Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ bụ n'oge 2003<unk>04 ka Carvalho mere aha ya dịka onye egwuregwu bọọlụ ụwa. Egwuregwu ya siri ike nyeere klọb ahụ aka imeri aha egwuregwu Portuguese maka afọ nke abụọ n'usoro, na ihe nrite klọb kachasị ama ama na bọọlụ European, UEFA Champions League. N'asọmpi a, Carvalho gbara na egwuregwu niile nke Porto, gụnyere mmeri 3 <unk> 0 megide Monaco na ngwụcha. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọmarịcha arụmọrụ ya mere ka ọ nweta ihe nrite UEFA Club Best Defender of the Year, a họpụtara ya na UEFA Team of the Year, ma kpọọ ya otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu 50 ndị edepụtara maka Ballon d'Or 2004), na-emecha nke itoolu na ntuli aka, bụrụ naanị onye na-agbachitere n'ime iri kacha elu. A họpụtara ya maka egwuregwu Portuguese UEFA Euro 2004
squad, na asọmpi nke a họpụtara ya maka UEFA Euro Team nke asọmpi ahụ. Na ngwụcha oge a, Carvalho abụrụla nke ọtụtụ klọb ndị Europe kachasị, gụnyere Internazionale, Barcelona, Real Madrid na Manchester United. Real Madrid nyere € 8.2 (£ 7) nde maka Carvalho, mana Porto dọrọ ndị Spen aka na ntị na ha agaghị anabata ihe na-erughị € 23.5 (£ 20) nde maka onye na-agbachitere mgbe ndị otu Spanish nyere onyinye dị ala. Mgbe ụbọchị ole na ole gachara, klọb bekee Chelsea nyere € 30 (£ 25.5) nde maka etiti azụ, nke ndị otu Portugal nabatara.