Luís Carlos Almada Soares
Platini in action for Cape Verde in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luís Carlos Almada Soares | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Praia, Cape Verde | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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CSM Politehnica Iași | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Sporting Praia | ||
| 2008–2010 | Académica Coimbra | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Tourizense (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Sertanense (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2010–2013 | Santa Clara | 80 | (10) |
| 2013–2014 | Omonia | 29 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | CSKA Sofia | 24 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Al Ittihad | 5 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Dibba Al-Hisn | ||
| 2017– | CSM Politehnica Iași | 6 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Cape Verde | 16 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 August 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2016 |
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Luís Carlos Almada Soares (born 16 April 1986), commonly known as Platini, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Romanian club CSM Politehnica Iași as a winger.
He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, and chose his name in honour of French international Michel Platini.
Born in Praia, Platini started playing football with local Cape Verdean club Sporting Clube da Praia.
In 2008, he moved to Portugal, signing for Associação Académica de Coimbra. Platini never appeared officially for the Students, who loaned him to two portuguese second division clubs in consecutive seasons, G.D. Tourizense and Sertanense FC.
In the summer of 2010, Platini signed a three-year contract with C.D. Santa Clara in the Segunda Liga. Platini appeared in 19 games for the Azores club in his first year, eleven as a substitute. One of his two goals came on 31 October 2010, in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Os Belenenses.
On 22 June 2013, Platini joined Cypriot First Division side AC Omonia. In July of the following year, he signed for two seasons with Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia.
Platini made his debut for Cape Verde in 2012. He scored the Blue Sharks' first goal in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations – also a first-ever in the tournament – opening the scoring in the 1–1 draw against Morocco in Durban.
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