12

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlitos 1985 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent 21st-century Cape Verdean sportsmen 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Cape Verdean men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Almada Men's association football fullbacks Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Amora F.C. players F.C. Barreirense players Odivelas F.C. players Imortal D.C. players Portimonense S.C. players G.D. Chaves players Atlético Clube de Portugal players Real S.C. players Casa Pia A.C. players Cypriot First Division players AEL Limassol players AC Omonia players Super League Greece players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Cape Verde men's international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus