Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento

For other uses, see Tinga.

Personal information
Tinga
Full name	Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento
Date of birth	January 13, 1978
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Position	defensive-midfielder
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Number	7
Youth clubs
1994-1995	Grêmio
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006-2007	Grêmio Grêmio Grêmio Kawasaki (LOAN) Botafogo (LOAN) Grêmio Grêmio Grêmio Grêmio Sporting Sporting Internacional Internacional Dortmund	1 (0) 18 (1) 39 (3) 24 (8) 17 (1) 10 (0) 47 (8) 55 (3) 32 (2) 11 (0) - (-) 35 (4) 7 (1) 12 (2)
National team**
2001-	Brazil	3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of N/A. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006.

Paulo César do Nascimento Fonseca, also called Tinga (born January 13, 1978 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a Brazilian defensive-midfielder, who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund of the Bundesliga.

Tinga played for Internacional until August 2006, when he helped the club win the Copa Libertadores for the first time by scoring a goal in the final match against São Paulo. Before joining Internacional, Tinga played for Grêmio and Botafogo of Brazil, Kawasaki Frontale of Japan and Sporting of Portugal. Has also been recalled to Brazil by new Manager Dunga against Switzerland for his 3rd Cap after a 5 year absence, on November 15, 2006.

Borussia Dortmund - Current Squad
1 Weidenfeller \| 2 Amedick \| 3 Brzenska \| 4 Wörns \| 5 Kehl \| 6 Kringe \| 7 Buckley \| 8 Amoah \| 9 Valdez \| 10 Pienaar \| 13 Frei \| 14 Smolarek \| 16 Saka \| 17 Dedé \| 18 Ricken \| 20 Meier \| 21 Metzelder \| 22 Kruska \| 23 Degen \| 25 Şahin \| 27 Hünemeier \| 28 Tyrala \| 29 Rammel \| 33 Vrzogic \| 34 Pirson \| 36 Amachaibo \| 38 Hillenbrand