Francisco Lima

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Francisco Lima
Personal information
Full name Francisco Govinho Lima
Date of birth April 17, 1971 (1971-04-17) (age 37)
Place of birth    Manaus, Brazil
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Brescia
Number 5
Youth clubs
1996 São Paulo FC
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-1998
1998-1999
2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
2004-2005
2006
2006
2007-
Gaziantepspor
Zürich
US Lecce
Bologna FC
AS Roma
Lokomotiv Moscow
Qatar SC (loan)
Dinamo Moscow
Brescia
58 (3)
32 (7)
32 (1)
29 (0)
88 (0)
41 (0)
7 (0)
7 (0)
32 (2)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Francisco Govinho Lima (born April 17, 1971 in Manaus) is a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He is a defensive midfielder.

He played for São Paulo Futebol Clube in 1996, and played for Gaziantepspor in 1996/1998. He then played for FC Zürich between 1998 to 2000, and joined Serie A team Lecce during 1999/2000. One year later, he transferred to Bologna, and impressed AS Roma enough to win a move to them in 2001. He stayed in the capital for three seasons. At the age of 33, he went northward to Lokomotiv Moscow. At January 2006, he was loaned to Qatar SC, until the summer. He signed for Dinamo Moscow in a free transfer during the second half of the Russian season.

He joined Brescia Calcio in January 2007.

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