Carlos Canário

Carlos Manuel Elvas Canário (born 21 June 1944) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early and personal life Canário's father, also named Carlos, played in the same position for Sporting CP. The younger Canário became a registered member of the club at age one and watched them from age three, before starting basketball with them aged 12 and switching to football two years later.

Career Canário was the captain of the Braga side that won the first Taça de Portugal of the club's history. In the quarter-finals, the club had eliminated European champions Benfica in a replay. They won 1–0 in the final against Vitória de Setúbal on 22 May 1966; the result was a shock as Vitória had won the league fixture 8–1 two weeks earlier, and Canário was competing against international midfielder Jaime Graça. Canário's training for the final had been interrupted by being called up for military service and stationed in Mafra; he barely celebrated the result due to fear he would be sent to Portuguese Guinea to fight against independence.