João Paulo (footballer, born 1964)

João Paulo
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Luís Donizetti
Date of birth	7 September 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1989	Guarani FC
1989–1994	A.S. Bari
1994	CR Vasco da Gama
1995	Goiás EC
1996–1998	Corinthians
1999–2003	União São João
2000	Mito HollyHock (loan)
2004	Taquaritinga
2004	Inter de Limeira
International career
1987–1991	Brazil
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Club career edit

Bari edit

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 edit

João Paulo also played for the Brazil 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 edit

Club edit

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League
1982	Guarani	Série A	0	0
1983		Série A	0	0
1984		Série B	5	0
1985		Série A	24	2
1986			30	11
1987			13	4
1988			9	0
1989			0	0
Italy			League
1989–90	Bari	Serie A	33	6
1990–91			29	12
1991–92			3	0
1992–93		Serie B	11	2
1993–94		Serie B	8	2
Brazil			League
1994	Vasco da Gama	Série A	14	0
1995	Ponte Preta	Série B	0	0
1995	Goiás	Série A	22	3
1996	Corinthians Paulista	Série A	0	0
1996	Sport Recife	Série A	17	1
1997	Bahia	Série A	0	0
1998	União São João	Série B	0	0
1998	Vitória	Série A	1	0
1999	Etti Jundiaí		0	0
1999	União São João	Série B	0	0
2000	União São João	Série B	0	0
Japan			League
2000	Mito HollyHock	J2 League	15	4
Brazil			League
2001	CSA		0	0
2001	União São João	Série B	0	0
2002	União São João	Série B	0	0
2002	Guarani	Série A	16	2
Country	Brazil		151	23
	Italy		84	22
	Japan		15	4
Total			250	49

International edit

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Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1987	3	1
1988	1	0
1989	2	0
1990	0	0
1991	11	3
Total	17	4

Honours edit

International edit

Argentina

Summer Olympics Runners-up : 1988
Copa América Runners-up : 1991

References edit

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

External links edit

João Paulo at National-Football-Teams.com
João Paulo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[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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