Licá

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

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: 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[1]
Place of birth Lamelas, Portugal[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Farense
Number 88
Youth career
2001–2006 O Crasto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Social Lamas
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 Belenenses SAD 67 (18)
2020– Farense 6 (1)
National team‡
2009 Portugal U21 5 (1)
2013– Portugal 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2013

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 194 matches and 37 goals over nine seasons, after starting his senior career with Académica. He also competed professionally in Spain and England.

Licá won one cap for Portugal, in 2013.

Club career

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 second level, 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]

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. for the Portuguese Supercup.[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 2–4 away loss to Villarreal CF.[12]

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] On 31 August, he mutually agreed to terminate his contract with Forest[17] and signed with Segunda División side Granada CF later the same day.[18]

A free agent, Licá joined C.F. Os Belenenses on a four-month deal on 1 February 2018,[19] extending his contract until 2020 that May.[20] He scored a career-best in the Portuguese top division of 11 goals for the reorganised Belenenses SAD in 2018–19, including March's goal of the month against Portimonense S.C. in a 2–2 draw.[21]

International career

On 10 September 2013, shortly after having moved to Porto, Licá made his debut for the Portuguese national team, playing the last six minutes of a 1–3 friendly loss to Brazil in Boston, United States.[22]

Honours

Club

Estoril

Porto

Individual

References
  1. "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. "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 1 August 2013.
  10. "Porto win Supertaça in style". PortuGOAL. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  11. "Licá nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Licá new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  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. "Lica departs". Nottingham Forest F.C. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  18. "Comunicado | El Granada CF ficha a Licá" [Announcement | Granada CF sign Licá] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  19. 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.
  20. "Licá já renovou com o Belenenses" [Licá has already renewed with Belenenses]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  21. "Melhor golo é de Licá" [Licá's is the best goal]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  22. "Brazil surge back to beat Portugal". UEFA. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  23. "II Liga: Estoril campeão, sobe à I Liga!" [II League: Estoril champions, promote to I League!] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  24. "Supertaça: FC Porto 3 – Vit. de Guimarães 0 – final" [Supercup: FC Porto 3 – Vit. de Guimarães 0 – end] (in Portuguese). TSF. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  25. "Licá" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  26. Gonçalves, Bruno (7 March 2012). "Licá distinguido pelo sindicato dos jogadores" [Licá distinguished by players union] (in Portuguese). As Beiras. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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