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Carlos Faya

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Carlos Faya
Personal information
Full name Carlos Enrique Faya Rivero[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo La Guaira
Number 6
Youth career
–2020 Academia Puerto Cabello
2020 → Fortuna Sittard (loan)
2021 Rayo Majadahonda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 México 3 (0)
2023–2024 Rayo Majadahonda 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Navalcarnero (loan) 23 (1)
2024–2025 Tenerife B 11 (1)
2025– Deportivo La Guaira 24 (3)
International career‡
2019 Venezuela U17 4 (0)
2023–2024 Venezuela U23 8 (0)
2025– Venezuela 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8:45, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Carlos Enrique Faya Rivero (born 18 January 2002) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo La Guaira and the Venezuela national team.

Early life

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Faya was born on 18 January 2002 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. A native of Valencia, Venezuela, he started playing football at the age of three.[2]

Club career

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In 2020, Faya joined the youth academy of Dutch side Fortuna Sittard. Following his stint there, he signed for Spanish side México FC, where he made three league appearances and scored zero goals.

Two years later, he signed for Spanish side CF Rayo Majadahonda, where he made zero league appearances and scored zero goals, before being sent on loan to Spanish side CDA Navalcarnero, where he made twenty-three league appearances and scored one goal. Ahead of the 2024–25 season, he signed for Spanish side CD Tenerife B, where he made eleven league appearances and scored one goal. One year later, he signed for Venezuelan side Deportivo La Guaira FC.[3]

International career

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Faya a Venezuela international. During January and February 2024, he played for the Venezuela national under-23 football team at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.

His strong performances in both the Olympic qualifiers and the local league with La Guaira earned him his first call-up to Venezuela. He made his international debut in late 2025, seeing action in international friendlies against teams such as Australia and Canada.[4]

Style of play

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Faya plays as a midfielder. Venezuelan news website Se Habla Deportes wrote in that he is a "versatile midfielder... bringing order, balance, defensive aggression, and clarity in the build-up play".[5]

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6][7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Trinidad and Tobago 2025 10 0
Total 10 0

References

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  1. 1 2 Carlos Faya at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Carlos Faya, revelación del Preolímpico Sudamericano, ya sabe que siempre sale el sol" [Carlos Faya, the revelation of the South American Pre-Olympic tournament, already knows that the sun always rises] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Carlos Faya at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ "Kelsy y Faya, entre las caras nuevas de la Vinotinto | El Periodiquito". elperiodiquito.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 August 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Impacto inmediato de Carlos Faya: El motor silencioso que le cambió la cara a Deportivo La Guaira" [Carlos Faya's immediate impact: The silent engine that changed the face of Deportivo La Guaira] (in Spanish). Se Habla Deportes. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Carlos Faya in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Soccerbase2526 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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