Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 8 September 1988), known as Licá, is a Portuguese

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who plays as a

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for ACDR Lamelas. He amassed

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totals of 229 matches and 40 goals over 11 seasons, after starting his professional career with Académica. He represented six other top-flight clubs, mainly

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and

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. He also had brief spells in Spain and England. Licá won one

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for

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, in 2013.

Club career

Early years

Born in Lamelas,

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, Licá joined Académica de Coimbra from the lower leagues in 2007, aged 19. He appeared rarely for the club over two

seasons, also being loaned to another modest side, G.D. Tourizense, during his contract; he scored his first goal in the top division on 22 February 2009, helping to a 3–1 home win against

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

. In the 2010 January

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, Licá moved on loan to C.D. Trofense in the Segunda Liga, netting five goals in 27 games in his first full season as the

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team narrowly missed on promotion. From 2011 to 2013, he represented

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; after finding the net on 12 occasions in his

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, being essential as his team returned to the top flight after seven years, he added six in all 30 matches in the second to help them overachieve for a final fifth position, with the subsequent

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for the

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Porto

Licá signed for

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on 29 May 2013, agreeing to a four-year contract. He scored his first official goal for his new team on 10 August, the first in a 3–0 victory over

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

in the

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. On 1 August 2014, deemed surplus to requirements as practically all Portuguese players by new manager Julen Lopetegui, Licá was loaned to

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club

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in a

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-long move. He made his debut in the competition on 21 September, starting in a 4–2 away loss to

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Nottingham Forest

On 31 August 2016, after a top-tier campaign with

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, Licá was released by Porto and signed for

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on a two-year deal, for a fee believed to be around £300,000. He first appeared in the

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on 14 September, featuring six minutes in a 2–2 draw at

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. Licá returned to Portugal on 6 February 2017, joining former club Estoril on loan until the end of the season. Both he and the

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-based side wanted to make the deal permanent, but this never came to be because of wage demands.

Granada

On 31 August 2017, he mutually agreed to terminate his contract with Forest and signed with

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side

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later the same day. Having made only two substitute cameos in

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and started one

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match, he was released on 31 January.

Belenenses

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, Licá joined

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on a four-month deal on 1 February 2018, extending his contract until 2020 that May. He scored a career-best in the Portuguese top division of 11 goals for the reorganised

in 2018–19, including March's goal of the month against

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in a 2–2 draw.

Later career

On 14 November 2020, Licá joined

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, again at zero cost until the end of the season. In a campaign that ended with relegation, he received the first

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of his career in a 3–1 home victory over Gil Vicente F.C. on 10 January. Licá returned to last-placed Belenenses SAD on 10 February 2022, having been out of work since the summer. He returned to his hometown one year later, signing with amateurs ACDR Lamelas in the

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's district leagues.

International career

Licá was part of the Portugal under-21 team that took silver at the

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on home soil. He played all four matches, scoring in a 4–1 win over

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on the final day. On 10 September 2013, shortly after having moved to Porto, Licá made his debut for the senior national team, playing the last six minutes of a 3–1 friendly loss to

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at the

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in the United States.

Personal life

Licá's father and his older brother Pedro Jorge were also footballers. While the latter spent a couple of youth years at

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Estádio do Bessa. It is one of the oldest clubs ...

, both mainly played for local amateur clubs.

Career statistics

Honours

Estoril * Segunda Liga: 2011–12 Porto *

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Lamelas * 1ª Divisão de Honra – AF Viseu: 2022–23 Portugal U21 *

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: Silver medal 2009 Individual * Segunda Liga Player of the Year: 2011–12 * SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month: December 2011, February 2012 * SJPF Segunda Liga Young Player of the Month: September 2011, December 2011, January 2012, February 2012

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lica 1988 births Living people People from Castro Daire 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Viseu District Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Académica de Coimbra (football) players G.D. Tourizense players C.D. Trofense players G.D. Estoril Praia players FC Porto players Vitória S.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players B-SAD players S.C. Farense players La Liga players Segunda División players Rayo Vallecano players Granada CF footballers English Football League players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England