Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior | ||
Date of birth | 19 January 1986 | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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APOEL | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | Corinthians | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Corinthians | 24 | (3) |
2008–2014 | Sochaux | 129 | (2) |
2014– | APOEL | 30 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2015 |
Carlos Roberto da Cruz Junior, or simply Carlão (born 19 January 1986 in São Paulo), is a Brazilian central defender who plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.
Contents
Career
Corinthians
Carlão started his career with Brazilian powerhouse Corinthians where he played a total of 24 games, and scored 3 goals.
Sochaux
In July 2008, Carlão was transferred from Corinthians to the French Ligue 1 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, after completing a deal worth €800,000.[1] He played for Sochaux from 2008 until 2014, appearing in 128 matches and scoring 1 goal.
APOEL
On 19 June 2014, after six French Ligue 1 seasons, he signed a two-year contract with APOEL from Cyprus.[2] He made his APOEL debut against HJK Helsinki at Sonera Stadium on 30 July 2014, in a 2–2 first leg draw for the third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[3] Carlão appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's 2014–15 UEFA Champions League campaign[4] and following his impressive performance at Camp Nou against FC Barcelona[5] for the first week of the group stage, he was included in UEFA.com's team of the week as the best central defender.[6] In his first season at APOEL, Carlão managed to win his first two career titles, as his team won both the Cypriot championship and the cup.[7] He scored his first goal for APOEL on 22 October 2015, netting the winner in his team's 2–1 home victory against Asteras Tripoli for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[8]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sochaux | 2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
Total | 129 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 145 | 2 | |||
APOEL | 2014–15 | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 10[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Cypriot First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 1 | |||
Career total | 159 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 3 |
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
Honours
References
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External links
- APOEL official profile
- Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior at Soccerway
- Carlos Roberto da Cruz Júnior at footballzz.co.uk
- Ligue 1 official profile and stats
- globoesporte (Portuguese)
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Portuguese-language external links
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Ligue 1 players
- APOEL FC players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Brazilian expatriates in Cyprus