Carlão (footballer, born 1992)

Carlão
Carlão in 2014
Personal information
Full name Carlos Henrique de Moura Brito
Date of birth (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Novorizontino
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2010 Paulista
2012 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Paulista 14 (0)
2012 Atlético Sorocaba 0 (0)
2013 CRB 9 (0)
2013–2014 Paulista 6 (1)
2014 Capivariano 10 (2)
2014–2015 Botafogo-SP 4 (0)
2015 Paraná 18 (6)
2016 Capivariano 5 (0)
2017–2018 São Caetano 32 (12)
2018 Sampaio Corrêa 11 (1)
2018–2019 Mirassol 14 (2)
2019 Novorizontino 7 (2)
2019–2021 Al-Jabalain 73 (38)
2021–2022 Al Qadsiah 19 (5)
2022–2023 Al-Jabalain 14 (5)
2023–2025 Noroeste 63 (26)
2024 → Ferroviária (loan) 24 (9)
2025 Ferroviária 36 (13)
2026 Noroeste 8 (4)
2026– Novorizontino 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:55, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Carlos Henrique de Moura Brito (born 3 July 1992), simply known as Carlão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Novorizontino.

Career

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Carlão joined Paulista's youth sides in 2005, aged 12.[1] He made his first team debut in 2010, helping the side to win two consecutive Copa Paulista titles, before moving to Atlético Sorocaba in 2012, being coached by Fernando Diniz, his first senior coach at Paulista.[2]

In late 2012, Carlão played for the under-20 team of Grêmio before joining CRB ahead of the 2013 season. In August of that year, he returned to Paulista,[3] before signing for Capivariano on 25 February 2014.[4]

After helping Capivariano to achieve their first-ever promotion from the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 as champions,[5] Carlão joined Botafogo-SP in June 2014. He was presented at Série B side Paraná on 20 August 2015, reuniting with Diniz,[6] and scored a hat-trick on his club debut three days later, but in a 4–3 loss to Ceará.[7]

After playing in the 2016 Campeonato Paulista back at Capivariano, Carlão moved to Albania with Partizani Tirana in September of that year, but the deal later collapsed due to registration issues.[1] In December, he returned to his home country with São Caetano,[8] where he was the club's top goal scorer in the 2017 Paulista Série A2 with ten goals, as the club won their first title in 13 years.[9][10]

On 16 April 2018, Carlão was confirmed as Sampaio Corrêa's addition for the campaign.[11] He subsequently represented Mirassol and Novorizontino, but was unable to score in a regular basis.

In 2019, Carlão moved to Saudi Arabia where he led Al-Jabalain in goal-scoring for two Saudi First Division League seasons. He joined rivals Al Qadsiah in July 2021,[12][13] before returning to his previous club Al-Jabalain in July 2012.[14]

On 4 January 2023, Carlão and Al-Jabalain agreed to end the contract mutually.[15] Eight days later, he returned to Brazil and was announced at Noroeste.[16]

Carlão was the top scorer of the 2024 Série A2 with 11 goals, helping Norusca to achieve promotion, and was loaned to Ferroviária in the Série C on 18 April of that year.[17] He also helped AFE to achieve promotion before returning to his parent club in November,[18] but returned to Ferroviária on 12 March 2025, on a deal until November.[19]

Carlão scored 13 goals in the 2025 Série B, but was unable to prevent team relegation.[20] On 26 December 2025, he returned to Noroeste for the 2026 Campeonato Paulista,[21] where he scored four goals in eight matches before departing on 19 February.[22]

On 25 February 2026, Carlão returned to Novorizontino, with the club now in division two.[23]

Career statistics

As of 26 March 2026[24][25][26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paulista 2010 Paulista —40——13[a]4174
2011 —4010—9[a]1141
2012 —6010——70
Total —14020—225385
Atlético Sorocaba 2012 Paulista A2 ————19[a]6196
CRB 2013 Série C 504030—6[b]3183
Paulista 2013 Paulista ————6[a]262
2014 —61———61
Total —61——62123
Capivariano 2014 Paulista A2 —102———102
Botafogo-SP 2014 Paulista ————23[a]102310
2015 Série D —40———40
Total —40——23102710
Paraná 2015 Série B 186————186
Capivariano 2016 Paulista —50———50
São Caetano 2017 Paulista A2 —2210——21[a]74317
2018 Paulista —10210——112
Total —321210—2175419
Sampaio Corrêa 2018 Série B 111———5[b]1162
Mirassol 2018 Série D ————14[a]6146
2019 Paulista —142———142
Total —142——146288
Novorizontino 2019 Série D 62————62
Al-Jabalain 2019–20 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League 3717—21——3918
2020–21 3621—00——3621
Total 7338—21——7539
Al Qadsiah 2021–22 Saudi First Division League 195————195
Al-Jabalain 2022–23 Saudi First Division League 145————145
Noroeste 2023 Paulista A2 —197——12[a]33110
2024 —2011———2011
2025 Paulista —125———125
Total —5123——1236326
Ferroviária (loan) 2024 Série C 249————249
Ferroviária 2025 Série B 3613————3613
Noroeste 2026 Série D —84———84
Novorizontino 2026 Série B 11—21——32
Career total 20780148441020012843493169
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

Honours

Paulista

CRB

Capivariano

São Caetano

Sampaio Corrêa

References

  1. 1 2 "Dono da artilharia: Carlos Henrique de Moura Brito (Carlão)" [Gunner: Carlos Henrique de Moura Brito (Carlão)] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sampi. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Atacante do Atlético Sorocaba brinca e cobra gols do goleiro Felipe Alves" [Atlético Sorocaba jokes around and demands goals from goalkeeper Felipe Alves] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Paulista contrata atacante para tentar se recuperar na Copa Paulista" [Paulista sign forward to try to recover in the Copa Paulista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Capivariano reforça elenco para a reta final da A2 com atacante do Paulistão" [Capivariano bolster squad for the final rounds of the A2 with Paulistão forward] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Carlão comemora o acesso no Capivariano" [Carlão celebrates promotion at Capivariano] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sampi. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Paraná apresenta novo atacante para sequência da Série B do Brasileiro" [Paraná present new forward for the remainder of the Braisleiro Série B] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Carlão estreia com hat-trick no Paraná, mas não evita derrota para o Ceará" [Carlão debuts with a hat-trick at Paraná, but does not avoid defeat to Ceará] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Reforço, Carlão espera rápida readaptação ao futebol do Brasil" [Addition, Carlão hopes for quick readapting to Brazilian football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Carlão relembra conquista que acabou com um jejum de 13 anos do São Caetano" [Carlão remembers achievement which ended São Caetano's 13-year drought]. Futebol Interior (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Carlão celebra tríplice coroa pelo São Caetano na Série A-2" [Carlão celebrates treble for São Caetano in the Série A-2] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 8 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sampaio confirma contratação dos atacantes Carlão e Alvinho" [Sampaio confirm the signing of forwards Carlão and Alvinho] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Atacante Carlão está de novo clube na Arábia Saudita" [Forward Carlão has a new club in Saudi Arabia]. O Curioso do Futebol (in Brazilian Portuguese). 31 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "ثلاثي برازيلي يدعم صفوف قدم القادسية" [Three Brazilian players bolster Al-Qadisiyah's football squad] (in Arabic). 26 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Al-Jabalain FC [@aljabalainFC] (30 July 2022). "Welcome carloo 💪🏻🤩🤎" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Al-Jabalain FC [@aljabalainFC] (4 January 2023). "📑 أنهت إدارة النادي عقد لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم البرازيلي كارلو دي مورا بالتراضي بين الطرفين نظراً لظروفه العائلية . "متمنين له التوفيق والنجاح في مشواره القادم"" [📑 The club management has terminated the contract of Brazilian first-team player Carlos de Moura by mutual agreement due to his family circumstances. "Wishing him all the best in his future endeavors."] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ "Noroeste anuncia atacante Carlão e zagueiro Luizão para a Série A2" [Noroeste announce forward Carlão and centre-back Luizão for the Série A2] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Escanteio SP. 12 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Ferroviária oficializa contratação de artilheiro da A2" [Ferroviária turn official the signing of the top scorer of the A2] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Portal Morada. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "Artilheiro da Série A2, atacante Carlão retorna ao Noroeste para a disputa do Paulistão" [Top scorer of the Série A2, forward Carlão returns to Noroeste for the Paulistão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "Artilheiro do acesso, Carlão é o novo reforço da Ferroviária para a Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro" [Top scorer of the promotion season, Carlão is the new addition of the Ferroviária for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Ferroviária de Esportes. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "Carlão e Ferroviária se distanciam de acordo e renovação esfria" [Carlão and Ferroviária grow distant to agreement and renewal cools down] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 December 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  21. ↑ "Noroeste anuncia o retorno do atacante Carlão para o Paulistão" [Noroeste announce the return of forward Carlão for the Paulistão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "Carlão encerra passagem no Noroeste e justifica retorno: "Tinha a missão de defender o clube de novo"" [Carlão ends his time at Noroeste and justifies his return: "I had a mission to defend the club again"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  23. ↑ "Novorizontino contrata Carlão, ex-Noroeste, e registra atacante no BID" [Novorizontino sign Carlão, formerly of Noroeste, and register forward in the BID] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 25 February 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  24. ↑ Carlão at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "Carlão". www.kooora.com.
  26. ↑ "Carlão". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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