Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho (born 31 October 1981) is a former professional

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who played as a forward. Born in Senegal, he made he made six FIFA-official appearances for the Guinea-Bissau national team in 2011 and 2012, scoring twice.

Club career

France

De Carvalho was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal. He joined the French club Louhans-Cuiseaux in 2000, and scored 15 goals in 38 games across two seasons there. Between 2002 and 2004, he played for

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, with a one-year period out on loan to Sedan. De Carvalho then spent five years between 2005 and 2010 with Brest in

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and

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. In the beginning of 2010, he signed for

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in Championnat National, scoring once in 15 matches.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

In 2010, De Carvalho joined

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as a replacement for Garra Dembélé, who had just been sold to Levski Sofia. In six months there, he scored 7 goals in 13 matches. In January 2011, De Carvalho was close to being transferred to Levski Sofia, but the deal eventually fell through, purportedly due to his chronic shoulder problems. He continued to be a regular starter for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, when physically fit, during the 2011–12 season. On 15 March 2012, De Carvalho was sent off after an altercation with Hristo Yovov in the quarter-final of the Bulgarian Cup, which his team eventually won 2–1 after

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Levski Sofia

On 12 June 2012, De Carvalho signed with Levski Sofia on a two-year deal. He made his competitive debut on 19 July, in a 1–0 home win over

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in a

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match, and scored his first goal (converting a penalty kick) in the return leg against the same opponent, which was lost by a score of 1–3. On 28 November, Basile netted his first A Group hat-trick in a 7–1 home win against Etar 1924, scoring four goals. He became the first foreigner to score four goals in a one match for Levski. He finished the 2012–13 A Group season as the top goalscorer in the league, having found the net 19 times in total. His European campaign was somewhat less successful, as he missed a penalty in the first leg of a

match against Kazakh team Irtysh Pavlodar; his team was eventually eliminated 2–0 on aggregate.

White Star

On 20 July 2013, De Carvalho relocated to Belgium, signing a contract with second division club

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. He made his official debut (as a starter) on 4 August 2013, scoring an equalizing goal in the 2–1 home win over

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Inter Luanda

In July 2014, De Carvalho moved to

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, signing a contract with top division club Inter Luanda.

Louhans-Cuiseaux

In January 2015, De Carvalho relocated to France, signing a contract with third division club Louhans-Cuiseaux, where he had started his career in Europe. In May 2019, he announced his retirement from football.

International career

In September 2010, De Carvalho was called up to the national team of Guinea Bissau for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. His debut came on 26 March 2011, in a 0–1 home loss against

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in a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier. On 10 August 2011, he opened his account for the national side, scoring twice in the 4–1 win against

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in a

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. These two goals are not considered official due to the nature of the friendly game and are not listed below. De Carvalho participated in Guinea-Bissau's qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup.

Personal life

He holds French citizenship.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de Carvalho goal''.

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carvalho, Basile 1981 births Living people Footballers from Ziguinchor Senegalese people of Bissau-Guinean descent Senegalese men's footballers 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in France Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Naturalized citizens of France French men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players CS Sedan Ardennes players Stade Brestois 29 players RC Strasbourg Alsace players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Levski Sofia players RWS Bruxelles players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Men's association football forwards 21st-century French sportsmen