Piguita

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Piguita

| image =

| fullname = Carlos Ilídio Moreno Gomes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|12|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Praia, Cape Verde

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Centre back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1992–1993 | clubs1 = Sporting Praia | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1993–1994 | clubs2 = Famalicão | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1994–1995 | clubs3 = Beira-Mar | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1995–1996 | clubs4 = Portimonense | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1996–2007 | clubs5 = Covilhã | caps5 = 276 | goals5 = 19

| years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = Lusitânia | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = Unhais | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2009 | clubs8 = Alcains | caps8 = 3 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2009–2010 | clubs9 = Penamacorense | caps9 = 5 | goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 360 | totalgoals = 25

}}

Carlos Ilídio Moreno Gomes (born 7 December 1970), known as Piguita, is a Cape Verdean retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Piguita was born in Praia. He arrived in Portugal at the age of 22 from Sporting Clube da Praia, suffering two consecutive Primeira Liga relegations with F.C. Famalicão and S.C. Beira-Mar.

After one year in the third division with Portimonense SC, Piguita signed for S.C. Covilhã in the second level. He went on to remain with the club for 11 years, appearing in nearly 300 competitive matches and achieving three promotions to division two.{{cite news|url=http://www.ointerior.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=295&id=9676&idSeccao=3276&Action=noticia|title=Sporting da Covilhã regressa à Liga de Honra|trans-title=Sporting da Covilhã return to Honour League|newspaper=O Interior|language=pt|date=26 May 2005|accessdate=24 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825002629/http://www.ointerior.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=295&id=9676&idSeccao=3276&Action=noticia|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.historiascc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=167:piguita&catid=20:p&Itemid=31|title=Piguita|publisher=História SCC|language=pt|date=23 April 2011|accessdate=24 August 2018}}

Piguita retired at nearly 40, after three seasons with four teams in Portuguese amateur football.{{cite web|url=http://www.rcb-radiocovadabeira.pt/pag/1335|title=Unhais da Serra volta a empatar em casa|trans-title=Unhais da Serra draw at home again|publisher=Rádio Cova da Beira|first=César Duarte|last=Ferreira|language=pt|date=17 November 2008|accessdate=24 August 2018}}