Antonio de Oliveira Filho "Careca", (born October
5 1960), is a legendary Brazil|Brazillian football
(soccer)|association football (soccer) player.
Although retired, he is due to re-enter the game
with England|English non-league club Garforth Town
A.F.C. for the 2005/2006|06 season.

Careca began his career with Guarani Futebol
Clube|Guarani in 1978, and with his pace and
potent finishing ability quickly established
himself as one of his country's best young
strikers. He signed for SÃ£o Paulo Futebol
Clube|SÃ£o Paulo in 1983, after he recovered from
the injury which forced him to miss the Football
World Cup 1982|1982 World Cup in Spain.  

It was during the Football World Cup 1986|1986
World Cup, in Mexico, the Careca really
established himself in world football.  He ended
the tournament, during which Brazil were memorably
eliminated by France national football team|France
at the quarter-final stage, with five goals,
placing him second in the World Cup Golden
Boot|Golden Boot rankings behind England national
football team|England's Gary Lineker.  Also during
1986, Careca led SÃ£o Paulo to the Brazilian
championship, beating his former club Guarani in
the final.

In the summer of 1987 Careca moved to
Italy|Italian Serie A champions SSC Napoli|Napoli,
where he was a teammate of Diego Maradona. 
Careca's first season at Napoli was an
unsuccessful one, despite his 13 goals: the team
were knocked out in the first round of the
European Cup by Real Madrid. and they lost the
title in the final games of the season.  However,
his second season was far more successful.  The
team won the UEFA Cup, with Careca scoring a
memorable lobbed goal in the final, and finished
second in Serie A.  In 1990 Careca finally won the
Scudetto with Napoli, in what would prove to be
effectively Maradona's final season with the club
(he was banned from football for 15 months for
failing a drugs test).  Careca would spend a
further three years with Napoli, establishing a
partnership with Gianfranco Zola, during which
Napoli failed to win any silverware.

In 1993 Careca left Italy to play for new
Japan|Japanese J. League team Ka