Flávio Conceição

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Personal information
Flavio Conceiçao
Full name	Flávio Conceição
Date of birth	June 13, 1974
Place of birth	Santa Maria da Serra, Brazil
Height	1.77 m
Position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	none
Number	-
Youth clubs
1992 - 1993	Rio Branco
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993 - 1994 1994 - 1996 1996 - 2000 2000 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2004 - 2005 2005 - January 2006	Rio Branco-SP Palmeiras Deportivo La Coruña Real Madrid Borussia Dortmund Galatasaray Panathinaikos	22 (2) 100 (4) 97 (9) 45 (1) 14 (1) 27 (2) 5 (1)
National team**
1997-1999	Brazil	45 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 15 August 2006.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Brazil
Men's Football
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition

Flávio da Conceição (born 13 June 1974 in Santa Maria da Serra) is a Brazilian footballer who is currently without a club. Flávio has had a successful career for club and country. He has represented Brazil in the Copa América winning sides.

Flávio began his career with Rio Branco EC in 1992. He then joined Palmeiras a year later and racked up over 100 appearances in 3 years. This caught the attention of Deportivo La Coruña who paid €6.3m for him after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Flávio was a key force in Deportivo's rise in Spanish football. This was shown by Deportivo's 1999/2000 Primera División triumph. This lead on to a €26m bid from Real Madrid. He stay in Madrid was blighted by injuries, although he was part of the 2001/02 Champions League win. He was loaned out to Borussia Dortmund in 2003 but failed to make an impact. He switched to Galatasaray in 2004, after 4 injury prone years at Real Madrid.

In his first season with Galatasaray, they won the Turkish cup but failed to make the Champions League. This activated a clause in his contract which allowed him to leave and he joined Panathinaikos for 500,000€. Unfortunately, Conceicao didn't managed to fulfill the Panathinaikos fans expectations and during the 2005-2006 winter transfer window, he was released free by Panathinaikos.