| Basile de Carvalho | |
| Fullname: | Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho |
| Birth Date: | 1981 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Ziguinchor, Senegal |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Striker |
| Years1: | 1999–2000 |
| Clubs1: | Casa Sport |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2001–2002 |
| Caps2: | 39 |
| Goals2: | 15 |
| Years3: | 2002–2004 |
| Clubs3: | Sochaux B |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 15 |
| Years4: | 2002–2004 |
| Clubs4: | Sochaux |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs5: | → Sedan (loan) |
| Caps5: | 27 |
| Goals5: | 9 |
| Years6: | 2005–2010 |
| Clubs6: | Brest |
| Caps6: | 109 |
| Goals6: | 18 |
| Years7: | 2010 |
| Clubs7: | Strasbourg |
| Caps7: | 15 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2010–2012 |
| Caps8: | 38 |
| Goals8: | 16 |
| Years9: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs9: | Levski Sofia |
| Caps9: | 25 |
| Goals9: | 19 |
| Years10: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps10: | 28 |
| Goals10: | 7 |
| Years11: | 2015 |
| Clubs11: | Interclube |
| Caps11: | 5 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Years12: | 2015–2019 |
| Caps12: | 61 |
| Goals12: | 29 |
| Totalcaps: | 405 |
| Totalgoals: | 142 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | Guinea-Bissau |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho (born 31 October 1981) is a Senegalese-born Bissau-Guinean former professional footballer who played as a forward. In 2011 and 2012 he made six FIFA-official appearances, scoring twice for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
De Carvalho was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal. He joined the French club Louhans-Cuiseaux in 2000,[1] and scored 15 goals in 38 games across two seasons there. Between 2002 and 2004, he played for Sochaux, with a one-year period out on loan to Sedan. De Carvalho then spent five years between 2005 and 2010 with Brest in Ligue 2 and Championnat National. In the beginning of 2010, he signed for Strasbourg in Championnat National, scoring once in 15 matches.
In 2010, De Carvalho joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a replacement for Garra Dembélé, who had just been sold to Levski Sofia. In six months there, he scored 7 goals in 13 matches.[2] In January 2011, De Carvalho was close to being transferred to Levski Sofia, but the deal eventually fell through, purportedly due to his chronic shoulder problems.[3] He continued to be a regular starter for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, when physically fit, during the 2011–12 season. On 15 March 2012, De Carvalho was sent off after an altercation with Hristo Yovov in the quarter-final of the Bulgarian Cup, which his team eventually won 2–1 after extra time.[4]
On 12 June 2012, De Carvalho signed with Levski Sofia on a two-year deal.[5] He made his competitive debut on 19 July, in a 1–0 home win over FK Sarajevo in a UEFA Europa League match, and scored his first goal (converting a penalty kick) in the return leg against the same opponent, which was lost by a score of 1–3.
On 28 November, Basile netted his first A Group hat-trick in a 7–1 home win against Etar 1924, scoring four goals. He became the first foreigner to score four goals in a one match for Levski.[6] He finished the 2012–13 A Group season as the top goalscorer in the league, having found the net 19 times in total. His European campaign was somewhat less successful, as he missed a penalty in the first leg of a UEFA Europa League match against Kazakh team Irtysh Pavlodar; his team was eventually eliminated 2–0 on aggregate.
On 20 July 2013, De Carvalho relocated to Belgium, signing a contract with second division club White Star Bruxelles. He made his official debut (as a starter) on 4 August 2013, scoring an equalizing goal in the 2–1 home win over Geel.[7]
In July 2014, De Carvalho moved to Angola, signing a contract with top division club Inter Luanda.
In January 2015, De Carvalho relocated to France, signing a contract with third division club Louhans-Cuiseaux, where he had started his career in Europe.[8] In May 2019, he announced his retirement from football.[9]
In September 2010, De Carvalho was called up to the national team of Guinea Bissau for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. His debut came on 26 March 2011, in a 0–1 home loss against Uganda in a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier.[10] On 10 August 2011, he opened his account for the national side, scoring twice in the 4–1 win against Equatorial Guinea in a friendly match.[11] These two goals are not considered official due to the nature of the friendly game and are not listed below. De Carvalho participated in Guinea-Bissau's qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup.[12]
He holds French citizenship.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Louhans-Cuiseaux | 2000–01 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2001–02 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 12 | |||
| Total | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 40 | 15 | |||
| Sochaux B | 2002–03 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 8 | ||
| Sochaux | 2002–03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sedan (loan) | 2003–04 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 9 | ||
| Sochaux | 2004–05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sochaux B | 2004–05 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 7 | ||
| Brest | 2004–05 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 34 | 8 | |||
| 2007–08 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 37 | 7 | |||
| 2008–09 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 109 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 117 | 22 | |||
| Strasbourg | 2009–10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | ||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2010–11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 10 | |||
| 2011–12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 16 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 44 | 16 | ||||
| Levski Sofia | 2012–13 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 31 | 20 | ||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 33 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 287 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 313 | 98 | ||
Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de Carvalho goal.[15]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 2011 | Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ||
| 2 | 11 November 2011 | Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |