César Cervo Luca

César
Personal information
Full nameCésar Vinicio Cervo de Luca
Date of birth19 May 1979
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Virtus Entella
Number16
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2003Fluminense97(8)
2004–2005Chievo7(1)
2005→ Catania (loan)19(0)
2005–2007Catania37(1)
2007–2009Chievo39(4)
2009→ Padova (loan)37(0)
2009–2011Padova36(0)
2011Juve Stabia1(0)
2012Cremonese14(0)
2012–Virtus Entella76(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

César fullname César Vinicio Cervo de Luca (born 19 May 1979) is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie B side Virtus Entella. César also holds Italian nationality through descent.[1]

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, César started his career with hometown club Fluminense.

Chievo and Catania

In January 2004, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Chievo on free transfer. He signed a 6 months contract with option to extend to 30 June 2007.[1] In January 2005 he was loaned to Serie B club Catania along with Higo. Catania later bought him in co-ownership deal for €150,000.[2] He followed the team promoted to Serie A and played his first Serie A match on 18 February 2007 against Fiorentina since he left Chievo 3 years before. That season he only played 8 Serie A matches. In June 2007, Chievo was announced to buy back the player from Catania through closed tender bid mediated by Lega Calcio, for €440,000.[2][3] He was a regular starter for Chievo in 2007–08 Serie B, partnered with Davide Mandelli, winning the cadetto that season and promoted back to Serie A in 2008. With arrival of Santiago Morero and Mario Yepes, César became a backup again in 2008–09 Serie A.

Padova

In January 2009, he was loaned to Padova.[4] He won Lega Pro Prima Divisione runner-up with team and promoted to Serie B. But Padova did not excise the rights to buy him in co-ownership deal.[5] However, in July 2009 he was signed outright for free,[6] agreed a 2-year contract.[7]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Il Chievo fa un pieno di Brasile". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 10 January 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Calcio Catania SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 (Italian)
  3. ↑ "Gli esiti delle compartecipazioni rossazzurre". Calcio Catania (in Italian). 20 June 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "DAL CHIEVO VERONA ARRIVA IL DIFENSORE CERVO DE LUCA CESAR VINICIO". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 9 January 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "PRESTITI, NON RISCATTATI CARBONE, CESAR, FACCHIN, FILIPPINI E PATRASCU". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 25 June 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. ↑ A.C. Chievo Verona Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (Italian)
  7. ↑ "CESAR RESTA A PADOVA A TITOLO DEFINITIVO". Calcio Padova (in Italian). 18 July 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

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