Carlos Alberto (footballer, born December 1984)

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.

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 40)
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

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.^[2]

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.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] In May 2008, he signed another loan contract with Botafogo until June 2009^[7] but on 12 November 2008, he left the club because of outstanding salary payments.^[8] On 7 January 2009, he was loaned out yet again, this time to CR Vasco da Gama for 6 months until 30 June 2009.^[9] Later he signed for another year on loan with Vasco da Gama.^[10][11] In June 2010 his contract with Werder Bremen was mutually terminated. He signed a three-year contract with Vasco da Gama until June 2013.^[12][13]

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

On 24 April 2015, he joined Figueirense along with Felipe.^[16]

On 13 January 2017, he signed a one-year contract with Atlético Paranaense.^[17]

In 2019, after being without a club for a year, Carlos Alberto joined Boavista playing in the Campeonato Carioca.^[18]

In June 2019, he announced his retirement.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^{[19][20][21][22]}

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. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
3. 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. Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
7. Appearance in Primeira Liga (Brazil).

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[23][24]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2003	4	0
	2005	1	0
Total		5	0

Honours

Fluminense

• Campeonato Carioca: 2002
• Copa do Brasil: 2007

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2003–04
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2004
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
• Intercontinental Cup: 2004

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005

Vasco da Gama

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2009

Individual

• Carioca Team of the Year: 2009

References

1. "Carlos Alberto". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
2. McCarra, Kevin (26 May 2004). "Mourinho leaves Porto on top". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
3. "Carlos Alberto in Bremen gelandet" (in German). goal.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
4. "Der Bremer Rasta-Mann" (in German). RP Online. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
5. Vickery, Tim (28 February 2011). "Giovanni Hernandez – from mediocre to maestro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
6. "Carlos Alberto in Sao Paulo auf dem Abstellgleis" (in German). FOCUS Online. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
7. "Bremer Carlos Alberto bleibt bis 2009 bei Botafogo" (in German). FOCUS Online. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
8. "Player leaves Botafogo, cites unpaid salary". International Herald Tribune. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
9. "Zwangs-Comeback im Trainingslager?" (in German). bild.de. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
10. "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.
11. "Carlos Alberto bleibt weiteres Jahr bei Vasco da Gama". Werder Bremen (in German). 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12. "Kapitel Carlos Alberto beendet" [Chapter Carlos Alberto finished] (in German). kicker.de. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
13. "Carlos Alberto bleibt bis 2013 bei Vasco da Gama". Werder Bremen (in German). 8 July 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
14. "Meia Carlos Alberto acerta com clube dos Emirados Árabes". Gazeta Esportiva (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 January 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
15. "Time dos Emirados Árabes não honra acordo, e meia Carlos Alberto retorna ao Brasil". ESPN (in Portuguese). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
16. "ENQUETE: você aprova as contratações de Carlos Alberto e Felipe pelo Figueira" (in Portuguese). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
17. "Atlético-PR confirma Carlos Alberto em volta à Libertadores". terra (in Portuguese). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
18. 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.
19. Carlos Alberto at WorldFootball.net
20. "Carlos Alberto". netvasco.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
21. Carlos Alberto at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
22. "Carlos Alberto". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
23. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002–2003". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
24. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2004–2005". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

External links

• Carlos Alberto de Jesus at fussballdaten.de (in German)