César Cervo Luca

César fullname César Vinicio Cervo de Luca (born 19 May 1979) is a former Brazilian football defender. César also holds Italian nationality through descent.[1]

César
Personal information
Full name César Vinicio Cervo de Luca
Date of birth (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Fluminense 97 (8)
2004–2005 Chievo 7 (1)
2005 → Catania (loan) 19 (0)
2005–2007 Catania 37 (1)
2007–2009 Chievo 39 (4)
2009 → Padova (loan) 37 (0)
2009–2011 Padova 36 (0)
2011 Juve Stabia 1 (0)
2012 Cremonese 14 (0)
2012–2015 Virtus Entella 94 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, César started his career with hometown club Fluminense.

Chievo and Catania

In January 2004, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Chievo on free transfer. He signed a 6 months contract with option to extend to 30 June 2007.[1] In January 2005 he was loaned to Serie B club Catania along with Higo. Catania later bought him in co-ownership deal for €150,000.[2] He followed the team promoted to Serie A and played his first Serie A match on 18 February 2007 against Fiorentina since he left Chievo 3 years before. That season he only played 8 Serie A matches. In June 2007, Chievo was announced to buy back the player from Catania through closed tender bid mediated by Lega Calcio, for €440,000.[2][3] He was a regular starter for Chievo in 2007–08 Serie B, partnered with Davide Mandelli, winning the cadetto that season and promoted back to Serie A in 2008. With arrival of Santiago Morero and Mario Yepes, César became a backup again in 2008–09 Serie A.

Padova

In January 2009, he was loaned to Padova.[4] He won Lega Pro Prima Divisione runner-up with team and promoted to Serie B. But Padova did not excise the rights to buy him in co-ownership deal.[5] However, in July 2009 he was signed outright for free,[6] agreed a 2-year contract.[7]

Post-playing career

After retirement as a professional footballer, César became a "team manager" of Virtus Entella.[8][9]

Honours

References
  1. "Il Chievo fa un pieno di Brasile". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 10 January 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. Calcio Catania SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 (in Italian)
  3. "Gli esiti delle compartecipazioni rossazzurre". Calcio Catania (in Italian). 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  4. "DAL CHIEVO VERONA ARRIVA IL DIFENSORE CERVO DE LUCA CESAR VINICIO". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  5. "PRESTITI, NON RISCATTATI CARBONE, CESAR, FACCHIN, FILIPPINI E PATRASCU". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. A.C. Chievo Verona Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (in Italian)
  7. "CESAR RESTA A PADOVA A TITOLO DEFINITIVO". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 18 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  8. "Organigramma" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  9. "Staff Tecnico" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. September 2016 [circa]. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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