Carlos Maldonado (footballer)

{{short description|Venezuelan footballer (born 1963)}}

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{{family name hatnote|Maldonado|Bineiro|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carlos Maldonado

| image = Carlos Maldonado (monumento Las Americas).jpg

| fullname = Carlos Fabián Maldonado Bineiro

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|07|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| currentclub =

| position = Central midfielder

| years1 = 1981–1982 | clubs1 = Deportivo Portugués

| years2 = 1982–1984 | clubs2 = Atlético San Cristóbal

| years3 = 1984–1987 | clubs3 = Atlético Táchira

| years4 = 1987–1988 | clubs4 = Deportivo Armenio

| years5 = 1988–1990 | clubs5 = Atlético Táchira

| years6 = 1990 | clubs6 = Santa Fe

| years7 = 1991–1992 | clubs7 = Atlético Táchira

| years8 = 1992 | clubs8 = Fluminense

| years9 = 1993–1994 | clubs9 = Caracas

| years10 = 1994–1995 | clubs10 = Atlético San Cristóbal

| nationalyears1 = 1985–1991 | nationalteam1 = Venezuela

| nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 4

| manageryears1 = 2001–2003 | managerclubs1 = Nacional Táchira

| manageryears2 = 2004 | managerclubs2 = Mineros de Guayana

| manageryears3 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs3 = Maracaibo

| manageryears4 = 2007–2010 | managerclubs4 = Deportivo Táchira

| manageryears5 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs5 = Mineros

| manageryears6 = 2013 | managerclubs6 = Aragua

| manageryears7 = 2016 | managerclubs7 = Deportivo Táchira

| manageryears8 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs8 = Zulia

| manageryears9 = 2018–2021 | managerclubs9 = Academia Puerto Cabello

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Carlos Fabián Maldonado Bineiro (born 30 July 1963) is a Uruguayan-born Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder.

Maldonado was nicknamed "Carlitos" during his playing career.