| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Jorge Marques C. Xavier | ||
| Date of birth | January 16, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting CP | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980–1991 | Sporting CP | 194 | (7) |
| 1986–1987 | → Académica (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 1991–1994 | Real Sociedad | 96 | (13) |
| 1994–1996 | Sporting CP | 36 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1981–1993 | Portugal | 10 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | Estoril (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Carlos Jorge Marques Caldas Xavier (born 16 January 1963 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique (Portugal)) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Xavier began his professional career with Lisbon-based Sporting Clube de Portugal, already being a regular first-team fixture at age 19. He played 23 league matches as the Lions won the title in 1981–82, which would be the last until 2000.
In 1991, after more than 200 official matches, Xavier moved, alongside compatriot and teammate Oceano, to Spain's Real Sociedad, where the pair was equally influential, having been reunited with former Sporting boss John Toshack at the La Liga side.
In 1994, Xavier and Oceano returned to Sporting, and the former played two more years before retiring, aged 34. In 2004–05, he had a brief spell at coaching, assisting at another club from the capital, G.D. Estoril Praia.
Xavier gained 10 caps for Portugal, then switched successfully to its beach soccer side.
Xavier's older brother, Pedro, is also a former footballer. A forward, he represented several teams in the country (coinciding with Carlos at Académica), and also played three seasons in China in an 18-year professional career.