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João Paulo (footballer, born 1964)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Luís and the second or paternal family name is Donizetti.
João Paulo
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Luís Donizetti
Date of birth (1964-09-07) 7 September 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Campinas, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1989 Guarani FC 81 (17)
1989–1994 A.S. Bari 84 (22)
1994 CR Vasco da Gama 14 (0)
1995 Goiás EC 22 (3)
1996–1998 Corinthians
1999–2003 União São João
2000 Mito HollyHock (loan)
2004 Taquaritinga
2004 Inter de Limeira
International career
1987–1991 Brazil 17 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sérgio Luís Donizetti (born 7 September 1964 in Campinas, Brazil), best known as João Paulo, is a Brazilian former association footballer, who played as a striker.

Club career

Bari

João Paulo joined Italian club Bari in 1989, and formed a formidable striking partnership with Pietro Maiellaro and later with Romanian Florin Raducioiu. After scoring six goals in 33 Serie A matches in the 1989–90 season, he would score 12 times in the 1990–1991 season, the most memorable of which was a double against A.C. Milan on the penultimate round of the season, thus sealing the title for another club, Sampdoria, which won its first ever (and so far the only) Serie A title in that club's history.

He started the following season brightly and was on his usually excellent form. But in their third match at home to Sampdoria, in torrential rain, his leg was broken by defender Marco Lanna in a tackle along the sidelines which ended his season. It took him an entire year to recover and he stayed on with Bari after its relegation to Serie B for two more seasons until 1994.

International career

João Paulo also played for the Brazil national team, scoring twice (one goal apiece against Uruguay, and in the notorious match against Argentina) in the Copa América in 1991.

He also competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1982 Guarani Série A 0 0
1983 0 0
1984 Série B 5 0
1985 Série A 24 2
1986 30 11
1987 13 4
1988 9 0
1989 0 0
Italy League
1989–90 Bari Serie A 33 6
1990–91 29 12
1991–92 3 0
1992–93 Serie B 11 2
1993–94 8 2
Brazil League
1994 Vasco da Gama Série A 14 0
1995 Ponte Preta Série B 0 0
1995 Goiás Série A 22 3
1996 Corinthians Paulista Série A 0 0
1996 Sport Recife Série A 17 1
1997 Bahia Série A 0 0
1998 União São João Série B 0 0
1998 Vitória Série A 1 0
1999 Etti Jundiaí 0 0
1999 União São João Série B 0 0
2000 0 0
Japan League
2000 Mito HollyHock J2 League 15 4
Brazil League
2001 CSA 0 0
2001 União São João Série B 0 0
2002 0 0
2002 Guarani Série A 16 2
Country Brazil 151 23
Italy 84 22
Japan 15 4
Total 250 49

International

Brazil national team
Year Apps Goals
1987 3 1
1988 1 0
1989 2 0
1990 0 0
1991 11 3
Total 17 4

Honours

International

Argentina

References

  1. "João Paulo Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  2. João Paulo at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Brazil squad – 1987 Copa América
Brazil
Brazil football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
Brazil
Brazil squad – 1991 Copa América runners-up
Brazil
1986 Bola de Prata
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