Carlão (footballer, born January 1986)

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Carlão
Personal information
Full name Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior
Date of birth (1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 APOEL
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2006 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Corinthians 24 (3)
2008–2014 Sochaux 129 (2)
2014– APOEL 45 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2016

Carlos Roberto da Cruz Junior, or simply Carlão (born 19 January 1986 in São Paulo), is a Brazilian central defender who plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.

Career

Corinthians

Carlão started his career with Brazilian powerhouse Corinthians where he played a total of 24 games, and scored 3 goals.

Sochaux

In July 2008, Carlão was transferred from Corinthians to the French Ligue 1 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, after completing a deal worth €800,000.[1] He played for Sochaux from 2008 until 2014, appearing in 128 matches and scoring 1 goal.

APOEL

On 19 June 2014, after six French Ligue 1 seasons, he signed a two-year contract with APOEL from Cyprus.[2] He made his APOEL debut against HJK Helsinki at Sonera Stadium on 30 July 2014, in a 2–2 first leg draw for the third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[3] Carlão appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's 2014–15 UEFA Champions League campaign[4] and following his impressive performance at Camp Nou against FC Barcelona[5] for the first week of the group stage, he was included in UEFA.com's team of the week as the best central defender.[6] In his first season at APOEL, Carlão managed to win his first two career titles, as his team won both the Cypriot championship and the cup.[7] He scored his first goal for APOEL on 22 October 2015, netting the winner in his team's 2–1 home victory against Asteras Tripoli for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[8]

Career statistics

As of 19 July 2016[9][10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sochaux 2008–09 Ligue 1 26 0 1 0 2 0 — — 29 0
2009–10 Ligue 1 16 0 4 0 0 0 — — 20 0
2010–11 Ligue 1 24 1 2 0 1 0 — — 27 1
2011–12 Ligue 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 — — 21 0
2012–13 Ligue 1 15 0 1 0 1 0 — — 17 0
2013–14 Ligue 1 27 1 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 — 31 1
Total 129 2 9 0 5 0 2 0 — 145 2
APOEL 2014–15 Cypriot First Division 20 0 4 0 — 10[b] 0 1[c] 0 35 0
2015–16 Cypriot First Division 25 2 3 0 — 11[d] 1 1[c] 0 40 3
2016–17 Cypriot First Division 0 0 0 0 — 2[b] 0 0[c] 0 2 0
Total 45 2 7 0 — 23 1 2 0 77 3
Career total 174 4 16 0 5 0 25 1 2 0 223 5
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours

APOEL

References

  1. ^ "OFFICIAL, Sochaux signed Carlao". transfermarketweb.com. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  2. ^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Carlao" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  3. ^ "APOEL comeback halts ten-man HJK". UEFA. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  4. ^ "APOEL FC Squad". UEFA. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  5. ^ "Piqué the head boy as Barça edge past APOEL". UEFA. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  6. ^ "UEFA.com's team of the week". UEFA. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  7. ^ "APOEL secure league to wrap up Cypriot double". UEFA.com. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ^ "APOEL come from behind to end eight-match wait". UEFA.com. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Ligue 1 profile". Ligue1. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

External links

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