Luís Carlos Nunes da Silva, nicknamed Carlinhos (born on November 19, 1937 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

) played for Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

 between 1958 and 1969. Because of his elegant football and his thin voice, he was known as "The Violin". In Flamengo he won the 1961 Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Torneio Rio – São Paulo was a traditional Brazilian football competition contested between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams until from 1935 until 2002....

 and twice the Rio State Championship

Campeonato Carioca

The Campeonato Carioca, also known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, is the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of the most prestigious national football tournaments...

 (1963, 1965).

Carlinhos was capped for the Brazilian national team

Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...

 several times in the 1960s.

He was one of the few players to receive the Belfort Duarte Trophy

Prêmio Belfort Duarte

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 ("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 the coached Flamengo for 5 matches. Four years later he was back at Flamengo when former coach Antônio Lopes

Antônio Lopes

Antônio Lopes dos Santos, usually known as Antônio Lopes is a Brazilian football manager and former footballer....

 was fired for the bad results in the 1987 Rio State Championship finals. At that time Flamengo's squad had Brazilian star Renato Gaúcho

Renato Gaúcho

Renato Gaúcho, real name Renato Portaluppi is a former association footballer who played forward and a football manager, he was born in Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul.He is currently unemployed...

, veteran players (such as Zico

Zico

Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico , is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. He is the current head coach of the Iraq national football team. Often called the "White Pelé", he is commonly considered one of the most skilled finishers and one of the best passers ever and possibly the...

, Leandro, Andrade

Jorge Luís Andrade da Silva

Jorge Luís Andrade da Silva, better known as Andrade, is a former defensive midfielder born April 21, 1957 in Juiz de Fora, MG. After being sacked as Flamengo's general manager, currently he is unemployed.-Career:...

, Nunes and Edinho

Edino Nazareth Filho

Edinho, real name Edino Nazareth Filho, was a football player from Brazil. He played central defender with Fluminense Football Club, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and with the Brazilian national team...

), 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. Carlinhos, with a little luck and a lot of knowledge of the ways of the football, mixed veterans and newbies to create a very competitive team, that won the 1987 Copa União

Copa União

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. Five World Champions in the 1994 World Cup played for that team: Bebeto

Bebeto

José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, known as 'Bebeto', is a former football forward, a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup...

, Zinho

Crizam César de Oliveira Filho

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, Aldair, Jorginho

Jorginho

Jorge de Amorim Campos , aka Jorginho, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a right defender, and the current coach of Figueirense Futebol Clube....

 and Leonardo

Leonardo Araújo

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.

Carlinhos returned in 1991, in similar conditions. His squad had Júnior, near retirement, Zinho and a lot of newbies (among them Djalminha

Djalminha

Djalma Feitosa Dias , aka Djalminha, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.Blessed with superb skills but also a troublesome character he represented, among others, Flamengo and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a Brazil international.-Brazil:Son of former...

 and Marcelinho). After winning 1991 Rio State Championship, he won the fourth Brazilian National Championship for Flamengo in the 1992 finals against Botafogo

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas , also known as Botafogo and familiarly as Estrela Solitária, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, best known for its football team. They play in the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro's state league, and the Campeonato...

 (3-0, 2-2).

He would won another important title for Flamengo in 1999, the Mercosur Cup

Copa Mercosur

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.

Today he is retired, living in Leblon

Leblon

Leblon is an affluent neighbourhood and a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's a neighbourhood of upper class people in the southern zone of the city...

 neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, only a few blocks away from Flamengo's HQ, in Gávea

Gávea

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.

As professional he disputed 880 matches: 517 as player and 313 as coach.

On February 12, 2011, he was honored for Flamengo, with the unveiling of a bust and a square at the headquarters of the Club.