Carlos Kaiser (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Henrique Raposo | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1972–1973 | Botafogo | ||
1973–1979 |
Flamengo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979 |
Puebla | 0 | (0) |
1979–1981 | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
1981–1983 |
Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Independiente | 0 | (0) |
1985–1986 | Bangu | 0 | (0) |
1986–1987 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 0 | (0) |
1987–1988 |
Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
1988 | Bangu | 0 | (0) |
1988–1989 |
Fluminense | 0 | (0) |
1989 |
Vasco da Gama | 0 | (0) |
1989–1990 | El Paso Sixshooters | 0 | (0) |
1990–1991 |
América (RJ) | 0 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
Total | 0 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian
Career
Early career
Nicknamed "Kaiser" due to a purported resemblance to
Footballer
He later returned to Brazil and began a career as a farce footballer since he "wanted to be a footballer, but did not want to play football", becoming a friend of many footballers such as
Another tactic was to befriend journalists so that they would write fictional stories about him. In one newspaper article, it was reported that he had such a great time at Puebla that he was even invited to become a Mexican citizen to play for the national team.[1] He also used toy mobile phones, expensive and uncommon at the time, to create fake conversations in foreign languages or reject non-existent transfer offers to create an image of himself as a valuable player.[4]
Club career
Upon returning to Brazil, Kaiser went back to Botafogo, starting his farce career. While employing his fake injury scam, he also made use of the toy mobile phone scam by pretending to speak English to buy himself more time at the club, but was later discovered by a club doctor who was fluent in English.[5] He later rejoined Flamengo and stayed a few months with the same injury scam.[5]
Amongst his scams, he claimed that he played in Argentina at Talleres de Córdoba and Independiente, being brought by a man named "Alejandro", who was a friend of Jorge Burruchaga and claiming that he was part of the squad that won both the 1984 Copa Libertadores and the 1984 Intercontinental Cup by portraying himself as Carlos Enrique, an Argentinian player who was genuinely part of the squad.[3]
In 1986, he allegedly moved to Europe and joined
Returning to Brazil, he joined Bangu, where he again used his fake injury scam. However, Castor de Andrade, the club's major sponsor and patron, became tired of seeing him just training. During one match, Castor told the coach to play him, as the team was losing 2–0. When Kaiser was sent to warm up, he saw a group of supporters shouting abuse at the players and started to fight them, for which he immediately received a red card without even participating in the actual match. After the match, he lied to the patron that the supporters called him a thief. He was forgiven and earned a six-month extension.[3]
In 1989, Kaiser turned up on the roster of American indoor side: the
Kaiser also had a spell at
Film
In November 2015, Kaiser signed an exclusive agreement with a UK production company, Nods & Volleys Entertainment Limited, which was specifically incorporated to tell his story on all media formats. Interview filming on a cinematic release was completed in December 2016.[citation needed]
Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on 21 April 2018. The film features contributions from Carlos Alberto Torres, Zico, Renato Gaucho, Bebeto, Junior and Ricardo Rocha.[10]
Book
The book Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football, by the journalist Rob Smyth, was published in 2018.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c "A história de Carlos Henrique Kaiser, o Forrest Gump do futebol brasileiro".
- ^ Louis Myles (director) (2018). Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football. Nods and Volleys Entertainment. Event occurs at 9:00.
- ^ a b c d e "Briga com torcedor, bolas na galera, celular falso... as aventuras de Kaiser".
- ^ a b c "Carlos "Kaiser": bolas fora, lesões agendadas, telemóveis falsos - Maisfutebol.iol.pt". Archived from the original on 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ a b "Carlos Henrique Kaiser - Football's Greatest Fraud - leftways". Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ "Carlos "Kaiser", la leggenda del calciatore che non ha mai giocato una partita". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 29 October 2014.
- ^ Louis Myles (director) (2018). Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football. Nods and Volleys Entertainment. Event occurs at 1:10:00.
- ^ "Kaiser Soccer Club - Translation". radioambulante.org. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Carlos "Kaiser": a história de um farsante no futebol - Maisfutebol.iol.pt". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ "Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football | 2018 Tribeca Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ Smyth, Rob (26 April 2017). "The forgotten story of ... Carlos Kaiser, football's greatest conman". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Reviews - The Possible World; Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football; Forest Dark – review". The Guardian. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.