César Sampaio

Carlos César Sampaio Campos (born 31 March 1968) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder.

César Sampaio
Personal information
Full name Carlos César Sampaio Campos
Date of birth (1968-03-31) 31 March 1968
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Palmeiras (Football Director)
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)
2006 Persma Manado 1 (1)
Total 406 (32)
National team
1990–2000 Brazil 47 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

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

César Sampaio joined the Brazil national football team during the Copa América in 1993, 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]

After retirement

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.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
1986SantosSérie A100100
19877070
1988150150
1989160160
1990171171
1991171171
1992PalmeirasSérie A182182
1993202202
1994221221
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1995Yokohama FlügelsJ1 League32021-341
199627520142437
19972962091407
19982825000332
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
1999PalmeirasSérie A152152
20007070
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
2000–01Deportivo La CoruñaLa Liga100100
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
2001CorinthiansSérie A9090
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League2630060323
2003Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ2 League41540-455
2004J1 League1400020160
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup Total
2004São PauloSérie A251251
CountryBrazil 1981019810
Japan 1972115131324325
Spain 100100
Total 4053115131345135

International

[5]

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
199010
199110
199250
199340
199420
1995101
199600
199781
199894
199900
200070
Total476

Honours

Club

Palmeiras

Yokohama Flügels

Deportivo

Corinthians

International

Brazil

Individual

References

  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. "César Sampaio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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