Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia
Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia, short Carlitos ( born September 6, 1982 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese footballer who plays 96 in the Bundesliga was active in Hannover since 2010. On 1 July 2012, he has left the club and now plays for the Portuguese first division side GD Estoril Praia.
Career
Club career
Career in Portugal
Carlitos played until 2002 when Portuguese amateur club Amora FC and then moved to third division side GD Estoril. For Estoril Carlitos completed 72 league games in two years with the club and managed by two consecutive climbs the walkover in the first Portuguese league.
He was then committed for 500,000 euros from the giants Benfica, but could not prevail in the subsequent period and was awarded after his first season with Benfica in the winter break of 2005/ 06 to the league rivals Vitória Setúbal.
Exchange to Switzerland
For the season 2006/ 07 he gave Benfica to Swiss side FC Sion, for whom he scored eight goals in 26 league games. In summer 2007, the midfielder for 1.5 million euro joined the Swiss top club FC Basel. The transfer went because of a complicated situation of transfer rights require week-long dispute between Benfica, Sion and Basel.
Hannover 96
His contract was not renewed at FC Basel in the summer of 2010, and thus Carlitos was without a club for a few weeks, before a two -year contract with German Bundesliga side Hannover signed on 1 August 2010 96.
In his Bundesliga debut on the opening day of the 2010/11 season against Eintracht Frankfurt, Carlitos pulled after only 33 seconds to a cruciate ligament injury and thus fell out of the entire first round. On 11 March 2011 (26th Round ), he made his comeback in away game of the 96 at the 1 FC Cologne.
Overall, Carlitos made because of various injuries only eight Bundesliga games and five games for the second team.
Return to Portugal
The end of August, he joined his former club GD Estoril Praia, which just again made his promotion to the Liga Sagres.
National
Carlitos participated in the 2004 with the U-21 national team of his country at the U-21 European Championship and finished it after a win in the small final against Sweden in third place. He scoring the 3-2 winning goal in the 114th minute of extra time.
Achievements
Basel
- Swiss champion: 2008, 2010
- Swiss Cup Winner: 2008, 2010
National
- Third place in the U-21 European Football Championships 2004