Carlos da Silva[edit]

Carlos da Silva, mostly known as Carlinhos, is a former football player, who has dedicated his whole life to football, among others, in

one of the biggest teams in the world, the Clube de Regatas Flamengo.

Since then, he has continued in this field working from several perspectives, mainly in Spain.

He has worked as assistant coach in Brazilian second division teams with great success and discovered new talents. Also, he performs various functions,

such as scouting, representing, coaching and personal training.

Biography[edit]

Carlinhos started playing in Youth Teams in Rio de Janeiro, feautring in Infanto Juvenil de Madureira, he catched the attention of the directors of Clube de Regatas Flamengo, and was moved there by Isaias Tinoco (the sports director of the main team). It seemed like he was going to grow in the team because of his brilliant performances, his beautiful goals and the experience gained collaborating with famous players as Athirson, Marcos Aurélio, Júlio César, Marcelo Leite, Juan, Bruno Quadros, Pedro Viana, Vladimir, Cosme and Felipe Michel amongst others. At the time, this Base Category was called "Flamengo's Master Cast"

Then he moved to Sport Recife, and found an effective attack partner: Adriano Chuva, before being transferred to the ADAP Ponta Grossa second division, and then getting to the first division.

After ADAP Ponta Grossa; he had a quick passage at Guaçuano São Paulo (second division / B2) , before heading to the European Football, where he had received an invitation from União de Leiria's President: Bartolomeu. We also can't forget about the people who helped him to get to the European Football: the Portuguese bussineseman João Gandara, who gave him all the assistance needed in Portugal and Mourinho, who facilitated his adaptation at União de Leiria.

When he left União de Leiria, he got to Pavia, where he accquired more strength.

Until he moved to Spain, where he unfortunetly ended his career beacuse of a lession on the knee.

After that, he started working at representation in Spanish teams, scouting and discovered new talents. Meanwhile, he got married, he built a family and stayed there for 15 years.

In the period of time he was living at Spain, he travelled to Brazil to work as an assistant coach at Ceres FC for 6 months.

Today he's living in The United Kingdom, working as a Scout, Coach, Manager and Personal

Personal Information
Full Name Carlos Augusto da Silva Cunha
Birth Date 14th March, 1977 (41 years old)
Place of Birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (RJ)
Height 1'70 metres

Profissional Information
Position Left Winger and Midfielder


Profissional teams
2007-2008 Juvenil de Ponteareas (Coach Toni) - Spain, 3rd division
2006-2007 Fútbol Club Castllo de Salvaterra (Coach Ricardo) – Spain 3rd division
2005-2006 Futebol Club Bidorense (Coach Roberto Trindad) – Portugal 2nd division B
2003-2005 Club Pavia (Coach Dominique) – Italy 2nd division
2002-2003 Clube Guaçuano São Paulo (Coach Adauto) – Brazil 2nd division B
[The reason for the hiring by Sao Paulo's Guaçano was a transfer to South Korea and USA]
2001-2002 Clube Arraial do Cabo (Coach Marquiños) – Brazil 2nd division
2001 União de Leiria (Coach Mourinho) – Portugal 1st division
2000-2001 Clube Caldas Novas Goiás (Coach Marcos Brasilia) - Brazil 1st division
2000: short stay in Ceres FC (Coach Gaúcho) – Brazil 2nd division
1999-2000 ADAP Ponta Grossa PR (Coach Adilson) – Brazil 2nd-1st division
1998-1999 América De Três Rios F. C (Coach Mariano) – Brazil 2nd division
1997-1998 Sport Clube Recife (Coaches José Carlos Amaral and Jair Picerni) – Brazil 1st division
*Carlinhos stayed in Flamengo since last year of Juvenil until Junior.

Youth Football
1993-1996 Junior Flamengo (Coach Tominho Barroso Paqueta)
1992-1993 Juvenil Bangu (Coach Marnho)
1990-1991 Infanto Juvenil de Madureira (Coach Plinio Nair)
1988-1990 América do RJ (Coach Luiz Carlos)

Contact[edit]

Email: contact@carlosdasilva.net

Telephone number: (+44) 07821 418 396

Twitter: @carlosaudasilva

LinkedIn: Carlos Augusto da Silva Cunha