Carlos Santos de Jesus
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Carlos Santos de Jesus is a Brasilian professional football
Football (soccer)
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er, currently a free agent
Free agent
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. He gained Croatian nationality in October 2007.

Club career

Carlos came through youth ranks of São Paulo FC
São Paulo Futebol Clube
São Paulo Futebol Clube , commonly known as São Paulo, is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to...

 but was unable to record single cap in the senior squad. On 30 January 2006 Carlos joined Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb. The club paid his transfer €40,000. At first he was playing on a centre–back position, but in recent seasons he had much more impact as a left full–back. Carlos also spent six months on loan in Varteks during the 2008–09 season, after he found himself out of manager Marijan Vlak
Marijan Vlak
Marijan Vlak is an Croatian former football goalkeeper and the manager of Budapesti Vasas SC.He spent his playing career as a goalkeeper for Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb and Segesta Sisak...

's plans. Following his return he often started in the first–eleven, but found himself on the bench again when the club signed Leandro Cufré
Leandro Cufré
Leandro Damián Cufré is an Argentinian footballer, currently plays as a defender for GNK Dinamo Zagreb.-Career:...

. On February 5, 2010, it was announced on the official site of Shandong Luneng that they signed him. On January 2011, it was announced that he was loaned to NK Zagreb
NK Zagreb
NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

. He played in five games, scoring a goal in the last round match against Hrvatski Dragovoljac. In July 2011, his contract with Dinamo Zagreb was terminated by mutual consent. He was subsequently signed by the Saudi
Saudi Arabia
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 club Ettifaq FC from Dammam
Dammam
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.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

    • Croatian champions: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
    • Croatian Cup
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      : 2007, 2008, 2009

Career statistics

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|2005–06||rowspan="4"|Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

||rowspan="6"|Prva HNL||7||1||||||||||0||0||7||1
|-
|2006–07||24||1||7||0||||||5||0||36||1
|-
|2007–08||15||1||3||0||||||7||0||25||1
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008–09||7||0||3||0||||||3||0||13||0
|-
|Varteks||13||1||0||0||||||||||13||1
|-
|2009–10||Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

||2||0||0||0||||||5||0||7||0
68||4||13||0||0||0||20||0||101||4

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