Carlos Germano

Carlos Germano
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Germano Schwambach Neto
Date of birth	14 August 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Domingos Martins, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1991	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1999	Vasco da Gama
2000	Santos
2001	Portuguesa
2002	Internacional
2002	Botafogo
2003	Paysandu
2004	América
2004	Vasco da Gama
2005	Madureira
2005–2006	Penafiel
International career
1995–1998	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Germano Schwambach Neto (born 14 August 1970), better known as Carlos Germano, is a former Brazilian footballer who played goalkeeper.

He was a member of the Brazilian squads that won the 1997 Copa América and that reached the final of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.^[1]

Club career

He began his football career in 1985 in his native town, and was discovered by

youth team

for a test. In the same year he became the first choice goalkeeper for the youth side.

When Vasco's senior goalkeeper

Acácio left the club, Carlos Germano became the number 1 immediately. He went to receive all of the club honours and was chosen top goalkeeper of the Brazilian Championship

in 1997.

In 1999, he had some disagreements with Vasco's chairman and left the club. He signed with

FC Penafiel

(Portuguese side at the time in the second division) in 2005.