Career
Because of his elegant football and his thin voice, he was known as "The Violin". Carlinhos was capped for the Brazilian national team several times in the 1960s. He was one of the few players to receive the Belfort Duarte Trophy ("fair play award") from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
The award is given to the players who have never received a red card.
His career as a manager started in 1983, when he coached Flamengo for five matches. Four years later, he was back at Flamengo when former coach Antônio Lopes was fired for the bad results in the 1987 Rio State Championship finals.
At that time, Flamengo"s squad had Brazilian star Renato Gaúcho, veteran players (such as Zico, Leandro, Andrade, Nunes and Edinho), and young ones, that had just came from the youth squad. Zico, the main star of the club, still recovering from several knee surgeries, wasn"t at his top form.
Five World Champions in the 1994 World Cup played for that team: Bebeto, Zinho, Aldair, Jorginho and Leonardo.
Carlinhos returned in 1991, in similar conditions. His squad had Júnior, near retirement, Zinho and a lot of newbies (among them Djalminha and Marcelinho). Today he is retired, living in Leblon neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, only a few blocks away from Flamengo"s Headquarters, in Gávea.
As professional he disputed 880 matches: 517 as player and 313 as coach.
On 12 February 2011, he was honored for Flamengo, with the unveiling of a bust and a square at the headquarters of the Club. Carlinhos died on 22 June 2015.