Zé Carlos (footballer, born 1962)

Zé Carlos
Personal information
Full name	José Carlos da Costa Araújo
Date of birth	7 February 1962
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	24 July 2009 (aged 47)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983	Americano
1983	Flamengo
1984	Rio Branco
1984–1991	Flamengo
1992	Cruzeiro
1992–1994	Farense
1994–1995	Vitória de Guimarães
1995–1996	Felgueiras
1996–1997	Flamengo
1997	Vitória
1999	XV de Piracicaba
1999	América
2000	Tubarão
International career
1988–1990	Brazil
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Carlos da Costa Araújo (7 February 1962 – 24 July 2009), best known as Zé Carlos, was a Brazilian association footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At international level, he played for the Brazil national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Career[edit]

Throughout his career (1983–2000) he played for Americano de Campos, Flamengo, Rio Branco, Cruzeiro, Vitória, XV de Piracicaba, América and Tubarão.^[1] He played also in Portugal, where he defended Vitória de Guimarães, SC Farense, and Felgueiras.^[1] The best moment in his career came when he played for Flamengo, in the late eighties, when he won one Brazilian championship in 1987 and one Rio de Janeiro state championship in 1986.

At that time he was often called up for the Brazil national football team, but was usually the second goalkeeper after Taffarel. That was the case in the 1988 Olympics. He did play on two occasions in 1989. However, during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, he only made the third goalkeeper, after Taffarel and Acácio.

List of goals scored[edit]

#	Date	Venue	Host team	Result	Away team	Competition	Score	Type	Opponent goalkeeper
1	27 February 1997	Estádio Vivaldão, Manaus	Nacional	2–6	Flamengo	Copa do Brasil	2–6	Penalty kick	Bernuncio

Death[edit]

Zé Carlos died on 24 July 2009 of abdominal cancer, after more than one month at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

On 26 July 2009, after Flamengo defeated Santos for the first time in official matches playing at Vila Belmiro (Santos' stadium), the current manager of Flamengo, Andrade, who was Zé Carlos' friend and teammate in the 1980s, both in Flamengo and in Brazilian team, crying, dedicated the special victory to Zé Carlos.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Zé Carlos". Sambafoot. July 31, 2005. Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
^ "Ex-goleiro do Fla morre de câncer". Justiça Desportiva (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.

External links[edit]

Zé Carlos at National-Football-Teams.com

[sambafoot-1] "Zé Carlos". Sambafoot. July 31, 2005. Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.

[justiçadesportiva-2] "Ex-goleiro do Fla morre de câncer". Justiça Desportiva (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.

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