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{{short description|Senegalese footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Portuguese name|Pereira|Carvalho}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Basile de Carvalho
| image = Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho.JPG
| upright = 1.2
| caption = De Carvalho while at [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] in 2011
| full_name = Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|10|31}}
| birth_place = [[Ziguinchor]], Senegal
| height = 1.83 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1  = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = [[Casa Sports]]                             | caps1  = 24  | goals1  = 12
| years2  = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = [[Louhans-Cuiseaux FC|Louhans-Cuiseaux]]    | caps2  = 39  | goals2  = 15 
| years3  = 2002–2004 | clubs3 = Sochaux B                                   | caps3  = 29  | goals3  = 15 
| years4  = 2002–2004 | clubs4 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]          | caps4  = 5   | goals4  = 0 
| years5  = 2003–2004 | clubs5 = → [[CS Sedan Ardennes|Sedan]] (loan)        | caps5  = 27  | goals5  = 9 
| years6  = 2005–2010 | clubs6 = [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]                 | caps6  = 109 | goals6  = 18 
| years7  = 2010      | clubs7 = [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]]         | caps7  = 15  | goals7  = 1 
| years8  = 2010–2012 | clubs8 = [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] | caps8  = 38  | goals8  = 16
| years9  = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]           | caps9  = 25  | goals9  = 19
| years10 = 2013–2014 | clubs10 = [[RWS Bruxelles|White Star Bruxelles]]     | caps10 = 28  | goals10 = 7
| years11 = 2015      | clubs11 = [[G.D. Interclube|Interclube]]             | caps11 = 5   | goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2015–2019 | clubs12 = [[Louhans-Cuiseaux FC|Louhans-Cuiseaux]]   | caps12 = 61  | goals12 = 29
| totalcaps = 405
| totalgoals = 142
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam1 = [[Guinea-Bissau national football team|Guinea-Bissau]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 2
}}
'''Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho''' (born 31 October 1981) is a former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} Born in Senegal, he made he made six FIFA-official appearances for the [[Guinea-Bissau national football team|Guinea-Bissau national team]] in 2011 and 2012, scoring twice.

==Club career==
===France===
De Carvalho was born in [[Ziguinchor]], Senegal. He joined the French club [[Louhans-Cuiseaux FC|Louhans-Cuiseaux]] in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|title=EN BREF - Le Parisien|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/en-bref-03-01-2001-2001866378.php|website=leparisien.fr|language=fr|date=3 January 2001|access-date=7 August 2020|archive-date=1 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701142538/https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/en-bref-03-01-2001-2001866378.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> and scored 15 goals in 38 games across two seasons there. Between 2002 and 2004, he played for [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]], with a one-year period out on loan to [[CS Sedan Ardennes|Sedan]]. De Carvalho then spent five years between 2005 and 2010 with [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]] in [[Ligue 2]] and [[Championnat National]]. In the beginning of 2010, he signed for [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]] in Championnat National, scoring once in 15 matches.

===Lokomotiv Plovdiv===
In 2010, De Carvalho joined [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] as a replacement for [[Garra Dembélé]], who had just been sold to [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]. In six months there, he scored 7 goals in 13 matches.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=soccerway.com|title=Basile de Carvalho player profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/basile-de-carvalho/37725/|access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> In January 2011, De Carvalho was close to being transferred to Levski Sofia, but the deal eventually fell through, purportedly due to his chronic shoulder problems.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=btv.bg|title=Левски се отказа от трансфера на Базил Де Карвальо|url=http://www.btv.bg/sport/bulgarian-football/story/1921027479-Levski_se_otkaza_ot_transfera_na_Bazil_De_Karvalyo.html|access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> He continued to be a regular starter for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, when physically fit, during the [[2011–12 A Group|2011–12]] season. On 15 March 2012, De Carvalho was [[Ejection (sports)|sent off]] after an altercation with [[Hristo Yovov]] in the quarter-final of the [[Bulgarian Cup]], which his team eventually won 2–1 after [[extra time]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=topmatch.bg|title=Драма в Пловдив: Локо е на полуфинал след продължения|url=http://topmatch.bg/article-7253-na-zhivo-lokomotiv-plovdiv-levski|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718044150/http://topmatch.bg/article-7253-na-zhivo-lokomotiv-plovdiv-levski|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref>

===Levski Sofia===
On 12 June 2012, De Carvalho signed with [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=standartnews.com|title=Levski Sign with Basile de Carvalho|url=http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2012-06-13&article=39327|access-date=13 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022850/http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2012-06-13&article=39327|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his competitive debut on 19 July, in a 1–0 home win over [[FK Sarajevo]] in a [[UEFA Europa League]] match, and scored his first goal (converting a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]]) in the return leg against the same opponent, which was lost by a score of 1–3.

On 28 November, Basile netted his first [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|A Group]] hat-trick in a 7–1 home win against [[FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo|Etar 1924]], scoring four goals. He became the first foreigner to score four goals in a one match for Levski.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=gong.bg|title=Базил влезе в историята на "Левски", стана първият чужденец с 4 гола в мач|url=http://www.gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=313135|access-date=28 November 2012|language=bg}}</ref> He finished the 2012–13 [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|A Group]] season as the top goalscorer in the league, having found the net 19 times in total. His European campaign was somewhat less successful, as he missed a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]] in the first leg of a [[UEFA Europa League]] match against [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] team [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]]; his team was eventually eliminated 2–0 on aggregate.

===White Star===
On 20 July 2013, De Carvalho relocated to Belgium, signing a contract with second division club [[RWS Bruxelles|White Star Bruxelles]]. He made his official debut (as a starter) on 4 August 2013, scoring an equalizing goal in the 2–1 home win over [[A.S. Verbroedering Geel|Geel]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=soccerway.com|title=White Star Bruxelles vs. Geel 2 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/08/04/belgium/second-division/white-star-woluwe-fc/verbr-geel-meerhout/1489169/|date=4 August 2013|access-date=9 February 2014}}</ref>

===Inter Luanda===
In July 2014, De Carvalho moved to [[Angola]], signing a contract with top division club Inter Luanda.

===Louhans-Cuiseaux===
In January 2015, De Carvalho relocated to France, signing a contract with third division club [[Louhans-Cuiseaux FC|Louhans-Cuiseaux]], where he had started his career in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basile De Carvalho, de buts en banc|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/football/basile-de-carvalho-de-buts-en-banc-06-09-2017-11653117.php|author=Moizant, Maël|website=letelegramme.fr|language=fr|date=6 September 2017 |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref> In May 2019, he announced his retirement from football.<ref>{{cite web|title=Louhans-Cuiseaux FC : Basile De Carvalho annonce sa fin de carrière [+VIDEO]|url=https://www.lejsl.com/sport-local/2019/05/16/football-basile-de-carvalho-(louhans-cuiseaux)-annonce-sa-fin-de-carriere|author=Montavon, Richard|website=lejsl.com|language=fr|date=16 May 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
In September 2010, De Carvalho was called up to the national team of [[Guinea Bissau]] for the [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers]]. His debut came on 26 March 2011, in a 0–1 home loss against [[Uganda national football team|Uganda]] in a [[2012 African Nations Cup]] qualifier.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Dnevnik.bg|language=Bulgarian| title=Базил де Карвальо започва тренировки с "Локомотив" (Пд)|url=http://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2011/03/28/1066670_bazil_de_karvalyo_zapochva_trenirovki_s_lokomotiv_pd/|date=28 March 2011|access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>
On 10 August 2011, he opened his account for the national side, scoring twice in the 4–1 win against [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]] in a [[friendly match]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Arsov, Emil|publisher=Novsport.com| language=Bulgarian|title=Карвальо герой за Гвинея-Бисау, вкара два гола на Екваториална Гвинея |url=http://www.novsport.com/news155571_1056.html#comments/|date=11 August 2011|access-date=13 August 2011}}</ref> These two goals are not considered official due to the nature of the friendly game and are not listed below.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} De Carvalho participated in Guinea-Bissau's [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round|qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Africa 2014 World Cup Qualifying Preview Round-Up|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1715/previews/2011/11/14/2756381/africa-2014-world-cup-qualifying-preview-round-up|author=Ayari, Rami|website=goal.com|language=en|date=14 November 2011 |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He holds French citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basile De Carvalho |url=https://www.ligue2.fr/joueur?id=basile-salomon-de-carvalho |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Ligue2 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
[[File:Carvallio.jpg|thumb|right|200px|De Carvalho playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]

===Club===
{{updated|28 November 2012.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ligue1.com/joueur/de-carvalho-basile-salomon |title=Basile de Carvalho career statistics |publisher=ligue1.com }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Louhans-Cuiseaux FC|Louhans-Cuiseaux]]
|2000–01
|12||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||12||3
|-
|2001–02
|27||12||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||28||12
|-
!Total
!39!!15!!0!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!40!!15
|-
|Sochaux B
|2002–03
|23||8||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||23||8
|-
|[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
|[[2002–03 Ligue 1|2002–03]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[CS Sedan Ardennes|Sedan]] (loan)
|[[2003–04 Ligue 2|2003–04]]
|27||9||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||28||9
|-
|[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
|[[2004–05 Ligue 1|2004–05]]
|3||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||5||0
|-
|Sochaux B
|2004–05
|6||7||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||7
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]
|[[2004–05 Ligue 2|2004–05]]
|13||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||13||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Ligue 2|2005–06]]
|11||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||11||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Ligue 2|2006–07]]
|33||7||0||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||34||8
|-
|[[2007–08 Ligue 2|2007–08]]
|32||5||3||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||37||7
|-
|[[2008–09 Ligue 2|2008–09]]
|18||6||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||18||6
|-
|[[2009–10 Ligue 2|2009–10]]
|2||0||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||1
|-
!Total
!109!!18!!5!!2!!3!!2!!colspan="2"|–!!117!!22
|-
|[[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]
|[[2009–10 Ligue 2|2009–10]]
|15||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||15||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]
|[[2010–11 A PFG|2010–11]]
|20||10||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||10
|-
|[[2011–12 A PFG|2011–12]]
|18||6||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||6
|-
!Total
!38!!16!!6!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!44!!16
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
|[[2012–13 PFC Levski Sofia season|2012–13]]
|25||19||4||0||colspan="2"|–||2||1||31||20
|-
|[[2013–14 PFC Levski Sofia season|2013–14]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0||2||0
|-
!Total
!25!!19!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!4!!1!!33!!20
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!287!!93!!15!!2!!7!!2!!4!!1!!313!!98
|}

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de Carvalho goal''.<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42916/Basile_De_Carvalho.html|title=de Carvalho, Basile|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Basile de Carvalho
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1||3 September 2011||[[Moi International Sports Centre|Kasarani Stadium]], [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]||{{fb|KEN}}|| align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–2||[[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|2||11 November 2011||[[Estádio Lino Correia]], [[Bissau]], [[Guinea-Bissau]]||{{fb|TOG}}||align="center"|1–1|| align="center"|1–1||[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FIFA|350677}}
*{{NFT|42916}}
* [http://en.levskisofia.info/player/basile-de-carvalho/ Profile at LevskiSofia.info]

{{Bulgarian A Professional Football Group top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carvalho, Basile}}
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