Carlos Alberto
Carlos Alberto training with Werder Bremen in 2007
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Gomes de Jesus
Date of birth (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Youth career
2000–2001 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Fluminense 43 (5)
2004[1] Porto 22 (2)
2005–2007 Corinthians 47 (10)
2007 → Fluminense (loan) 5 (1)
2007–2010 Werder Bremen 2 (0)
2008 → São Paulo (loan) 0 (0)
2008 → Botafogo (loan) 23 (6)
2009–2010 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 26 (9)
2010–2013 Vasco da Gama 39 (3)
2011 → Grêmio (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Bahia (loan) 19 (0)
2014 Goiás 0 (0)
2014 Botafogo 13 (0)
2015–2016 Figueirense 22 (6)
2017 Atlético Paranaense 3 (0)
2019 Boavista 0 (0)
Total 264 (42)
International career
2003–2005 Brazil 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Gomes de Jesus (born 11 December 1984), commonly known as just Carlos Alberto, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, but who could also play as a second striker. He was known for his technique, dribbling ability, balance on the ball and two-footedness.

Career

Carlos Alberto started his career with Fluminense, where he won the Campeonato Carioca in 2002. He moved on to FC Porto under coach José Mourinho in January 2004. There, he won the Portuguese Championship and the UEFA Champions League, where he scored the first goal in the 3–0 win over AS Monaco in the final match.

In the beginning of 2005, he moved to Corinthians who signed a partnership with MSI, where he won the Brasileirão in 2005 being one of the major players of the team. In 2006 Corinthians did poorly in all competitions and Carlos Alberto lost a lot of room in the team and after a long fight with Corinthians manager Emerson Leão, which peaked at a Copa Sul-Americana game against Club Atlético Lanús. He stated he would never again play in Corinthians as long as Leão remained as manager. He was loaned out to Fluminense from January to December 2007, being the team captain in their Copa do Brasil title.

He joined Werder Bremen in July 2007 with a deal of reported €7.8m which was a club record.[2][3] He signed a four-year contract. The move did not work out for either club or player however, as he suffered with insomnia, and returned to Brazil on numerous loan spells.[4]

In January 2008 he was loaned out to São Paulo but he was excluded from the squad for disciplinary reasons in April 2008 three months before his contract ended.[5] In May 2008, he signed another loan contract with Botafogo until June 2009[6] but on 12 November 2008, he left the club because of outstanding salary payments.[7] On 7 January 2009, he was loaned out yet again, this time to CR Vasco da Gama for 6 months until 30 June 2009.[8] Later he signed for another year on loan with Vasco da Gama.[9][10] In June 2010 his contract with Werder Bremen was mutually terminated. He signed a three-year contract with Vasco da Gama until June 2013.[11][12]

On 14 January 2015, Carlos Alberto joined Emirati club Al Dhafra on a one-year contract.[13] 15 days later, however, the move collapsed and he returned to Brazil.[14]

On 24 April 2015, he joined Figueirense along with Felipe.[15]

On 13 January 2017, he signed a one-year contract with Atlético Paranaense.[16]

In 2019, after being without a club for a year, Carlos Alberto joined Boavista playing in the Campeonato Carioca.[17]

In June 2019, he announced his retirement.[17]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[18][19][20][21]
Club Season League Cup Continental State League Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense 2002 Série A 11 0 0 0 — 2 0 2[a] 0 15 0
2003 Série A 32 5 5 1 3[b] 1 4 1 — 44 8
Total 43 5 5 1 3 1 6 1 2 0 59 8
Porto 2003–04 Primeira Liga 12 1 3 2 7[c] 1 — 0 0 22 4
2004–05 Primeira Liga 10 1 0 0 4[c] 0 — 3[d] 0 17 1
Total 22 2 3 2 11 1 — 3 0 39 5
Corinthians 2005 Série A 30 8 6 0 5[b] 0 7 2 — 48 10
2006 Série A 17 2 0 0 11[e] 0 2 0 — 30 2
Total 47 10 6 0 16 0 9 2 — 78 12
Fluminense 2007 Série A 5 1 7 2 — 1 0 — 13 3
Werder Bremen 2007–08 Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 2[c] 0 — — 5 0
São Paulo 2008 Série A 0 0 0 0 3[f] 0 10 1 — 13 1
Botafogo 2008 Série A 23 6 0 0 5[b] 4 0 0 — 28 10
Vasco da Gama 2009 Série B 26 9 6 1 — 11 5 — 43 15
2010 Série A 9 0 4 2 — 9 2 — 22 4
2011 Série A 0 0 0 0 — 3 0 — 3 0
2012 Série A 28 2 0 0 4[f] 0 3 1 — 35 3
2013 Série A 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 3 — 14 4
Total 65 12 10 3 4 0 38 11 — 117 26
Grêmio 2011 Série A 0 0 0 0 5[f] 1 7 0 — 12 1
Bahia 2011 Série A 19 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 19 0
Goiás 2014 Série A 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 — 6 0
Botafogo 2014 Série A 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 13 0
Figueirense 2015 Série A 14 3 1 1 — 0 0 — 15 4
2016 Série A 8 3 0 0 2[b] 0 4 1 1[g] 0 15 4
Total 22 6 1 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 30 8
Atlético Paranaense 2017 Série A 3 0 1 0 6[f] 1 0 0 — 10 1
Boavista 2019 Série D 0 0 0 0 — 4 1 — 4 1
Career total 264 42 36 9 57 8 83 17 6 0 446 76
  1. ^ Appearances in Copa dos Campeões.
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League.
  4. ^ One appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup and one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  5. ^ Seven appearances in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  6. ^ a b c d Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
  7. ^ Appearance in Primeira Liga (Brazil).

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[22][23]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2003 4 0
2005 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Fluminense

Porto

Corinthians

Vasco da Gama

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Carlos Alberto". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Carlos Alberto in Bremen gelandet" (in German). goal.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Der Bremer Rasta-Mann" (in German). RP Online. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  4. ^ Vickery, Tim (28 February 2011). "Giovanni Hernandez – from mediocre to maestro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Carlos Alberto in Sao Paulo auf dem Abstellgleis" (in German). FOCUS Online. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Bremer Carlos Alberto bleibt bis 2009 bei Botafogo" (in German). FOCUS Online. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Player leaves Botafogo, cites unpaid salary". International Herald Tribune. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Zwangs-Comeback im Trainingslager?" (in German). bild.de. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Carlos Alberto por mais 1 ano com a camisa 19" (in Portuguese). crvascodagama.com. 6 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  10. ^ "Carlos Alberto bleibt weiteres Jahr bei Vasco da Gama". Werder Bremen (in German). 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Kapitel Carlos Alberto beendet" [Chapter Carlos Alberto finished] (in German). kicker.de. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  12. ^ "Carlos Alberto bleibt bis 2013 bei Vasco da Gama". Werder Bremen (in German). 8 July 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Meia Carlos Alberto acerta com clube dos Emirados Árabes". Gazeta Esportiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Time dos Emirados Árabes não honra acordo, e meia Carlos Alberto retorna ao Brasil". ESPN (in Portuguese). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  15. ^ "ENQUETE: você aprova as contratações de Carlos Alberto e Felipe pelo Figueira" (in Portuguese). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Atlético-PR confirma Carlos Alberto em volta à Libertadores". terra (in Portuguese). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  17. ^ a b Rotstein, Gustavo (21 June 2019). "Aos 34 anos, Carlos Alberto encerra a carreira: "Acertei mais do que errei"". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  18. ^ Carlos Alberto at WorldFootball.net
  19. ^ "Carlos Alberto". netvasco.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  20. ^ Carlos Alberto at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  21. ^ "Carlos Alberto". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002–2003". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  23. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2004–2005". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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