França (footballer, born 1976)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Françoaldo Sena de Souza | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Codó, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993 | Nacional | ||
1994–1995 | XV Jaú | ||
1996–2002 | São Paulo | 161 | (99) |
2002–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | 71 | (21) |
2005–2010 | Kashiwa Reysol | 102 | (29) |
2011 | Yokohama | 9 | (1) |
International career | |||
2000–2002 | Brazil | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Françoaldo Sena de Souza (born 2 March 1976), commonly known as França, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
[edit]França was born in Codó, Maranhão. After his senior beginnings with lowly Nacional Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), he moved in 1996 to national powerhouse São Paulo FC, where he proceeded to net eight goals overall in his debut year – even though he did not start regularly – and 182 goals in 323 games during his six-year stay (fourth all-time at the time of his departure); in 1998 and 2000, as the club won the Campeonato Paulista, the player was crowned the league's best scorer, respectively at 12 and 18.
In the 2002 summer, França signed with Bayer 04 Leverkusen from Germany as the team sought replacements for aging Ulf Kirsten (37). In his debut season in the Bundesliga he appeared scarcely, barred by Dimitar Berbatov and Oliver Neuville, netting only once, in his league debut in a 2–4 home loss against VfL Bochum;[1]
In 2003–04, although the pair remained at the BayArena, França received much more playing time, and finished just two goals short of the Bulgarian (14 to 16, in as many matches), adding to this a league-best 13 assists. Additionally, Neuville left the following summer.
França moved to Japan subsequently, joining Kashiwa Reysol,[2] experiencing one relegation and one promotion in his first two years and leaving the club in 2010, aged 34.
International career
[edit]França collected eight caps for Brazil during two years, but was never selected to any major tournament. He scored once for the national team; his only goal coming in a friendly against England in May 2000.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
São Paulo | 1996[4] | Série A | 8 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | 6[a] | 0 | 34 | 9 | |
1997[5] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22[b] | 2 | 3[c] | 2 | 45 | 9 | ||
1998[6] | 22 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11[b] | 1 | 6[d] | 2 | 52 | 23 | ||
1999[7] | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1[e] | 1 | 6[d] | 4 | 35 | 24 | ||
2000[8] | 16 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3[b] | 5 | – | 54 | 40 | |||
2001[9] | 25 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12[f] | 11 | 6[d] | 3 | 65 | 45 | ||
2002[10] | – | – | 7 | 5 | 11[b] | 19 | – | 18 | 24 | |||||
Total | 108 | 44 | 53 | 55 | 34 | 21 | 60 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 282 | 174 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2002–03[11] | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[g] | 2 | 29 | 5 | |
2003–04[12] | 33 | 14 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 14 | |||||
2004–05[13] | 22 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7[g] | 6 | 30 | 14 | ||||
2005–06[14] | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 71 | 21 | – | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 95 | 33 | |||
Kashiwa Reysol | 2005[15] | J1 League | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
2006[15] | J2 League | 28 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||||
2007[16] | J1 League | 25 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 8 | |||
2008[17] | 19 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 25 | 7 | ||||
2009[18] | 23 | 10 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 10 | ||||
2010[19] | J2 League | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | |||||
Total | 102 | 29 | – | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 112 | 32 | ||||
Career total | 281 | 94 | 53 | 55 | 47 | 27 | 66 | 40 | 42 | 19 | 489 | 235 |
- ^ Appearances in Copa de Oro, Copa Master de CONMEBOL, and Supercopa Libertadores
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Appearances in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
- ^ Appearances in Supercopa Libertadores
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearances in Copa Mercosur
- ^ Appearance in pt:Seletiva para a Libertadores
- ^ Six appearances and five goals in Copa dos Campeões, six appearances and six goals in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
- ^ Jump up to: a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2000 | 6 | 1 |
2001 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 1 |
Honours
[edit]São Paulo
Kashiwa Reysol
References
[edit]- ^ "Bochum begeistert mit tollem Spiel" [Bochum excite with nice play] (in German). kicker. 24 August 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "França looks east". UEFA.com. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ "Owen on target as England draw". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1996". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1997". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1998". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1999". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2000". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2001". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2002". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2002/03". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2003/04". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2004/05". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2005/06". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "França: ESTATÍSTICAS". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2007". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2008". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2009". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2010". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "TOTAL (4 TÍTULOS)". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1976 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Maranhão
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Brazil men's international footballers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Nacional Futebol Clube players
- Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú) players
- São Paulo FC players
- Bundesliga players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Kashiwa Reysol players
- Yokohama FC players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- People from Codó