Carlos Embaló
Bissau-Guinean footballer
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Carlos Apna Embaló (born 25 November 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Italian Serie D club Scafatese.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Apna Embaló | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Scafatese | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Chaves | ||
| 2013–2014 | Palermo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Chaves | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Palermo | 32 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Carpi (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Lecce (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Brescia (loan) | 40 | (5) |
| 2018 | → Brescia (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Cosenza (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Eupen | 31 | (2) |
| 2021 | → Alcorcón (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Cittadella | 18 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Foggia | 16 | (3) |
| 2024– | Scafatese | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2020 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2018 | |||
Club career
Embalo was bought by Palermo from Portuguese team Chaves. Rosanero then loaned Embalo to Carpi. On 13 September 2014, Embaló made his professional debut with Carpi in a 2014–15 Serie B match against Crotone.[citation needed] After his loan period end, Palermo loaned him to Lecce and Brescia.
On 15 June 2016, Palermo officially announced the contract extension with Embalo until 30 June 2020.[1]
On 25 January 2019, he joined Cosenza on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[2]
After Palermo's exclusion from Italian football, he left Italy for Belgium by joining Eupen. On 29 January 2021, he joined Spanish club AD Alcorcón on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 Segunda División season.[3]
On 23 June 2022, Embaló returned to Italy and signed with Serie B side Cittadella.[4]
International career
International stats
- As of 11 November 2020
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 September 2018 | Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique |  Mozambique | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
