Carlos Xavier

Carlos Xavier

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Jorge Marques Caldas Xavier
Date of birth	(1962-01-26) 26 January 1962
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1980	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1991	Sporting CP	212	(8)
1986–1987	→ Académica (loan)	26	(1)
1991–1994	Real Sociedad	96	(13)
1994–1996	Sporting CP	36	(6)
Total		370	(28)
International career
1981–1983	Portugal U21	16	(1)
1981–1993	Portugal	10	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2005	Estoril (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Jorge Marques Caldas Xavier (born 26 January 1962) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Xavier began his professional career with Lisbon-based Sporting Clube de Portugal, already being a regular first-team fixture at age 19. He played 23 league games as the Lions won the title in the 1981–82 season, which would be the last until 2000.

In 1991, after more than 250 competitive appearances, Xavier moved, alongside compatriot and teammate Oceano, to Spain's Real Sociedad, where the pair was equally influential, having been reunited with former Sporting boss John Toshack at the La Liga side.

In 1994 Xavier and Oceano returned to Sporting, and the former played two more years before retiring at the age of 34. In the 2004–05 campaign he had a brief spell at coaching, assisting at another club from the capital and the top division, G.D. Estoril Praia.

Xavier gained ten caps for Portugal, then switched successfully to its beach soccer team.

Personal life

Xavier's twin brother, Pedro, was also a footballer. A forward, he represented several teams in the country (coinciding with Carlos at Académica) in an 18-year professional career.

External links

• Carlos Xavier at footballzz.co.uk
• Carlos Xavier profile at ForaDeJogo
• Carlos Xavier profile at BDFutbol
• Carlos Xavier at National-Football-Teams.com