Career
Born in Lisbon he began his career in the local club Chelas. Carvalho signed with in 1942. He played 12 seasons in the club, excepting a period in 1947, when he played with Brazilian side Botafogo.
He was one of the victims, so to speak, of the Otto Gloria"s professionalism, and he left in 1954, because he did not want to quit his job, and finished his career in another local club, Oriental.
He played as a left-winger, and was one of the most gifted Portuguese football players in the 1940s and beginning of the 1950s. He capped 15 times for Portugal, scoring two goals.
Rogério Carvalho is a historic name of "s football History: he played 310 games and scored 210 goals. He holds today the record of the best scorer of the Portuguese cup finals, with 15 goals.
