Carlos França


Carlos Clay de França is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Serie C club Potenza.

Club career

França played for Spanish side CE Europa. He scored a goal for the team to win a promotion to Tercera División in 2005. He suffered from a spinal tumor in 2006 that almost ended his football career. According to the footballer himself, he also played for Chicago Fire Premier and Chicago Storm. França scored a goal in the last group stage round in 2008 PDL season for Chicago Fire Premier against Michigan Bucks.
He was a player of Caperanese in 2009–10 season, which won Serie D promotion in 2010 from Eccellenza Liguria.

Serie D clubs

França remained in the squad of Caperanese in 2010–11 Serie D season. In May 2011, he joined Bogliasco.
França joined Cuneo in 2014.
França joined Lecco in 2015. In the following season, he joined fellow Serie D club Triestina.
After winning the Serie D promotion playoffs with Triestina, França signed a new contract with the club on 7 July 2017. The promotion of Triestina was confirmed on 4 August. However, on 31 August 2017, he returned to Serie D for Potenza. França played twice for Triestina in 2017–18 Coppa Italia and once at 2017–18 Coppa Italia Serie C.

Potenza

França was a player for Potenza since mid-2017. The team won promotion to Serie C as 2017–18 Serie D Group H winner. He also scored 25 league goals that season, as the second in the topscorer table of that group.

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