João Paulo (footballer, born 1964)

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.

João Paulo
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Luís Donizetti
Date of birth (1964-09-07) 7 September 1964
Place of birth Campinas, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 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
National team
1987–1991 Brazil 17 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Brazilian 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.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Brazil League
1982GuaraniSérie A00
198300
1984Série B50
1985Série A242
19863011
1987134
198890
198900
Italy League
1989–90BariSerie A336
1990–912912
1991–9230
1992–93Serie B112
1993–9482
Brazil League
1994Vasco da GamaSérie A140
1995Ponte PretaSérie B00
1995GoiásSérie A223
1996Corinthians PaulistaSérie A00
1996Sport RecifeSérie A171
1997BahiaSérie A00
1998União São JoãoSérie B00
1998VitóriaSérie A10
1999Etti Jundiaí00
1999União São JoãoSérie B00
200000
Japan League
2000Mito HollyHockJ2 League154
Brazil League
2001CSA00
2001União São JoãoSérie B00
200200
2002GuaraniSérie A162
CountryBrazil 15123
Italy 8422
Japan 154
Total 25049

International

[2]

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
198731
198810
198920
199000
1991113
Total174

Honours

International

Argentina

References

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