Toninho Cerezo

Personal information
Toninho Cerezo
Full name	Antônio Carlos Cerezo
Date of birth	April 21, 1955 (1955-04-21) (age 53)
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	none
Youth clubs
1973-1976	Romanese
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1972 1973-1974 1974-1983 1983-1986 1986-1992 1992-1993 1994-1994 1995-1995 1995-1996 1996-1996 1997-1998	Atlético Mineiro Nacional (AM) Atlético Mineiro Roma Sampdoria São Paulo Cruzeiro Paulista São Paulo América Clube Atlético Mineiro	115 (6) 28 (2) 30 (0) 70 (13) 21 (2) 16 (1) 79 (6) 647 (42)
National team²
1977-1985	Brazil	57 (7)
Teams managed
2000-2005	Kashima Antlers
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 17, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 17, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Toninho Cerezo, real name Antônio Carlos Cerezo, (born April 21, 1955 in Belo Horizonte ) is a former football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played as a defensive midfielder with Atlético Mineiro, A.S. Roma, Sampdoria, São Paulo Futebol Clube and the Brazilian national team.

In 1998, he retired as a player, and, after doing some studies and probations in Italy, he returned to Brazil, and start a career as a manager.

He won the Brazilian Golden Ball trophy in 1977 and again in 1980 and the Brazilian Silver Ball trophy in 1976.

Cerezo won five times the Coppa Italia (Italian Cup). In 1991 he won both the Italian Serie A championship and the Coppa Italia with U.C. Sampdoria.

Cerezo was the best player of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1993.

[edit] National team

Cerezo has 57 caps (full international games), between March 1977 and June 1985, with the Brazilian national team (7 goals).

He played the FIFA World Cup 1978 and FIFA World Cup 1982. He was also due to go to the 1986 tournament, but a hamstring injury in May ruled him out.

He was the manager of the following clubs:

Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

Preceded by Raí	Intercontinental Cup Man of the Match 1993	Succeeded by Omar Asad

v • d • e Brazil squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Leão • 2 Toninho • 3 Oscar • 4 Amaral • 5 Toninho Cerezo • 6 Edinho • 7 Zé Sérgio • 8 Zico • 9 Reinaldo • 10 Rivelino • 11 Dirceu • 12 Carlos • 13 Nelinho • 14 Abel • 15 Polozzi • 16 Rodrigues Neto • 17 Batista • 18 Gil • 19 Jorge Mendonça • 20 Roberto Dinamite • 21 Chicão • 22 Valdir Peres • Coach: Coutinho

v • d • e Brazil squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Valdir Peres • 2 Leandro • 3 Oscar • 4 Luizinho • 5 Toninho Cerezo • 6 Júnior • 7 Paulo Isidoro • 8 Sócrates • 9 Serginho • 10 Zico • 11 Éder • 12 Paulo Sérgio • 13 Edevaldo • 14 Juninho • 15 Falcão • 16 Edinho • 17 Pedrinho • 18 Batista • 19 Renato • 20 Roberto Dinamite • 21 Dirceu • 22 Carlos • Coach: Santana

v • d • e Kashima Antlers – Managers

Miyamoto (1992–94) • Edu (1995) • João Carlos (1996–98) • Sekizuka (1998) • Ze Mario (1998–99) • Zico (1999) • Sekizuka (1999) • Cerezo (2000–05) • Autuori (2005–06) • Oliveira (2007–)