Basile de Carvalho

Basile de Carvalho
Personal information
Full name Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho
Date of birth 31 October 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 30)
Place of birth Ziguinchor, Senegal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Louhans-Cuiseaux 38 (15)
2002–2004 Sochaux 5 (0)
2003–2004 Sedan (loan) 27 (9)
2005–2010 Brest 108 (17)
2010 Strasbourg 15 (1)
2010– Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 (13)
National team
2011– Guinea-Bissau 5 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2011

Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho (born 31 October 1981 in Zinguinchor, Senegal) is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer. He plays for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a forward in the Bulgarian A PFG.[1]

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Career

France

De Carvalho joined the French club Louhans-Cuiseaux in 2000. For two years there, he capped 38 times, scoring 15 goals. Between 2002 and 2004, he played in Sochaux. He spent a one-year period out on loan to Sedan. Basile de Carvalho spent 5 years (between 2005 and 2010) in the French Brest. The team was competing in the Ligue 2 and Championnat National (French third division). In the beginning of 2010, de Carvalho played for Strasbourg in Championnat National. Basile was capped 15 times, scoring 1 goal.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

In 2010, he joined PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a replacement for the just-sold Garra Dembele to PFC Levski Sofia. For six months there, he scored 7 goals in 13 matches.

International career

In September 2010, he 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 the 0:1 home loss against Uganda in a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier.[2] On 10 August 2011, De Carvalho opened his account for the national side, scoring twice in the 4:1 win against Equatorial Guinea in a friendly match.[3]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 August 2011 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Equatorial Guinea 2 – 0 4–1 Friendly
2 10 August 2011 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Equatorial Guinea 4 – 0 4–1 Friendly
3 3 September 2011 Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya 1 – 1 1–2 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
4 11 November 2011 Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau  Togo 1 – 1 1–1 2014 World Cup qualifier

Personal

He also holds French citizenship.

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