{{short description|Portuguese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Carlos Milhazes | image = | fullname = Carlos Alberto Lourenço Milhazes<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/milhazes/varzim/1594-291-4649|title=Milhazes|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|3|17|df=y}}<ref name=Profile/> | birth_place = Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal<ref name=Profile/> | height = {{height|meters=1.82}}<ref name=Profile/> | position = Left-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1991–2000 | youthclubs1 = Varzim | years1 = 2000–2002 | years2 = 2002–2004 | years3 = 2004–2005 | years4 = 2005–2008 | years5 = 2008–2009 | years6 = 2009 | years7 = 2009–2010 | years8 = 2010–2011 | years9 = 2011–2012 | years10 = 2012–2013 | years11 = 2013–2015 | years12 = 2015–2017 | years13 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Caçadores Taipas | clubs2 = Varzim | clubs3 = Boavista | clubs4 = Rio Ave | clubs5 = Politehnica Timişoara | clubs6 = → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | clubs7 = Vitória Guimarães | clubs8 = Rio Ave | clubs9 = Chaves | clubs10 = Enosis Neon | clubs11 = OFI | clubs12 = Levadiakos | clubs13 = Varzim | caps1 = 34 | caps2 = 47 | caps3 = 14 | caps4 = 76 | caps5 = 28 | caps6 = 10 | caps7 = 6 | caps8 = 10 | caps9 = 25 | caps10 = 23 | caps11 = 45 | caps12 = 47 | caps13 = 16 | totalcaps = 381 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 1 | goals9 = 7 | goals10 = 2 | goals11 = 6 | goals12 = 2 | goals13 = 0 | totalgoals = 36 }} '''Carlos Alberto Lourenço Milhazes''' (born 17 March 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
==Playing career== Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Milhazes began his senior career with lowly Clube Caçadores das Taipas, later joining his hometown club Varzim S.C. (in the Segunda Liga). After appearing scarcely for Boavista F.C. in 2004–05's Primeira Liga, his first top-flight season, he signed with Rio Ave FC, experiencing both relegation and promotion.<ref name=Life>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/carlos-milhazes/milhazes-a-vida-na-suica-entre-o-futebol-e-a-carpintaria|title=Milhazes: a vida na Suíça entre o futebol e a carpintaria|trans-title=Milhazes: life in Switzerland between football and carpentry|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Vítor Hugo|last=Alvarenga|language=pt|date=14 May 2020|access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref>
Milhazes transferred to Romanian Liga I side FC Politehnica Timișoara in late January 2008, first on loan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/iancu-milhazes-a-demonstrat-ca-merita-sa-joace-la-poli-69554.html|title=Iancu: "Milhazes a demonstrat că merită să joace la Poli"|trans-title=Iancu: "Milhazes has shown that he deserves to play for Poli"|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=19 May 2008|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> After the move was made permanent, he returned to Portugal exactly one year later and signed with Vitória de Guimarães on loan until the end of the campaign, as a replacement for Jacques Momha who left for Turkey;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/v--guimaraes/detalhe/milhazes-espero-prolongar-a-minha-ligacao-ao-vitoria|title=Milhazes: «Espero prolongar a minha ligação ao Vitória»|trans-title=Milhazes: "I hope to extend my link to Vitória"|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=23 January 2009|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> in June 2009, he agreed to a permanent contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/v--guimaraes/detalhe/milhazes-desejo-de-ficar-foi-sempre-muito-forte|title=Milhazes: «Desejo de ficar foi sempre muito forte»|trans-title=Milhazes: "The desire to remain was always very strong"|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=7 June 2009|access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref>
On 31 July 2010, having appeared rarely for Vitória throughout the league season, Milhazes returned to Rio Ave as a free agent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/rio-ave/detalhe/milhazes-e-reforco-454977|title=Milhazes é reforço|trans-title=Milhazes is an addition|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=31 July 2010|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> He finished his career well into his 30s, following spells with two teams in the Super League Greece as well as Varzim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/transferencias/13-07-2017/milhazes-regressa-ao-varzim|title=Milhazes regressa ao Varzim|trans-title=Milhazes returns to Varzim|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=13 July 2017|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
==Post-retirement== After retiring, Milhazes settled in Switzerland, where he worked as a carpenter. He was also involved in football at amateur level, as a striker and manager.<ref name=Life/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{RomanianSoccer|1239/carlos-alberto-leurenco-milhazes}} *{{Soccerway|carlos--alberto-louren/52854}} *{{WorldFootball.net|milhazes}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milhazes, Carlos}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Póvoa de Varzim Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Segunda Divisão players Category:Clube Caçadores das Taipas players Category:Varzim S.C. players Category:Boavista F.C. players Category:Rio Ave F.C. players Category:Vitória S.C. players Category:G.D. Chaves players Category:Liga I players Category:FC Politehnica Timișoara players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Category:Super League Greece players Category:OFI Crete F.C. players Category:Levadiakos F.C. players Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece