Roger de Carvalho (born 10 December 1986), known as Roger Carvalho, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Água Santa.

Biography

Carvalho was signed by Iraty in January 2007. He signed a two-year contract with Iraty in November 2006 and was loaned to Rio Branco for 2007 Paraná state football championship. He then transferred to Tombense, a proxy club for the investees where he was immediately loaned to

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club Olivais e Moscavide. In January 2009, he returned to Brazil for Guarani (MG). The team finished as the least in 2009 Minas Gerais state championship.

Figueirense

Carvalho came to Figueirense in May 2009, and helped the team get promoted to the first division the following year, as 2010 runner-up. Roger played 27 games in 2011 first division, starting 20 times. With Tombense, he also signed a new three-year contract effective on 1 January 2010. He was loaned to Figueirense in January 2010, May 2010, and again in January 2011.

Genoa

On 31 January 2012, Carvalho was loaned to Italian ''

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'' club

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He took the number #3 shirt from departed

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. Roger is a dual Brazil-

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citizen, thus he was not restricted by the non-EU policy of the

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. He made his debut on 15 February 2012 after

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was suspended.

São Paulo

On 21 August 2013, Carvalho was loaned to

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until the

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Finals. Tricolor paid a contract fee of €3 million for the defender. However, his opportunities to play at

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were diminished by two factors: the possible return of Rafael Toloi (on loan to

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), and the awaited arrival of

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(signed pending adjudication of a court sentence in

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Vitória

Roger Carvalho joined Vitória on 29 July 2014. The defender stayed at the club until the end of the year.

Botafogo

On 3 January 2015, Roger Carvalho was signed by

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Honours

;Botafogo *

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;Palmeiras *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

External links

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