Mineiro (footballer, born 1975)

Mineiro
Mineiro after a match for Hertha BSC in 2008
Personal information
Full name Carlos Luciano da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1975-08-02) 2 August 1975[2]
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1996–1997 Rio Branco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Guarani 24 (0)
1998–2003 Ponte Preta 104 (5)
2003–2004 São Caetano 80 (3)
2005–2007 São Paulo 57 (7)
2007–2008 Hertha BSC 36 (2)
2008–2009 Chelsea 1 (0)
2009–2010 Schalke 04 7 (0)
2011–2012 TuS Koblenz 30 (1)
Total 342 (18)
International career
2001–2008 Brazil 24 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Luciano da Silva (born 2 August 1975), nicknamed Mineiro, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He began his career with Guarani, Ponte Preta and São Caetano, winning the Campeonato Paulista with the last of those clubs in 2004. He then moved to São Paulo, where he won the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores and FIFA Club World Championship in 2005, scoring the only goal of the latter final against Liverpool. He moved to Europe in 2007, playing for Hertha BSC and Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, and making one appearance in the Premier League for Chelsea.

Mineiro played 24 games for Brazil between 2001 and 2008. He was part of the squads at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2007 Copa América, winning the latter.

Club career

Early career

Mineiro was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Having not been taken on by Grêmio or Internacional, the two major teams of his home city, his agent Jorge Machado took him to the interior of São Paulo state to the youth team of Rio Branco in 1996.[4] A year later, he began his professional career at Guarani.[4]

In 1998, Mineiro joined Guarani's rivals Ponte Preta.[4] With the team, he reached the knockout stages of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1999 and 2000; in the latter year, Placar magazine named him in the Bola de Prata team of the season.[4] In 2001, the club reached the semi-finals of the Campeonato Paulista and Copa do Brasil.[4]

Mineiro signed for São Caetano in 2003. He was part of the squad that won the 2004 Campeonato Paulista, the club's first state title, and scored in the 2–0 win over Paulista Futebol Clube in the second leg of the final (5–1 aggregate).[5]

São Paulo

At the start of 2005, Mineiro signed for São Paulo on a two-year contract under Émerson Leão, who had given him his international debut.[6] He won the Campeonato Paulista,[7] as well as the Copa Libertadores[8] and the FIFA Club World Championship in the same year. On 18 December 2005, he scored the only goal in the latter's final at International Stadium Yokohama in Japan, against European champions Liverpool.[9] The team also won the 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[10]

Hertha BSC

Mineiro's contract at São Paulo expired at the start of 2007, and the club offered him a four-year deal with a salary of 150,000 Brazilian reais a week, as well as a career plan after he finished playing.[11] On 31 January, transfer deadline day, he moved abroad for the first time and signed an 18-month deal with Hertha BSC of the German Bundesliga, where international teammate Gilberto was already playing.[11]

On 3 February 2007, Mineiro made his Hertha debut against Hamburger SV.[12] He was brought on for the last 20 minutes in place of Malik Fathi and scored the winning goal from over 25 yards in the last seconds of injury time, to win the game 2–1.[13]

Chelsea

On 24 September 2008, it was announced that Mineiro had signed for Chelsea as a backup for the injured Michael Essien until the end of the 2008–09 season.[14] He was signed by compatriot manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who likened him to former Chelsea defensive midfielder Claude Makélélé.[14] He made his Chelsea debut on 1 November against Sunderland, playing the last 15 minutes as a substitute for Nicolas Anelka who had already scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory.[15]

Despite already having played for Chelsea he was not formally revealed to the press until 7 November during a press conference at Chelsea's training ground in Cobham, Surrey. During the press conference it was confirmed that Mineiro was on a contract to play as Chelsea's third-choice defensive midfielder, behind Essien and Mikel John Obi.[16] Mineiro played just twice for Chelsea, and his only start was against Burnley in the League Cup fourth round on 12 November, a 1–1 draw and defeat on penalties.[17]

Schalke 04

On 11 August 2009, Mineiro returned to Germany for the medical check[18] and later signed with Schalke 04.[19] He made his Schalke debut on 16 August 2009 in their first home game of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season, a 3–0 win against VfL Bochum, playing the entire match.[20] At the end of the season, he left Schalke.[21]

On 6 September 2011, TuS Koblenz, playing in the fourth tier of German football, surprisingly announced his signing, giving him a contract until the end of the season.

International career

Mineiro made his international debut on 25 April 2001 in a 1–1 draw with Peru at São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi, in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was one of five debutants under manager Émerson Leão.[22]

Mineiro was a late call-up for Brazil's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. A knee injury sustained by Barcelona midfielder Edmílson in the run-up to the tournament forced him to withdraw, resulting in a call-up for Mineiro, but he did not receive any playing time in Germany.[23]

Mineiro was selected to participate in Copa América 2007, and started every match as Brazil went on to win the tournament in Venezuela.[24]

Honours

Club

São Caetano

São Paulo

International

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
  3. ^ "Chelsea FC profile". Chelsea FC. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d e Pilotto, Ricardo (8 February 2022). "A passagem de Mineiro pela Ponte Preta" [Mineiro's spell at Ponte Preta] (in Portuguese). O Curioso do Futebol. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Com apenas 15 anos, São Caetano é campeão paulista" [Just 15 years after being founded, São Caetano is the Campeonato Paulista champion] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 18 April 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Finalmente, Mineiro assina com o São Paulo por 2 anos" [Finally, Mineiro signs for São Paulo for 2 years]. Diário de Cuiabá (in Portuguese). 1 January 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  7. ^ a b "Há 16 anos, São Paulo conquistava seu último título do Campeonato Paulista" [16 years ago, São Paulo won their last Campeonato Paulista title]. Lance! (in Portuguese). 3 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  8. ^ a b "São Paulo relembra tri da Libertadores nas redes sociais" [São Paulo remember third Libertadores on social media]. Lance! (in Portuguese). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Sao Paulo 1-0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  10. ^ a b "São Paulo empata e grita é campeão!" [São Paulo draw and shout that they are champions!] (in Portuguese). GE. 19 November 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b "Mineiro acerta com Hertha Berlim por um ano e meio" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
  13. ^ "Hertha 2-1 Hamburg". SoccerWay. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Chelsea snap up Brazilian Mineiro". BBC Sport. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  15. ^ Bevan, Chris. "Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  16. ^ Brown, Oliver (7 November 2008). "Mineiro happy to be a stand-in for John Obi Mikel at Chelsea". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  17. ^ Shrivastava, Rahul (12 November 2008). "Chelsea 1-1 Burnley (aet)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Brasilianischer Nationalspieler Mineiro vor Wechsel zu den Knappen" (in German). FC Schalke 04. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  19. ^ "Live Transfers" (in German). Eurosport. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  20. ^ "Match report: FC Schalke 04 vs. VfL Bochum (Bundesliga 2009/2010)" (in German). Weltfussball.de. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  21. ^ "Dämpfer für Magath – Keine "Alleingänge" erlaubt" (in German). Focus. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  22. ^ Vieira, Eduardo (25 April 2001). "Revolução de Leão cai por terra, e Brasil só empata com o Peru" [Leão's revolution crashes to Earth, and Brazil only draw with Peru]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  23. ^ "Mineiro steps in as Edmilson quits". CNN. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  24. ^ a b Miranda, Leandro (6 May 2015). "De Afonso a Menegazzo: onde estão os 22 de Dunga em 2007?" [From Afonso to Menegazzo: where are Dunga's 22 players from 2007?] (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  25. ^ "Campeão, São Paulo domina a seleção do Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). Terra. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  26. ^ "Troféu Mesa Redonda 2006". Troféu Mesa Redonda (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 November 2024.
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