Carlos Alberto Lourenço Milhazes (born 17 March 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Alberto Lourenço Milhazes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-03-17) 17 March 1981 (age 41)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2000 | Varzim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Caçadores Taipas | 34 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Varzim | 47 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Boavista | 14 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Rio Ave | 76 | (15) |
| 2008–2009 | Politehnica Timişoara | 28 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Vitória Guimarães | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Rio Ave | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Chaves | 25 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | Enosis Neon | 23 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | OFI | 45 | (6) |
| 2015–2017 | Levadiakos | 47 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Varzim | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 380 | (36) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
After beginning professionally with lowly Clube Caçadores das Taipas, Póvoa de Varzim-born Milhazes joined hometown club Varzim S.C. (in the second division). After appearing scarcely for Boavista F.C. in 2004–05's Primeira Liga, his first top-flight season, he signed with Rio Ave FC, experiencing both relegation and promotion.
In late January 2008, Milhazes joined Romanian Liga I side FC Politehnica Timișoara, first on loan.[2] After the move was made permanent, he returned to Portugal exactly one year after and signed with Vitória de Guimarães on loan until the end of the campaign, as a replacement for Jacques Momha who left for Turkey;[3] 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 free agent.[4] He finished his career well into his 30s, after spells with two teams in the Superleague Greece as well as Varzim.[5]