Antônio Carlos

Antônio Carlos MLS Profile

• Club: Houston Dynamo
• Position: Centre-Back
• Nationality: Brazil
• Born: March 7, 1993 (Age 33)
• Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
• Weight: 172 lbs

About Antônio Carlos

Antônio Carlos Cunha Capocasali Júnior (born 7 March 1993), known as Antônio Carlos, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Houston Dynamo.

Club career
Early years
Growing up in the Coelho Neto neighborhood of northern Rio de Janeiro, Antônio Carlos began his youth career at Fluminense and won three youth Carioca titles before questions over his height meant he was released. In search of first team opportunities as a teenager, Carlos turned to non-league team Sendas, winning the Copa Rio in 2010.

Corinthians
In 2011, Carlos joined the youth setup at Corinthians initially on a loan deal before Corinthians bought 40% of his economic rights from Audax. He first appeared in a friendly against Osasco. Scoring twice in a 2–1 win over former-team Fluminense in the 2012 São Paulo Youth Cup final, he was promoted to the main squad a month later and made his professional debut on 10 March 2012, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Guarani for the Campeonato Paulista championship.

Antônio Carlos had subsequent loan spells with Série B teams Oeste and Avaí before being released at the end of 2014.

Tombense
Antônio Carlos signed as a free agent with Tombense, a Série C team owned by Eduardo Uram, one of the leading agents in Brazil. From Tombense, Carlos was loaned to multiple Série A teams, first back to Avaí and then Flamengo, Ponte Preta and Palmeiras.

Palmeiras
Antônio Carlos' one-year loan deal with Palmeiras in 2017 was initially extended by the club for the start of the 2018 season before they decided to permanently purchase 50% of his economic rights in July 2018, signed the defender until June 2023. Carlos made 22 appearances in Série A as Palmeiras won the title in 2018.

Loan to Orlando City
On 30 December 2019, Carlos joined M

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