Brazilian footballer
For other footballers named
Zé Carlos, see
Zé Carlos.
José Carlos da Costa Araújo (7 February 1962 – 24 July 2009), best known asZé Carlos, was a Brazilian association footballer who played as agoalkeeper. At international level, he played for theBrazil national team at the1990 FIFA World Cup.
Throughout his career (1983–2000) he played forAmericano de Campos,Flamengo,Rio Branco,Cruzeiro,Vitória,XV de Piracicaba,América andTubarão.[1] He played also in Portugal, where he defendedVitória de Guimarães,SC Farense, andFelgueiras.[1]The best moment in his career came when he played for Flamengo, in the late eighties, when he won oneBrazilian championship in 1987 and oneRio de Janeiro state championship in 1986.
At that time he was often called up for theBrazil national football team, but was usually the second goalkeeper afterTaffarel. That was the case in the1988 Olympics. He did play on two occasions in 1989. However, during the1990 FIFA World Cup, he only made the third goalkeeper, after Taffarel and Acácio.
List of goals scored
[edit]Zé Carlos died on 24 July 2009 of abdominal cancer, after more than one month at a hospital inRio de Janeiro.[2]
Flamengo goalkeeperBruno chose to wear Zé Carlos' name on the back of his shirt for the remainder of the 2009 season.
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