| Careca | |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Height: | 170 cm |
| Position: | Striker |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Hamilton de Souza (born 27 September 1968 in Passos, Minas Gerais), better known as Careca or Careca II, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.[1]
Careca II played for several Brazilian clubs as Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro and Coritiba and also for Sporting CP in Portugal.
Careca competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] In the first round, he started three times in the front line with the famed Romário but did not score and was each time substituted for Bebeto. Careca also played each of Brazil's three games in the knock-out stages and won the silver medal, after Brazil lost the final against the Soviet Union.[3]
Careca II played four games for the Brazil national football team but did not score.[4]
In 2008, he served as assistant coach of the youth team of Atlético Mineiro.
In July 2015, his son Hamilton de Souza Junior, signed a contract to play for Biu Chun Rangers in the 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League.[5]