Zé Carlos (footballer, born 1979)

José Carlos Gomes Filho (born 4 October 1979) is a Brazilian former football player.

Biography
Zé Carlos was born and raised in Teresópolis in Rio de Janeiro state and has one sister. When Zé was 7 years old, he started his football career playing futsal at Clube Comary. Zé's fast play and scoring abilities were noticed by Mario Mendes, director of Fluminense FC. Mendes advised Zé to switch to the field game at Fluminense.

Later, Zé Carlos started his professional career at Ituano in São Paulo at eighteen years of age.

He was signed by Penafiel in September 2003.

He went to Bolivia to play for Jorge Wilstermann in February 2006.

Since 2006 he has been playing in the Macedonian First League.