José Carlos Gomes Filho (born 4 October 1979) is a Brazilian former

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player.

Biography

Zé Carlos was born and raised in

Teresópolis Teresópolis () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, in a mountainous region known as ''Região Serrana''. The Serra dos Órgãos National Park li ...

Rio de Janeiro state Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...

and has one sister. When Zé was 7 years old, he started his football career playing

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at Clube Comary. Zé's fast play and scoring abilities were noticed by Mario Mendes, director of

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest Association football, football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato B ...

. Mendes advised Zé to switch to the field game at Fluminense. Later, Zé Carlos started his professional career at Ituano in

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at eighteen years of age. He was signed by

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in September 200

He went to Bolivia to play for Club Jorge Wilstermann, Jorge Wilstermann in February 200

Since 2006 he has been playing in the

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External links

Player profile on FK Rabotnički web page

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* 1979 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ituano FC players Moto Club de São Luís players C.F. União players Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club players F.C. Penafiel players Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players CF Canelas 2010 players C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players FK Vardar players FK Cementarnica 55 players FK Rabotnichki players Macedonian First Football League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub