Licá

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Carneiro.
Licá
Personal information
Full name Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Lamelas, Portugal[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lamelas
Youth career
2001–2006 O Crasto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Social Lamas 2 (1)
2007–2011 Académica 16 (1)
2007–2008 → Tourizense (loan) 34 (8)
2010–2011 → Trofense (loan) 40 (9)
2011–2013 Estoril 59 (18)
2013–2016 Porto 25 (3)
2014–2015 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 21 (0)
2015–2016 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 29 (5)
2016–2017 Nottingham Forest 5 (0)
2017 → Estoril (loan) 13 (1)
2017–2018 Granada 2 (0)
2018 Belenenses 14 (3)
2018–2020 B-SAD 67 (18)
2020–2021 Farense 23 (3)
2022 B-SAD 12 (0)
2023– Lamelas 38 (14)
International career
2009 Portugal U21 5 (1)
2013 Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:29, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 8 September 1988), known as Licá, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right winger for ACDR Lamelas.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 229 matches and 40 goals over 11 seasons, after starting his professional career with Académica. He represented six other top-flight clubs, mainly Estoril and B-SAD. He also had brief spells in Spain and England.

Licá won one cap for Portugal, in 2013.

Club career

Early years

Born in Lamelas, Castro Daire, Licá joined Académica de Coimbra from the lower leagues in 2007, aged 19.[2] He appeared rarely for the club over two Primeira Liga seasons, also being loaned to another modest side, G.D. Tourizense, during his contract; he scored his first goal in the top division on 22 February 2009, helping to a 3–1 home win against C.S. Marítimo.[3]

In the 2010 January transfer window, Licá moved on loan to C.D. Trofense in the Segunda Liga, netting five goals in 27 games in his first full season as the Trofa team narrowly missed on promotion. From 2011 to 2013, he represented G.D. Estoril Praia; after finding the net on 12 occasions in his first year,[4][5] being essential as his team returned to the top flight after seven years,[6] he added six in all 30 matches in the second to help them overachieve for a final fifth position, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Europa League.[7]

Porto

Licá signed for FC Porto on 29 May 2013, agreeing to a four-year contract.[8][9] He scored his first official goal for his new team on 10 August, the first in a 3–0 victory over Vitória S.C. in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.[10]

On 1 August 2014, deemed surplus to requirements as practically all Portuguese players by new manager Julen Lopetegui, Licá was loaned to La Liga club Rayo Vallecano in a season-long move.[11] He made his debut in the competition on 21 September, starting in a 4–2 away loss to Villarreal CF.[12]

Nottingham Forest

On 31 August 2016, after a top-tier campaign with Vitória de Guimarães, Licá was released by Porto and signed for Nottingham Forest on a two-year deal, for a fee believed to be around £300,000.[13][14] He first appeared in the EFL Championship on 14 September, featuring six minutes in a 2–2 draw at Rotherham United.[15]

Licá returned to Portugal on 6 February 2017, joining former club Estoril on loan until the end of the season.[16] Both he and the Cascais-based side wanted to make the deal permanent,[17] but this never came to be because of wage demands.[18]

On 31 August 2017, he mutually agreed to terminate his contract with Forest[18] and signed with Segunda División side Granada CF later the same day.[19] Having made only two substitute cameos in the league and started one Copa del Rey match, he was released on 31 January.[20]

Later years

A free agent, Licá joined C.F. Os Belenenses on a four-month deal on 1 February 2018,[21] extending his contract until 2020 that May.[22] He scored a career-best in the Portuguese top division of 11 goals for the reorganised B-SAD in 2018–19, including March's goal of the month against Portimonense S.C. in a 2–2 draw.[23]

On 14 November 2020, Licá joined S.C. Farense, again at zero cost until the end of the season.[24] In a campaign that ended with relegation, he received the first red card of his career in a 3–1 home victory over Gil Vicente F.C. on 10 January.[25]

Licá returned to last-placed Belenenses SAD on 10 February 2022, having been out of work since the summer.[26] He returned to his hometown one year later, signing with amateurs ACDR Lamelas in the Viseu Football Association's district leagues.[27]

International career

Licá was part of the Portugal under-21 team that took silver at the 2009 Lusofonia Games on home soil. He played all four matches, scoring in a 4–1 win over Angola on the final day.[28]

On 10 September 2013, shortly after having moved to Porto, Licá made his debut for the senior national team, playing the last six minutes of a 3–1 friendly loss to Brazil at the Gillette Stadium in the United States.[29]

Personal life

Licá's father and his older brother Pedro Jorge were also footballers. While the latter spent a couple of youth years at Boavista FC, both mainly played for local amateur clubs.[30]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 April 2024[31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Social Lamas 2006–07 Terceira Divisão 2 1 0 0 — — — 2 1
Académica 2007–08 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2008–09 Primeira Liga 9 1 1 0 4 1 — — 14 2
2009–10 Primeira Liga 7 0 0 0 3 0 — — 10 0
Total 16 1 1 0 7 1 — — 24 2
Tourizense (loan) 2007–08 Segunda Divisão 34 8 0 0 — — — 34 8
Trofense (loan) 2009–10 Liga de Honra 13 4 0 0 0 0 — — 13 4
2010–11 Liga de Honra 27 5 0 0 3 0 — — 30 5
Total 40 9 0 0 3 0 — — 43 9
Estoril 2011–12 Liga de Honra 29 12 4 1 8 1 — — 41 14
2012–13 Primeira Liga 30 6 1 0 4 0 — — 35 6
Total 59 18 5 1 12 1 — — 76 20
Porto 2013–14 Primeira Liga 25 3 1 0 1 0 8[a] 0 1[b] 1 36 4
Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2014–15 La Liga 21 0 2 0 — — — 23 0
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2015–16 Primeira Liga 29 5 1 0 1 1 2[c] 0 — 33 6
Nottingham Forest 2016–17 Championship 5 0 1 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Estoril (loan) 2016–17 Primeira Liga 13 1 2 0 0 0 — — 15 1
Granada 2017–18 Segunda División 2 0 1 0 — — — 3 0
Belenenses 2017–18 Primeira Liga 14 3 0 0 0 0 — — 14 3
B-SAD 2018–19 Primeira Liga 34 11 2 1 4 0 — — 40 12
2019–20 Primeira Liga 33 7 2 1 1 0 — — 36 8
Total 67 18 4 2 5 0 — — 76 20
Farense 2020–21 Primeira Liga 23 3 1 0 — — — 24 3
B-SAD 2021–22 Primeira Liga 12 0 0 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Lamelas 2022–23 Divisão de Honra 12 5 — — — 1[d] 1 13 6
2023–24 Campeonato de Portugal 23 7 1 1 — — — 24 8
Total 35 12 1 1 — — 1 1 37 14
Career total 397 82 20 4 30 3 10 0 2 2 459 91
  1. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Taça AF Viseu

Honours

Estoril

Porto

Lamelas

Portugal U21

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Licá" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Licá: "Felizmente a Académica descobriu-me perdido lá no interior..."" [Licá: "Luckily Académica found me lost in the inlands..."]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 March 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Académica 3–1 Marítimo: Mais três pontos em Coimbra" [Académica 3–1 Marítimo: Three more points in Coimbra]. Público (in Portuguese). 22 February 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Naval-Estoril, 0–3: Licá dá vitória aos forasteiros" [Naval-Estoril, 0–3: Licá gives win to outsiders]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Estoril-Freamunde, 3–0: Mais um "bis" de Licá" [Estoril-Freamunde, 3–0: Another Licá "double"]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 February 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Licá eleito melhor jogador de 2011/12" [Licá voted best player of 2011/12]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Licá: "Garanto que fico no Estoril"" [Licá: "I guarantee i will stay with Estoril"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Josué e Licá assinaram até 2017" [Josué and Licá signed until 2017] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Porto move for Josué and Licá". UEFA. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Porto win Supertaça in style". PortuGOAL. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Licá, del Oporto, llega cedido al Rayo Vallecano" [Porto's Licá arrives on loan at Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Villarreal 4–2 Rayo Vallecano". ESPN FC. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Porto winger Lica becomes Nottingham Forest's third signing in 24 hours". Nottingham Post. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Lica checks in". Nottingham Forest F.C. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Rotherham 2–2 Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Lica leaves on loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  17. ^ Amaro, Miguel (13 June 201). "SAD vai tentar manter Licá" [Board will try to keep Licá]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  18. ^ a b Cooper, Barry (31 August 2017). "Former Porto midfielder Lica sees Nottingham Forest contract terminated". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Licá assina por um ano com o Granada" [Licá signs for a year with Granada]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  20. ^ Morales, Aguilera (31 January 2018). "El extremo Licá, tercera baja invernal del Granada" [Winger Licá, third winter exit from Granada]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  21. ^ Ferreira, André (1 February 2018). "Licá: "Grande honra vestir esta camisola"" [Licá: "A great honour to wear this shirt"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  22. ^ "Licá já renovou com o Belenenses" [Licá has already renewed with Belenenses]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Melhor golo é de Licá" [Licá's is the best goal]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  24. ^ "OFICIAL: Licá é reforço do Farense" [OFFICIAL: Licá is Farense addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Hugo Miguel foi ao VAR e não teve dúvidas: o lance que valeu a expulsão a Licá no duelo com o Gil Vicente" [Hugo Miguel went to the VAR and had no doubts: the challenge that resulted in Licá's expulsion in the clash with Gil Vicente]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 January 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  26. ^ Travassos, Nuno (10 February 2022). "Belenenses: Licá já treina, Kelvin e Aja com inscrição "barrada"" [Belenenses: Licá already training, Kelvin and Aja have registration "barred"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  27. ^ Fernandes, Rafael (10 February 2023). "Licá regressa a casa e vai jogar na distrital de Viseu" [Licá returns home and will play in Viseu regionals]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  28. ^ a b "Portugal conquista prata e Cabo Verde ouro" [Portugal take silver and Cape Verde gold] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Brazil surge back to beat Portugal". UEFA. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  30. ^ "Grande Licá!" [Great Licá!] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  31. ^ Licá at Soccerway
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  34. ^ Amaro, Miguel (9 May 2023). "AF Viseu: Licá campeão no Lamelas" [Viseu FA: Licá champion at Lamelas]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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  36. ^ Gonçalves, Bruno (7 March 2012). "Licá distinguido pelo sindicato dos jogadores" [Licá distinguished by players union] (in Portuguese). As Beiras. Retrieved 30 April 2017.