Careca (footballer, born 1968)
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| Date of birth | 27 September 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hamilton de Souza (born 27 September 1968 in Passos, Minas Gerais), better known as Careca or Careca II, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.[1]
Careca II played for several Brazilian clubs as Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro and Coritiba and also for Sporting CP in Portugal.
Careca competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] In the first round, he started three times in the front line with the famed Romário but did not score and was each time substituted for Bebeto. Careca also played each of Brazil's three games in the knock-out stages and won the silver medal, after Brazil lost the final against the Soviet Union.[3]
Careca II played four games for the Brazil national football team but did not score.[4]
In 2008, he served as assistant coach of the youth team of Atlético Mineiro.
Personal life[edit]
In July 2015, his son Hamilton de Souza Junior, signed a contract to play for Biu Chun Rangers in the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Careca, o “meio Eusébio, meio Pelé” do Sporting: “Essa frase prejudicou-me um pouco” publico.pt
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hamilton "Careca" de Souza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ A true Golden Goal - USSR vs Brazil - Football - 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
- ^ "Hamilton Careca II - Stats and titles won".
- ^ (in Chinese)"港超聯 標準流浪簽咗個名將之後". Oriental Daily. 31 August 2015.
External links[edit]
- Careca – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Careca at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Careca at Olympedia
- Hamilton Careca at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Hamilton Careca II at FootballDatabase.eu
- Hamilton de Souza at Olympics.com
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Olympic footballers for Brazil
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro players
- Londrina Esporte Clube players
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
- América Futebol Clube (MG) players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Olympic medalists in football
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- People from Passos, Minas Gerais
- Footballers from Minas Gerais