Zé Carlos (footballer, born 1983)

José Carlos Ferreira Filho (born 24 April 1983), known as Zé Carlos, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker.^[1]

Zé Carlos

Personal information
Full name	José Carlos Ferreira Filho
Date of birth	(1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Maceió, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Corinthians-AL	0	(0)
2001–2003	→ Porto B (loan)	48	(12)
2003–2004	→ Vizela (loan)	8	(2)
2004	→ CRB (loan)
2004–2005	→ Ulsan Hyundai (loan)	13	(7)
2005	Ponte Preta	7	(2)
2006–2008	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	35	(10)
2008	América	0	(0)
2008–2011	Corinthians-AL	0	(0)
2009	→ Paulista (loan)	0	(0)
2009	→ Cruzeiro (loan)	8	(1)
2009	→ Portuguesa (loan)	16	(8)
2010	→ Gamba Osaka (loan)	1	(0)
2010	→ Portuguesa (loan)	17	(5)
2011–2013	→ Criciúma (loan)	52	(40)
2013	Changchun Yatai	10	(1)
2013–2014	Sharjah SC	22	(7)
2014	Criciúma	9	(0)
2015	CRB	36	(22)
2016	Ajman Club	0	(0)
2016	CRB	22	(9)
2017	Santa Cruz	0	(0)
2017	Fortaleza	10	(6)
2017	CRB	22	(4)
2018	Paraná	2	(0)
2018	Criciúma	29	(10)
2019	CRB	9	(1)
2020	São Bernardo	3	(0)
2020	Remo	7	(2)
2021	Murici	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Zé Carlos started out at local Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, who loaned him several times for the duration of his contract, including to clubs in Portugal and South Korea. He made his Série A debuts after being released, appearing rarely for Associação Atlética Ponte Preta during the 2005 season as it narrowly avoided relegation.

In 2006, Zé Carlos returned to the K League and joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, winning that year's AFC Champions League after scoring the decisive goal in a 1–2 away loss against Al-Karamah SC in the final's second leg (3–2 aggregate win). He subsequently returned to Corinthians, who again successively loaned him; during one of these spells, with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube,^[2] he received the fastest red card in the history of the Brazilian top flight, being sent off after just twelve seconds for elbowing Clube Atlético Mineiro's Renan Teixeira during a 12 July 2009 clash.^[3]

In the 2012 campaign, with Criciúma Esporte Clube,^[4] Zé Carlos netted a career-best 27 goals to help his team promote from Série B. On 3 February 2013, he signed for Changchun Yatai F.C. in the Chinese Super League.^[5]

Honors

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

• AFC Champions League: 1

2006

References

1. Diretoria do CRB anuncia a saída do atacante Zé Carlos: "História rica de esforço e dedicação", globoesporte.globo.com, 12 June 2019
2. Cruzeiro contrata atacante Zé Carlos, ex-Paulista (Cruzeiro hires forward Zé Carlos, ex-Paulista); Estadão, 13 April 2009 (in Portuguese)
3. Zé Carlos pede desculpas a cruzeirenses por expulsão (Zé Carlos apologises to cruzeirenses after dismissal); O Estado de S. Paulo, 12 July 2009 (in Portuguese)
4. Criciúma contrata goleiro e atacante para a Série B (Criciúma hires goalkeeper and forward for Série B); Diário Catarinense, 19 May 2011 (in Portuguese)
5. Zé Carlos deixa o Criciúma e vai para o futebol chinês: 'Não podia deixar passar' (Zé Carlos leaves Criciúma and goes to Chinese football: 'I could not let it pass'); Esporte UOL, 3 February 2013 (in Portuguese)

External links

• Zé Carlos at Sambafoot (archived)
• CBF data at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007) (in Portuguese)
• Zé Carlos at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Zé Carlos at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Zé Carlos – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Zé Carlos at Soccerway