Carlos França

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Clay and the second or paternal family name is de França.
Carlos França
Personal information
Full name Carlos Clay de França
Date of birth (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Jaguariúna, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sampdoria (Under-18 coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 CE Europa
2008 Chicago Fire Premier
2009–2011 Caperanese/Chiavari 61 (46)
2011 Bogliasco 16 (6)
2011–2012 Legnago Salus 14 (4)
2012–2013 Lavagnese 33 (16)
2013–2014 RapalloBogliasco 32 (29)
2014–2015 Cuneo 36 (27)
2015–2016 Lecco 33 (27)
2016–2017 Triestina 31 (23)
2017–2020 Potenza 72 (39)
2020–2021 Seregno 0 (0)
2021 RG Ticino 8 (0)
Managerial career
2021 Seregno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2021

Carlos Clay de França[1] (born 1 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football coach and former player. He works with Sampdoria as the club's Under-18 youth coach.

Playing career

França started his European career playing for the small Barcelona-based club CE Europa.[2] He scored a goal for the team to win a promotion to Tercera División in 2005.[3] He suffered from a spinal tumor in 2006 that almost ended his football career.[4] According to the footballer himself, he also played for Chicago Fire Premier and Chicago Storm.[5] França scored a goal in the last group stage round in 2008 PDL season for Chicago Fire Premier against Michigan Bucks.[6]

He was a player of Caperanese in the 2009–10 season, which won Serie D promotion in 2010 from Eccellenza Liguria (Italian sixth highest level until 2014; top level of Liguria region).[7][8]

Serie D clubs

França remained in the squad of Caperanese in 2010–11 Serie D season. In May 2011, he joined Bogliasco.[9]

França joined Cuneo in 2014.[10]

França joined Lecco in 2015.[11] In the following season, he joined fellow Serie D club Triestina.[12]

After winning the Serie D promotion playoffs with Triestina, França signed a new contract with the club on 7 July 2017.[13] The promotion of Triestina was confirmed on 4 August.[14] However, on 31 August 2017, he returned to Serie D for Potenza.[15] França played twice for Triestina in 2017–18 Coppa Italia and once at 2017–18 Coppa Italia Serie C.[16]

Potenza

França was a player for Potenza since mid-2017. The team won promotion to Serie C as 2017–18 Serie D Group H winner. He also scored 25 league goals that season, as the second in the topscorer table of that group.[17]

Seregno

On 17 August 2020 he moved to Seregno.[18]

In November, he was sidelined due to a serious knee injury which required surgery.[19]

RG Ticino

In August 2021, after having guided Seregno to Serie C as a head coach, França decided to accept an offer as a player for Serie D team RG Ticino.[20] He successively left the club by the end of December and retired again from active football.[21]

Coaching career

On 2 March 2021, while still recovering from injury, his club Seregno announced to have promoted França as head coach of the Serie D club.[22] Under his tenure, Seregno managed to climb up the table and win promotion to Serie C with one game still in hand, thus bringing back the Lombardian club to professional football for the first time since 1982.[23] Despite his successes, on 24 July 2021 Seregno announced França was not confirmed as head coach for the club's upcoming Serie C campaign.[24]

In the summer of 2023, França accepted an offer from Sampdoria to be the club's new under-18 coach.[25]

Honours

Player

club
  • Serie D group stage winner: 2015 (Cuneo)
  • Serie D group stage runner-up and promotion playoffs winner: 2017 (Triestina)
  • Eccellenza group stage runner-up (Liguria) and promotion playoffs winner: 2010 (Caperanese)[7][8]
individual

Manager

Seregno

Personal life

Cassiano Bodini is his brother-in-law.[28]

References

  1. ^ "Bloco de notas" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). 10 August 2009. p. 546. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Página en Construcción - Grupo Zeta".
  3. ^ "Carlos Clay de França, capoeira i ascens" (PDF). L'Escapulat (in Catalan). CE Europa. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. ^ Dolci, Stefano (19 October 2016). "Carlos França, il bomber più letale d'Italia fino a 8 anni fa era un terzino" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ Caruso, Francesco (11 November 2016). "Triestina, è França il bomber più "illegale" degli ultimi tre anni: "Vi racconto i miei segreti"". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). Sky Italia. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ^ Stickradt, Dan (17 July 2008). "Bucks can't put out Fire" (PDF). Canton Observer. Retrieved 24 September 2017 – via Canton Public Library.
  7. ^ a b Bianchi, Claudio (6 June 2010). "Play Off Nazionali di Eccellenza: Vince la Caperanese". dilettantissimo.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b Bianchi, Claudio (13 June 2010). "Finale Play Off: Castelnuovo Sandrà - Caperanese". dilettantissimo.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  9. ^ Galfrè, Christian (31 May 2011). "Calcio, sulle panchine dei dilettanti proseguono gli addii di fine stagione". Genova24 (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Carlos Clay França è del Cuneo" (Press release) (in Italian). Cuneo: A.C. Cuneo 1905. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Colpo grosso Lecco, ecco Carlos França" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecco: Calcio Lecco 1912. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Triestina, ufficiale l'arrivo del bomber França". Il Piccolo (in Italian). Trieste. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  13. ^ "CONFERMATO IL BOMBER CARLOS FRANçA PER LA STAGIONE 2017/18" (Press release) (in Italian). Trieste: U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Lega Pro a 56 squadre. Ripescata la Triestina, respinte le domande di Rende e Rieti" (Press release) (in Italian). FIGC. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Carlos França: la punta brasiliana si accasa al Potenza" (Press release) (in Italian). Trieste: U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ "LA "PRIMA" IN CASA E' UN SUCCESSO: SÜDTIROL - TRIESTINA 1–0" (Press release) (in Italian). Bolzano: F.C. Südtirol. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Serie D, girone H: la classifica finale marcatori della stagione 2017/18". dp24.it (in Italian). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Il Seregno Calcio comunica di aver raggiunto l'accordo con il calciatore Carlos França" (in Italian). Seregno. 17 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Carlos França, stagione finita per il bomber: il Seregno ci pensa su" (in Italian). Il Giorno. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Colpaccio di mercato del RG Ticino: ufficiale in attacco l'arrivo di Carlos França" (in Italian). Tuttocampo. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  21. ^ "VERDEGRANATA DIREZIONE VADO: ULTIMA TRASFERTA PER QUESTO IMPEGNATIVO 2021" (in Italian). RG Ticino. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Serie D, il Seregno volta pagina: Carlos Franca è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Il Cittadino. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Il Seregno è in serie C, la nuova favola di Carlos França" (in Italian). Il Cittadino. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Calciomercato Serie C: Seregno, Carlos França va via" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Sampdoria U18, França: "La mia voglia a disposizione della Sampdoria"" (in Italian). SampNews24.com. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  26. ^ "Cuneo in Lega Pro, França capocannoniere del girone: "Sono felice, i miei gol hanno aiutato la squadra"". campioni.cn (in Italian). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  27. ^ "classifiche elenco" (require manual parameter input). dilettantissimo.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  28. ^ Ingraffia, Gabriele (2 February 2010). "Carlos França: da terzino a bomber. La sua storia". dilettantissimo.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.