Boom and Bust: Carlos Alberto Looks to Get Career Back on Track at Vasco

Having won the Champions League with Porto at the tender age of 19, Carlos Alberto would have been forgiven for expecting his career to blossom in Europe. A tenacious, dynamic attacking midfielder, his displays caught the eyes of many in the old continent in that 2003-2004 season.


Things didn't quite work out for the Rio native, however. A series of missteps and disciplinary problems saw his star plummet, to the extent that, in 2011, he was struggling to break into the Bahia side that had offered him a loan lifeline in Série A. Luckily for Carlos Alberto, though, he's been granted one last chance at the club with whom he enjoyed perhaps the most stable two-year spell of his career - Vasco da Gama.

In the week of his first appearance for months, I've written about the 27-year-old over at In Bed With Maradona. You can read the article here.

(Photo credit: Lancenet.)