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César Sampaio

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César Sampaio
Personal information
Full name Carlos César Sampaio Campos
Date of birth (1968-03-31) 31 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Flamengo (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Santos 82 (2)
1991–1994 Palmeiras 60 (5)
1995–1998 Yokohama Flügels 116 (13)
1999–2000 Palmeiras 22 (2)
2000–2001 Deportivo La Coruña 10 (0)
2001 Corinthians 9 (0)
2002 Kashiwa Reysol 26 (3)
2003–2004 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 55 (5)
2004 São Paulo 25 (1)
Total 406 (32)
International career
1990–2000 Brazil 47 (6)
Managerial career
2016–2022 Brazil (assistant coach)
2023– Flamengo (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos César Sampaio Campos (born 31 March 1968) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He currently serves as an assistant coach of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.

Club career

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A former defensive midfielder, César Sampaio is one of the few players who played for the four major clubs from São Paulo (Santos, Palmeiras, Corinthians and São Paulo). A Palmeiras legend, he is considered one of the greatest players in the club's history, having played with the team from 1991 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2000. He won the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Golden Ball award) twice, in 1990 and 1993.

International career

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César Sampaio joined the Brazil national football team during the Copa América in 1993, also took part at the 1995 edition of the tournament (where they finished as runners-up), but was not part of the team during the FIFA World Cup finals in neither 1990 nor 1994.

He was later also part of the Brazilian squad that won both the Copa América and the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997, and played for Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, where he made six appearances in the team's run to the final, which they lost to the hosts of the tournament, France.[1] At the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he became remembered for scoring the first goal of the entire tournament in the 4th minute of Brazil's opening match against Scotland, a header from a corner by Bebeto on the left.[2] He also scored a brace in Brazil's 4–1 victory against Chile in the round of 16 during the same tournament.[3]

Sampaio is also remembered for helping Ronaldo when he suffered a convulsive fit in the night before the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.[4]

Style of play

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Sampaio has been described by FIFA.com as a "modern defensive midfielder who combined being an enforcer with playmaking from deep," and as a player who filled the void left by Dunga as the anchor in Brazil's midfield following his retirement after the 1998 World Cup, by dominating "the engine room." He is considered to be one of Palmeiras's greatest players ever.[5][6]

After retirement

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César Sampaio retired from professional football in 2004. He has recently said that he wants to become a manager and he is starting his coaching badges.[citation needed]

He later served as an assistant coach and scout for the Brazil national team, as part of the team's coaching staff during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[7][8]

Career statistics

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Club

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
1986 Santos Série A 10 0 10 0
1987 7 0 7 0
1988 15 0 15 0
1989 16 0 16 0
1990 17 1 17 1
1991 17 1 17 1
1992 Palmeiras Série A 18 2 18 2
1993 20 2 20 2
1994 22 1 22 1
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1995 Yokohama Flügels J1 League 32 0 2 1 - 34 1
1996 27 5 2 0 14 2 43 7
1997 29 6 2 0 9 1 40 7
1998 28 2 5 0 0 0 33 2
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
1999 Palmeiras Série A 15 2 15 2
2000 7 0 7 0
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
2000–01 Deportivo La Coruña La Liga 10 0 10 0
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
2001 Corinthians Série A 9 0 9 0
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002 Kashiwa Reysol J1 League 26 3 0 0 6 0 32 3
2003 Sanfrecce Hiroshima J2 League 41 5 4 0 - 45 5
2004 J1 League 14 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
2004 São Paulo Série A 25 1 25 1
Country Brazil 198 10 198 10
Japan 197 21 15 1 31 3 243 25
Spain 10 0 10 0
Total 405 31 15 1 31 3 451 35

International

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Brazil national team
Year Apps Goals
1990 1 0
1991 1 0
1992 5 0
1993 4 0
1994 2 0
1995 10 1
1996 0 0
1997 8 1
1998 9 4
1999 0 0
2000 7 0
Total 47 6

Honours

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Club

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Palmeiras

Yokohama Flügels

Deportivo

Corinthians

International

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Brazil

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ César Sampaio Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. ^ Goff, Steven (11 June 1998). "Own Goal Gets Brazil Off Scot-Free". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ Gildea, William (28 June 1998). "And the Brazilian Beat Goes On and On". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ Steinberg, Jacob (1 July 2018). "World Cup moments: Mystery surrounds Ronaldo in 1998". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Neymar, Pele and ten great graduates of the Santos academy". FIFA.com. 8 July 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Football: Scolari applies the bruises to the beautiful game". The Independent. 28 November 1999. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Cesar Sampaio wants the world to say a prayer for Pele". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  8. ^ "How Europe Decides Who Wins the World Cup". The New York Times. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ César Sampaio at National-Football-Teams.com
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