Carlão (footballer, born January 1986)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Corinthians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Corinthians | 31 | (1) |
| 2008–2014 | Sochaux | 139 | (2) |
| 2014–2019 | APOEL | 160 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 |
→ Torino (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | Ferroviária | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | Paysandu | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Mirassol | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Guarani | 22 | (0) |
| 2022 |
Santo André | 12 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Ferroviária | 12 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Ituano (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2023 | Ituano | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 | |||
Carlos Roberto da Cruz Junior, or simply Carlão (born 19 January 1986) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
Club 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
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 official goal in his second season at APOEL, netting the winner in his team's 2–1 home victory against
On 3 August 2016, Carlão agreed to extend his contract with APOEL until May 2019.
Torino
On 9 January 2017 he arrived in Italy, signing with
APOEL
Career statistics
| 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 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 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 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 11[d] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 40 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12[d] | 0 | 0[c] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
Torino
|
2016–17 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| APOEL | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 80 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 213 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 281 | 6 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b c Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
Honours
References
- ^ "OFFICIAL, Sochaux signed Carlao". transfermarketweb.com. 18 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Carlao" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "APOEL comeback halts ten-man HJK". UEFA. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "APOEL FC Squad". UEFA. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Piqué the head boy as Barça edge past APOEL". UEFA. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "UEFA.com's team of the week". UEFA. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "APOEL secure league to wrap up Cypriot double". UEFA.com. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "APOEL come from behind to end eight-match wait". UEFA.com. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Carlos Roberto da Cruz Junior" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "Συμφωνία μετεγγραφής Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Μόνο 500 χιλιάδες λένε από πλευράς ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek). balla.com.cy. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Carlão: "Avevo tante offerte, ma ho scelto il Toro"". LaStampa.it. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Torino, depositato il contratto del difensore Carlao". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Carlão al Toro". Torinofc.it. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Ligue 1 profile". Ligue1. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
External links
- APOEL official profile at the Wayback Machine (archived August 8, 2014)
- Carlão at Soccerway
- Carlão – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- globoesporte (in Portuguese)