Carlos Henrique de Moura Brito (born 3 July 1992), simply known as Carlão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Novorizontino.
Career Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Carlão joined Paulista's youth sides in 2005, aged 12. He made his first team debut in 2010, helping the side to win two consecutive Copa Paulista titles, before moving to Atlético Sorocaba in 2012, being coached by Fernando Diniz, his first senior coach at Paulista.
In late 2012, Carlão played for the under-20 team of Grêmio before joining CRB ahead of the 2013 season. In August of that year, he returned to Paulista, before signing for Capivariano on 25 February 2014.
After helping Capivariano to achieve their first-ever promotion from the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 as champions, Carlão joined Botafogo-SP in June 2014. He was presented at Série B side Paraná on 20 August 2015, reuniting with Diniz, and scored a hat-trick on his club debut three days later, but in a 4–3 loss to Ceará.
After playing in the 2016 Campeonato Paulista back at Capivariano, Carlão moved to Albania with Partizani Tirana in September of that year, but the deal later collapsed due to registration issues. In December, he returned to his home country with São Caetano, where he was the club's top goal scorer in the 2017 Paulista Série A2 with ten goals, as the club won their first title in 13 years.
On 16 April 2018, Carlão was confirmed as Sampaio Corrêa's addition for the campaign. He subsequently represented Mirassol and Novorizontino, but was unable to score in a regular basis.
In 2019, Carlão moved to Saudi Arabia where he led Al-Jabalain in goal-scoring for two Saudi First Division League seasons. He joined rivals Al Qadsiah in July 2021, before returning to his previous club Al-Jabalain in July 2012.
On 4 January 2023, Carlão and Al-Jabalain agreed to end the contract mutually. Eight days later, he returned to Brazil and was announced at Noroeste.
Carlão was the top scorer of the 2024 Série A2 with 11 goals, helping Norusca to achieve promotion, and was loaned to Ferroviária in the Série C on 18 April of that year. He also helped AFE to achieve promotion before returning to his parent club in November, but returned to Ferroviária on 12 March 2025, on a deal until November.
Carlão scored 13 goals in the 2025 Série B, but was unable to prevent team relegation. On 26 December 2025, he returned to Noroeste for the 2026 Campeonato Paulista, where he scored four goals in eight matches before departing on 19 February.
On 25 February 2026, Carlão returned to Novorizontino, with the club now in division two.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPaulista2010Paulista—40——1341742011—4010—911412012—6010——70Total—14020—225385Atlético Sorocaba2012Paulista A2————196196CRB2013Série C504030—63183Paulista2013Paulista————62622014—61———61Total—61——62123Capivariano2014Paulista A2—102———102Botafogo-SP2014Paulista————231023102015Série D—40———40Total—40——23102710Paraná2015Série B186————186Capivariano2016Paulista—50———50São Caetano2017Paulista A2—2210——21743172018Paulista—10210——112Total—321210—2175419Sampaio Corrêa2018Série B111———51162Mirassol2018Série D————1461462019Paulista—142———142Total—142——146288Novorizontino2019Série D62————62Al-Jabalain2019–20Prince Mohammad bin Salman League3717—21——39182020–213621—00——3621Total7338—21——7539Al Qadsiah2021–22Saudi First Division League195————195Al-Jabalain2022–23Saudi First Division League145————145Noroeste2023Paulista A2—197——12331102024—2011———20112025Paulista—125———125Total—5123——1236326Ferroviária (loan)2024Série C249————249Ferroviária2025Série B3613————3613Noroeste2026Série D—84———84Novorizontino2026Série B11—21——32Career total20780148441020012843493169
Honours Paulista Copa Paulista: 2010, 2011
CRB Campeonato Alagoano: 2013
Capivariano Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2014
São Caetano Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2017
Sampaio Corrêa Copa do Nordeste: 2018
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