José Carlos da Costa Araújo

Zé Carlos

Personal information
Full name	José Carlos da Costa Araújo
Date of birth	February 7, 1962
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	July 24, 2009 (aged 47)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1983	Americano
1983	Flamengo
1984	Rio Branco
1984–1991	Flamengo	107	(0)
1992	Cruzeiro	04	(0)
1992–1994	Farense	57	(0)
1994–1995	Vitória de Guimarães	15	(0)
1995–1996	Felgueiras	26	(0)
1996–1997	Flamengo	17	(0)
1997	Vitória	15	(0)
1999	XV de Piracicaba
1999	América
2000	Tubarão
National team
1988–1990	Brazil	3	(0)
Honours Men's football Competitor for  Brazil Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José Carlos da Costa Araújo (February 7, 1962 – July 24, 2009), best known as Zé Carlos, was an association football goalkeeper who played for the Brazilian national team in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Throughout his career (1983–2000) he played for Americano de Campos, Flamengo, Rio Branco, Cruzeiro, Vitória, XV de Piracicaba, América and Tubarão.^[1] He played also in Portugal, where he defended Vitória de Guimarães, SC Farense, and Felgueiras.^[1]

The best moment in his career came when he played for Flamengo, in the late eighties, when he won one Brazilian championship in 1987 and one Rio de Janeiro state championship in 1986.

At that time he was often called up for the Brazilian national football team, but was usually the second goalkeeper after Taffarel. That was the case in the 1988 Olympics. He did play on two occasions in 1989. However, during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, he only made the third goalkeeper, after Taffarel and Acácio.

Death

Zé Carlos died on July 24, 2009 of abdominal cancer, after more than one month at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

On July 26, 2009, after Flamengo defeated Santos for the first time in official matches playing at Vila Belmiro (Santos' stadium), the current manager of Flamengo, Andrade, who was Zé Carlos' friend and teammate in the 1980s, both in Flamengo and in Brazilian team, crying, dedicated the special victory to Zé Carlos.^[3]

References

1. "Zé Carlos". Sambafoot. July 31, 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
2. "Ex-goleiro do Fla morre de câncer" (in Portuguese). Justiça Desportiva. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
3. "Andrade se emociona na vitória do Flamengo" on YouTube (in Portuguese)

External links

• Zé Carlos at National-Football-Teams.com