Carlyle Guimarães

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Guimarães and the second or paternal family name is Cardoso.

Carlyle

Personal information
Full name	Carlyle Guimarães Cardoso
Date of birth	(1926-06-15)15 June 1926
Place of birth	Almenara, Brazil
Date of death	23 November 1982(1982-11-23) (aged 56)
Place of death	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Forward
Youth career
1943–1946	Tabajaras-MG
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1949	Atlético Mineiro	68	(53)
1949–1952	Fluminense	105	(63)
1953	Palmeiras	10	(4)
1953	Santos
1954–1956	Botafogo
1957	Portuguesa-RJ
International career
1948	Brazil	1	(1)
Managerial career
1968	Brazil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlyle Guimarães Cardoso (15 June 1926 – 23 November 1982), simply known as Carlyle, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

A player who was marked by the beauty of his goals, Carlyle played mainly for Atlético Mineiro and Fluminense, being state champion for both teams, and being top scorer in 1951. He also played for Santos, Palmeiras, Botafogo and Portuguesa-RJ.

Carlyle played only once for the Brazil national team, 11 April 1948, in a friendly against Uruguay, and also scored a goal.

He worked for years as a sports commentator and columnist, and in 1968 he was part of the Minas Gerais press committee that led the Brazil national team in a friendly against Argentina.

Death

Carlyle Guimarães died after being run over at a bus stop, 23 November 1982, in Belo Horizonte. The entrance street to the Atlético Mineiro training center was named in honor of him.

Honours

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 1947

Fluminense

• Campeonato Carioca: 1951

Individual

• 1951 Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 23 goals

External links

• Carlyle Guimarães at WorldFootball.net