Carlos Clay de França[1] (born 1 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football coach and former player.
França started his European career playing for the small Barcelona-based club CE Europa.
[5] França scored a goal in the last group stage round in 2008 PDL season for Chicago Fire Premier against Michigan Bucks.
[22] Under his tenure, Seregno managed to climb up the table and win promotion to Serie C with one game still in hand, thus bringing back the Lombardian club to professional football for the first time since 1982.
[23] Despite his successes, on 24 July 2021 Seregno announced França was not confirmed as head coach for the club's upcoming Serie C campaign.