Carlos Alberto Lourenço Milhazes (born 17 March 1981) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Milhazes began his senior career with lowly Clube Caçadores das Taipas, later joining his hometown club Varzim S.C. (in the Segunda Liga). After appearing scarcely for Boavista F.C. in 2004–05's

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, his first top-flight season, he signed with Rio Ave FC, experiencing both relegation and promotion. Milhazes transferred to Romanian

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side FC Politehnica Timișoara in late January 2008, first on loan. After the move was made permanent, he returned to Portugal exactly one year later and signed with Vitória de Guimarães on loan until the end of the campaign, as a replacement for Jacques Momha who left for

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; in June 2009, he agreed to a permanent contract. On 31 July 2010, having appeared rarely for Vitória throughout the league season, Milhazes returned to Rio Ave as a

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. He finished his career well into his 30s, following spells with two teams in the

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as well as Varzim.

Post-retirement

After retiring, Milhazes settled in Switzerland, where he worked as a

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. He was also involved in football at amateur level, as a striker and manager.

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