Careca (footballer, born 1968)

For other people named Careca, seeCareca (disambiguation).

Careca

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-09-27)27 September 1968
Place of birth	Passos, Minas Gerais,Brazil
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Medal record Men'sfootball RepresentingBrazil Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team competition

Hamilton de Souza(born 27 September 1968 inPassos, Minas Gerais), better known asCarecaorCareca II,is a formerBrazilianfootballerwho played as astriker.

Careca II played for several Brazilian clubs asCruzeiro,Atlético MineiroandCoritibaand also forSporting CPinPortugal.

Careca competed for Brazil at the1988 Summer Olympics.In the first round, he started three times in the front line with the famedRomáriobut did not score and was each time substituted forBebeto.Careca also played each of Brazil's three games in theknock-out stagesand won the silver medal, after Brazil lost the final against theSoviet Union.

Careca II played four games for the Brazil national football team but did not score.

In 2008, he served as assistant coach of the youth team ofAtlético Mineiro.

Personal life

In July 2015, his son Hamilton de Souza Junior, signed a contract to play forBiu Chun Rangersin the2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League.

External links

• Careca–FIFAcompetition record (archived)
• Carecaat ForaDeJogo (archived)
• CarecaatOlympedia
• Hamilton Carecaat theComitê Olímpico do Brasil(in Portuguese)
• Hamilton Careca IIat FootballDatabase.eu
• Hamilton de SouzaatOlympics