Careca

Careca is one of those players who defined what Brazilian football looked like in the 1980s — clinical, powerful, and completely fearless in front of goal. Born Antônio de Oliveira Filho in Araraquara, São Paulo in 1960, he grew up during Brazil's most romantically charged football era and absolutely lived up to the hype. At 182 cm he was a big striker for his time, and he used that frame to bully defenders while still showing the kind of technical flair you expect from Brazilian forwards. His time with São Paulo was memorable, but what really cemented his legend was putting on the yellow shirt — over 60 caps for the Seleção is no accident. I'll always think of him as the kind of number nine who made the whole attack tick, the focal point that made everything around him look better.

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Name (English)

Careca

Name (Japanese)

アントニオ・デ・オリベイラ・フィーリョ

Reading

あんとにお・で・おりべいら・ふぃーりょ

Born

October 5, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careca
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q342489

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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