Carlos Secretário
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Secretário | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | São João da Madeira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Sanjoanense | ||
| 1985–1986 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1986–1988 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Gil Vicente | 29 | (2) |
| 1989–1991 | Penafiel | 64 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Famalicão | 31 | (2) |
| 1992–1993 | Braga | 31 | (2) |
| 1993–1996 | Porto | 86 | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | Real Madrid | 13 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | Porto | 129 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Maia | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 407 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1994–2001 | Portugal | 35 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2008 | Maia | ||
| 2008–2009 | Lousada | ||
| 2009 | Arouca | ||
| 2012–2013 | Salgueiros 08 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Secretário (born 12 May 1970) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.
During his 17-year career, in which he appeared in 341 Primeira Liga games and scored 12 goals, he played for six clubs in his country including Porto, with which he won 18 major titles. He also briefly represented Real Madrid.
Secretário played more than 30 times with the Portuguese national team, representing the country in two European Championships.
After making his professional debuts with Gil Vicente F.C. in the second division, Secretário, who was born in São João da Madeira and started his career as a midfielder, moved to the Primeira Liga with F.C. Penafiel in 1989, then spent one additional season with fellow league team F.C. Famalicão. In 1992–93 he signed with S.C. Braga, where he spent another campaign.
In the 1993 summer, Secretário joined league club FC Porto, quickly establishing himself as an undisputed starter, in defense or midfield – after João Domingos Pinto's retirement, he played almost exclusively as a right back – and helping the northerners to two leagues, one Cup and one Supercup in his first spell. He attracted attention from Real Madrid, which signed the player in July 1996, but he would encounter extreme difficulties in carving a starting niche with the Spanish club, which was aggravated with the January 1997 signing of Italian Christian Panucci; in a bizarre incident in a game against Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, a delay was caused by a rabbit presumably thrown into the fray from the terraces, and he was quick enough to catch it. "Secretário may or may be not a good player," said TV commentator Arsenio Iglesias at the time, "but he is indeed a great hunter."
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