Carlos Manuel Dias Saavedra (born 1 February 1981) is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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Club career

Saavedra was born in

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

. During his Portuguese career, spent mainly in the lower leagues, he represented

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

, S.U. Sintrense, F.C. Barreirense, C.D. Trofense, Odivelas FC,

GS Loures Grupo Sportivo de Loures is a Portuguese football club based in Loures that competes in the First Division. History Loures was founded on 13 August 1913 by local footballers who used to play in a plot of land called ''Casaréus'' in Loures. Th ...

, SG Sacavenense (two spells),

União de Santarém União Desportiva de Santarém is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Santarém, Portugal, Santarém in central Portugal. They play in the 3rd national division. The club was founded on 23 August 1969 and plays a ...

and União Desportiva Alta de Lisboa. In 2008, he signed a two-year contract with

Doxa Katokopias FC Doxa Katokopias FC () is a Cypriot professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word) ...

from

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. Saavedra continued in the country after two seasons, joining

AEK Larnaca FC AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club also has a men' ...

who immediately loaned him to his previous club. In the summer of 2014, after one year in Greece with Glyfada FC, the 33-year-old returned to his homeland.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saavedra, Carlos 1981 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players G.D. Estoril Praia players S.U. Sintrense players F.C. Barreirense players C.D. Trofense players Odivelas F.C. players GS Loures players União de Santarém players Cypriot First Division players Doxa Katokopias FC players AEK Larnaca FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Football League (Greece) players A.O. Glyfada players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece