Careca
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antônio de Oliveira Filho | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Araraquara, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Guarani | 77 | (46) |
| 1983–1987 | São Paulo | 67 | (54) |
| 1987–1993 | Napoli | 164 | (73) |
| 1993–1996 | Kashiwa Reysol | 60 | (31) |
| 1997 | Santos | 9 | (2) |
| 1998 | Campinas | 10 | (6) |
| 1999 | São José (RS) | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 389 | (212) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1993 | Brazil | 64 | (30) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Antônio de Oliveira Filho (born 5 October 1960), better known as Careca (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈɾɛkɐ]), is a Brazilian former footballer, who was deployed as a forward. During his career Careca played for several clubs, he is most famous for his time with Italian side Napoli and also his contributions to the Brazilian national football team.
Careca began his footballing career in his home state of São Paulo with local side Guarani in 1978. With his finishing ability and devastating pace quickly established himself as one of his country's best young strikers. With Guarani, he won the Brazilian Championship during his first season and the Brazilian Second Division in 1981.
By 1983 he had been signed by São Paulo, he continued to gather notoriety because of his impressive goals to games ratio and by 1986, Careca led São Paulo to the Brazilian Championship, beating his former club Guarani in the final. He was awarded Bola de Ouro the same year, which is the Brazilian equivalent of Footballer of the Year.
In the summer of 1987 Careca moved to Italian Serie A champions Napoli, where he was part of the "Ma-Gi-Ca" forward lineup with Bruno Giordano and Diego Maradona. Careca's first season at Napoli was an unsuccessful one, despite his 13 goals: the team were knocked out in the first round of the European Cup by Real Madrid and they lost the title in the final games of the season.
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