In addition to playing basketball, he has been serving a second term as a member of the Angolan parliament, representing the ruling party, MPLA.

[1] Carlos Almeida has won seven FIBA Africa Championship titles.

On 17 April 2014, Almeida played his last official game in the 1st leg of the 2014 Angola Basketball Cup against Petro de Luanda, a match involving the two most important clubs in his career.

At the end of the game, honours were paid to him for his long, successful basketball career.

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