Antônio Carlos (footballer, born 1993)
Antônio Carlos Cunha Capocasali Júnior (born 7 March 1993), known as Antônio Carlos, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Orlando City in MLS.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antônio Carlos Cunha Capocasali Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Orlando City | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2007 | Fluminense | ||
| 2009 | Sendas | ||
| 2010–2012 | Audax-SP | ||
| 2011–2012 | → Corinthians (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Corinthians | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Oeste (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Avaí (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2015–2018 | Tombense | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Avaí (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Flamengo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Palmeiras | 31 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Orlando City (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2021– | Orlando City | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2012 | Brazil U20 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020 | |||
Club career
Early years
Growing up in the Coelho Neto neighborhood of northern Rio de Janeiro, Antônio Carlos began his youth career at Fluminense and won three youth Carioca titles before questions over his height meant he was released.[1] In search of first team opportunities as a teenager, Carlos turned to non-league team Sendas, winning the Copa Rio in 2010.
Corinthians
In 2011, Carlos joined the youth setup at Corinthians initially on a loan deal before Corinthians bought 40% of his economic rights from Audax. He first appeared in a friendly against Osasco. Scoring twice in a 2–1 win over former-team Fluminense in the 2012 São Paulo Youth Cup final,[2] he was promoted to the main squad a month later and made his professional debut on 10 March 2012, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Guarani for the Campeonato Paulista championship.[3]
Antônio Carlos had subsequent loan spells with Série B teams Oeste and Avaí before being released at the end of 2014.[4][5]
Tombense
Antônio Carlos signed as a free agent with Tombense, a Série C team owned by Eduardo Uram, one of the leading agents in Brazil. From Tombense, Carlos was loaned to multiple Série A teams, first back to Avaí and then Flamengo, Ponte Preta and Palmeiras.[6][7][8]
Palmeiras
Antônio Carlos' one-year loan deal with Palmeiras in 2017 was initially extended by the club for the start of the 2018 season before they decided to permanently purchase 50% of his economic rights in July 2018, signed the defender until June 2023.[9] Carlos made 22 appearances in Série A as Palmeiras won the title in 2018.
Loan to Orlando City
On 30 December 2019, Carlos joined MLS team Orlando City on loan ahead of the 2020 season.[10] He made his debut for the team in the season opener on 29 February as the team kept clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against Real Salt Lake.[11] He scored his first goal for the team on 3 October 2020 in a 3–1 win over New York Red Bulls.[12]
Orlando City
On 1 December 2020, Carlos made the move to Orlando City permanent ahead of the 2021 season.[13]
International career
In March 2012, Antônio Carlos was called up to the Brazil U20s to compete in the International Mediterranean Cup in Barcelona, Spain. In March 2013, he was again called up, this time to play in the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship in Argentina but was a last minute cut after the coaching staff decided to add Jordi Almeida, a third goalkeeper, to the squad instead.[14]
Career statistics
- As of 29 November 2020[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Playoffs | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Corinthians | 2012 | Série A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Oeste (loan) | 2013 | Série B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Avaí (loan) | 2014 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | 48 | 3 | |||
| Tombense | 2015 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Avaí (loan) | 2015 | Série A | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 41 | 2 | ||
| Flamengo (loan) | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ponte Preta (loan) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Palmeiras (loan) | 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Palmeiras | 2018 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | 52 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 75 | 3 | ||
| Orlando City | 2020 | MLS | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| Career total | 135 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 229 | 10 | ||
- MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage.
Honours
Individual
- Campeonato Paulista Team of the year: 2018[16]
References
- GloboEsporte.comFlorianópolis, Por. "Pequeno que virou grande: Antonio Carlos faz do Avaí um sonho olímpico". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese).
- Paulo, Por Gustavo Serbonchini e Marcos Guerra São. "Com gol de ex-tricolor aos 44, Timão bate Flu e leva Copinha pela oitava vez". globoesporte.com.
- Seis campeões da Copa SP já integram o elenco do Corinthians (Six champions of Copa SP already are part of Corinthians' squad); Terra, 6 February 2012 (in Portuguese)
- Corinthians empresta zagueiro campeão da Copinha em 2012 ao Oeste (Corinthians loans stopper champion of Copinha in 2012 to Oeste); IG, 8 February 2013 (in Portuguese)
- Corinthians empresta zagueiro para o Avaí até o fim do ano (Corinthians loans stopper to Avaí until the end of the year) Archived December 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine; Lance!, 31 January 2014 (in Portuguese)
- "De olho em volante, meia e atacante, Corinthians vê 2015 "encaminhado"". www.foxsports.com.br (in Portuguese).
- Janeiro, Por Gustavo Rotstein e Ivan RauppRio de. "Fla fecha a contratação do zagueiro Antonio Carlos, ex-Avaí, por um ano". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese).
- "Ponte Preta anuncia Antônio Carlos como novo reforço para a zaga". ESPN (in Portuguese).
- "Antônio Carlos assina em definitivo com o Verdão | Palmeiras". Folha Nobre (in Portuguese). 26 July 2018.
- "Orlando City SC Acquires Brazilian Center Back Antônio Carlos". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- "Orlando City SC 0, Real Salt Lake 0 2020 MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com.
- "Orlando City SC 3, New York Red Bulls 1 2020 MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com.
- https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2020/12/01/orlando-city-sc-executes-permanent-transfer-antonio-carlos-defender-signs-new
- Juan, Por Marcelo Baltar Direto de San. "Zagueiro Antônio Carlos, do Corinthians, é cortado da sub-20". globoesporte.com.
- "Brazil - Antônio Carlos - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- "Com domínio do Palmeiras, Seleção é premiada recheada de finalistas" [With prevalence of Palmeiras, Best XI is awarded full of finalists] (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
External links
- Antônio Carlos at Soccerway