Carlos Secretário

Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Secretário (born 12 May 1970) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back, currently a manager.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Secretário.

Carlos Secretário
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Secretário[1]
Date of birth (1970-05-12) 12 May 1970[1]
Place of birth São João da Madeira, Portugal[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1984–1985 Sanjoanense
1985–1986 Sporting CP
1986–1988 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Gil Vicente 29 (2)
1989–1991 Penafiel 64 (2)
1991–1992 Famalicão 31 (2)
1992–1993 Braga 31 (2)
1993–1996 Porto 86 (6)
1996–1997 Real Madrid 13 (0)
1998–2004 Porto 129 (0)
2004–2005 Maia 24 (0)
Total 407 (14)
International career
1992–1993 Portugal U21 7 (0)
1994–2001 Portugal 35 (1)
Managerial career
2007–2008 Maia
2008–2009 Lousada
2009 Arouca
2012–2013 Salgueiros 08
2015–2017 Lusitanos Saint-Maur
2017–2018 Cesarense
2018–2020 Créteil
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2000 Belgium-Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In a 17-year career, in which he appeared in 341 Primeira Liga games and scored 12 goals, he played for six clubs in his country including Porto, with which he won 16 major titles. He also briefly represented Real Madrid.

Secretário played more than 30 times with the Portugal national team, representing the country in two European Championships. In 2007, he started working as a coach.

Playing career

Club

After making his professional debut with Gil Vicente F.C. in the Segunda Liga, Secretário, who was born in São João da Madeira and started his career as a midfielder, moved to the Primeira Liga with F.C. Penafiel in 1989, then spent one additional season with F.C. Famalicão in the same league. Ahead of 1992–93, he signed for S.C. Braga.

In the summer of 1993, Secretário joined FC Porto, quickly establishing himself as an undisputed starter in defense or midfield – after João Pinto's retirement, he played almost exclusively as a right-back – and helping the northerners to two leagues, one Cup and one Supercup in his first spell. He attracted attention from Real Madrid, which signed the player in July 1996,[2] but he would encounter extreme difficulties in carving a starting niche with the Spanish club, which was aggravated with the January 1997 signing of Italian Christian Panucci;[3] in a bizarre incident in a game against Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, a delay was caused by a rabbit presumably thrown into the fray from the terraces, and he was quick enough to catch it. "Secretário may or may be not a good player," said TV commentator Arsenio Iglesias at the time, "but he is indeed a great hunter."[4]

Secretário returned to Porto in January 1998 for six-and-a-half additional seasons, and would go on to conquer the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League in successive years, although he was now only backup to emergent Paulo Ferreira.[5] On 14 March 2002, he was sent off for a professional foul on Emmanuel Olisadebe during a 2–1 continental home win over Panathinaikos FC, receiving a three-match suspension.[6]

In June 2005, Secretário retired after one year with F.C. Maia (second tier).[7]

International

Secretário earned 35 caps for Portugal,[8] and played at the 1996 and 2000 European Championships. In both cases second choice, he totalled three appearances.[9][10]

Carlos Secretário: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
13 June 1995Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal Latvia2–03–2Euro 1996 qualifying[11]

Coaching career

In 2007, two years after retiring, Secretário started his coaching career with Portuguese fourth-tier side Maia, where he had retired as a player. He continued working in the lower leagues in the following seasons, also having a spell in French amateur football.[12]

Secretário was appointed at Championnat National 2 club US Créteil-Lusitanos on 1 June 2018.[13] In his first season, with a team including compatriots and their diaspora on the pitch and in the backroom, he won promotion as champions with four games remaining.[14] He resigned in December 2020, citing health problems and the desire to retire to Portugal.[15]

In August 2022, 52-year-old Secretário was placed in intensive care after suffering a stroke.[16] After four months of recovery, he was next seen publicly on New Year's Day.[17]

Honours

Player

Porto

Real Madrid

Portugal

Manager

Créteil

References
  1. "Carlos Secretário" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. "Carlos Secretario, el Danilo de los noventa" [Carlos Secretário, the nineties version of Danilo] (in Spanish). Memorias del Fútbol. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. Carbajosa, Carlos E. (11 January 1997). "Secretario medita negociar su traspaso" [Secretário thinks about negotiating his transfer]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  4. Ashdown, John (7 February 2012). "They think it's all over … it is meow, as cat invades Anfield pitch". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  5. "Secretário: "Bem encaminhados"" [Secretário: "On the right track"]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 October 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  6. "Secretário gets three-match ban". UEFA. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  7. "Secretário volta ao futebol para jogar no Maia" [Secretário returns to football to play for Maia] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  9. Hodgson, Guy (1 June 1996). "The rising force in Europe counting on their foreign legion; CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: No 9 Portugal". The Independent. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  10. "Portugal progress as Group D winners". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  11. "Letónia-Portugal: Registo 100 por cento vitorioso" [Latvia-Portugal: 100 percent victorious record]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  12. "Carlos Secretário deixa comando técnico do Lusitanos Saint-Maur" [Carlos Secretário no longer in charge of Lusitanos Saint-Maur] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  13. "Carlos Secrétario nouvel entraîneur de Créteil" [Carlos Secrétario new manager of Créteil]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  14. Rosa, Melo (22 April 2019). "Secretário sobe de divisão com o Créteil-Lusitanos" [Secretário rises a division with Créteil-Lusitanos]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  15. Sermaise, Florian (19 December 2020). "Créteil: Carlos Secretario explique les raisons de son départ" [Créteil: Carlos Secretário explains the reasons for his exit] (in French). Foot National. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  16. "Carlos Secretário, exjugador del Real Madrid, en la UCI tras sufrir un ictus" [Carlos Secretário, former Real Madrid player, in ICU after suffering a stroke]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  17. "Secretário de volta após "quatro meses de luta"" [Secretário back after "four months of fighting"] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  18. Azevedo, Pedro (28 May 2019). "Secretário sagra-se campeão no Créteil e aspira a voos maiores" [Secretário crowned champion at Créteil and aspires to bigger things] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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