Carlos Freire (footballer)

{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carlos Freire

| image =

| fullname = Carlos Manuel da Silva Freire

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sintra, Portugal

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1975–1977 | youthclubs1 = Sporting CP

| years1 = 1977–1983 | clubs1 = Sporting CP | caps1 = 98 | goals1 = 12

| years2 = 1983–1985 | clubs2 = Vitória Setúbal | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 10

| years3 = 1985–1986 | clubs3 = Portimonense | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 3

| years4 = 1986–1987 | clubs4 = Celta | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1987 | clubs5 = Beira-Mar | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1987–1989 | clubs6 = Estoril | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 1989–1991 | clubs7 = Beira-Mar | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1992–1993 | clubs8 = Sintrense | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 219 | totalgoals = 26

| nationalyears1 = 1981 | nationalteam1 = Portugal | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Carlos Manuel da Silva Freire (born 18 April 1959 in Sintra, Lisbon) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.