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

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

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

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. 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

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in the Segunda Liga, Secretário, who was born in

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and started his career as a

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, moved to the

with

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in 1989, then spent one additional

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

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. In the summer of 1993, Secretário joined

, quickly establishing himself as an undisputed starter in defense or midfield – after

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'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

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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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on Emmanuel Olisadebe during a 2–1 continental home win over Panathinaikos, receiving a three-match suspension. In June 2005, Secretário retired after one year with

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(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.

Coaching career

In 2007, two years after retiring, Secretário started his coaching career with Portuguese fourth-tier side Maia, where he had retired as a player. He continued working in the lower leagues in the following seasons, also having a spell in French amateur football. Secretário was appointed at

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club Créteil-Lusitanos on 1 June 2018. In his first season, with a team including compatriots and their diaspora on the pitch and in the backroom, he won promotion as champions with four games remaining. He resigned in December 2020, citing health problems and the desire to retire to Portugal. In August 2022, 52-year-old Secretário was placed in

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after suffering a

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. After four months of recovery, he was next seen publicly on New Year's Day.

Honours

Player

Porto *

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

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: 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 association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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 Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: 2002–03 Real Madrid *

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: 1996–97 Portugal *

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third place:

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Manager

Créteil *

: 2018–19

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Secretario, Carlos 1970 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from São João da Madeira 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 Europa League–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