Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Clay de França | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Jaguariúna, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sampdoria (Under-18 coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2005 | CE Europa | ||
2008 | Chicago Fire Premier | ||
2009–2011 | Caperanese/Chiavari | 61 | (46) |
2011 | Bogliasco | 16 | (6) |
2011–2012 | Legnago Salus | 14 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Lavagnese | 33 | (16) |
2013–2014 | RapalloBogliasco | 32 | (29) |
2014–2015 | Cuneo | 36 | (27) |
2015–2016 | Lecco | 33 | (27) |
2016–2017 | Triestina | 31 | (23) |
2017–2020 | Potenza | 72 | (39) |
2020–2021 | Seregno | 0 | (0) |
2021 | RG Ticino | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021 | Seregno | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2021 |
Carlos Clay de França [1] (born 1 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football coach and former player. He works with Sampdoria as the club's Under-18 youth coach.
França started his European career playing for the small Barcelona-based club CE Europa. [2] He scored a goal for the team to win a promotion to Tercera División in 2005. [3] He suffered from a spinal tumor in 2006 that almost ended his football career. [4] According to the footballer himself, he also played for Chicago Fire Premier and Chicago Storm. [5] França scored a goal in the last group stage round in 2008 PDL season for Chicago Fire Premier against Michigan Bucks. [6]
He was a player of Caperanese in the 2009–10 season, which won Serie D promotion in 2010 from Eccellenza Liguria (Italian sixth highest level until 2014; top level of Liguria region). [7] [8]
França remained in the squad of Caperanese in 2010–11 Serie D season. In May 2011, he joined Bogliasco. [9]
França joined Cuneo in 2014. [10]
França joined Lecco in 2015. [11] In the following season, he joined fellow Serie D club Triestina. [12]
After winning the Serie D promotion playoffs with Triestina, França signed a new contract with the club on 7 July 2017. [13] The promotion of Triestina was confirmed on 4 August. [14] However, on 31 August 2017, he returned to Serie D for Potenza. [15] França played twice for Triestina in 2017–18 Coppa Italia and once at 2017–18 Coppa Italia Serie C. [16]
França was a player for Potenza since mid-2017. The team won promotion to Serie C as 2017–18 Serie D Group H winner. He also scored 25 league goals that season, as the second in the topscorer table of that group. [17]
On 17 August 2020 he moved to Seregno. [18]
In November, he was sidelined due to a serious knee injury which required surgery. [19]
In August 2021, after having guided Seregno to Serie C as a head coach, França decided to accept an offer as a player for Serie D team RG Ticino. [20] He successively left the club by the end of December and retired again from active football. [21]
On 2 March 2021, while still recovering from injury, his club Seregno announced to have promoted França as head coach of the Serie D club. [22] Under his tenure, Seregno managed to climb up the table and win promotion to Serie C with one game still in hand, thus bringing back the Lombardian club to professional football for the first time since 1982. [23] Despite his successes, on 24 July 2021 Seregno announced França was not confirmed as head coach for the club's upcoming Serie C campaign. [24]
In the summer of 2023, França accepted an offer from Sampdoria to be the club's new under-18 coach. [25]
Seregno
Cassiano Bodini is his brother-in-law. [28]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Carlos Clay de França | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Jaguariúna, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sampdoria (Under-18 coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2005 | CE Europa | ||
2008 | Chicago Fire Premier | ||
2009–2011 | Caperanese/Chiavari | 61 | (46) |
2011 | Bogliasco | 16 | (6) |
2011–2012 | Legnago Salus | 14 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Lavagnese | 33 | (16) |
2013–2014 | RapalloBogliasco | 32 | (29) |
2014–2015 | Cuneo | 36 | (27) |
2015–2016 | Lecco | 33 | (27) |
2016–2017 | Triestina | 31 | (23) |
2017–2020 | Potenza | 72 | (39) |
2020–2021 | Seregno | 0 | (0) |
2021 | RG Ticino | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021 | Seregno | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2021 |
Carlos Clay de França [1] (born 1 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football coach and former player. He works with Sampdoria as the club's Under-18 youth coach.
França started his European career playing for the small Barcelona-based club CE Europa. [2] He scored a goal for the team to win a promotion to Tercera División in 2005. [3] He suffered from a spinal tumor in 2006 that almost ended his football career. [4] According to the footballer himself, he also played for Chicago Fire Premier and Chicago Storm. [5] França scored a goal in the last group stage round in 2008 PDL season for Chicago Fire Premier against Michigan Bucks. [6]
He was a player of Caperanese in the 2009–10 season, which won Serie D promotion in 2010 from Eccellenza Liguria (Italian sixth highest level until 2014; top level of Liguria region). [7] [8]
França remained in the squad of Caperanese in 2010–11 Serie D season. In May 2011, he joined Bogliasco. [9]
França joined Cuneo in 2014. [10]
França joined Lecco in 2015. [11] In the following season, he joined fellow Serie D club Triestina. [12]
After winning the Serie D promotion playoffs with Triestina, França signed a new contract with the club on 7 July 2017. [13] The promotion of Triestina was confirmed on 4 August. [14] However, on 31 August 2017, he returned to Serie D for Potenza. [15] França played twice for Triestina in 2017–18 Coppa Italia and once at 2017–18 Coppa Italia Serie C. [16]
França was a player for Potenza since mid-2017. The team won promotion to Serie C as 2017–18 Serie D Group H winner. He also scored 25 league goals that season, as the second in the topscorer table of that group. [17]
On 17 August 2020 he moved to Seregno. [18]
In November, he was sidelined due to a serious knee injury which required surgery. [19]
In August 2021, after having guided Seregno to Serie C as a head coach, França decided to accept an offer as a player for Serie D team RG Ticino. [20] He successively left the club by the end of December and retired again from active football. [21]
On 2 March 2021, while still recovering from injury, his club Seregno announced to have promoted França as head coach of the Serie D club. [22] Under his tenure, Seregno managed to climb up the table and win promotion to Serie C with one game still in hand, thus bringing back the Lombardian club to professional football for the first time since 1982. [23] Despite his successes, on 24 July 2021 Seregno announced França was not confirmed as head coach for the club's upcoming Serie C campaign. [24]
In the summer of 2023, França accepted an offer from Sampdoria to be the club's new under-18 coach. [25]
Seregno
Cassiano Bodini is his brother-in-law. [28]