Sérgio Luís Donizetti

João Paulo
Personal information
Full nameSérgio Luís Donizetti
Date of birthSeptember 7, 1964
Place of birthCampinas, Brazil
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing positionstriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1989Guarani FC81(17)
1989–1994A.S. Bari84(22)
1994CR Vasco da Gama14(0)
1995Goiás EC22(3)
1996–1998Corinthians
1999–2003União São João
2000Mito HollyHock (loan)
2004Taquaritinga
2004Inter de Limeira
National team
1987–1991Brazil17(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver 1988 Seoul Team Competition

Sérgio Luís Donizetti, best known as João Paulo (born in Campinas, Brazil September 7, 1964) is an association footballer striker.

Career with Bari

He joined Bari in 1989, and formed a formitable striking partnership with Pietro Maiellaro and later with Romanian Florin Raducioiu. After scoring six goals in 33 Serie A matches in the 1989–1990 season, he would score 12 times in the 1990–1991 season, the most memorable of which was a double against A.C. Milan on the penultimate round of the season, thus sealing the title for another club, Sampdoria, which won its first ever (and so far the only) Serie A title in that club's history.

He started the following season brightly and was on his usually excellent form. But in their third match at home to Sampdoria, in torrential rain, his leg was broken by defender Marco Lanna in a tackle along the sidelines which ended his season. It took him an entire year to recover and he stayed on with Bari after its relegation to Serie B for two more seasons until 1994.

National team

He has also played for the Brazil national team, scoring twice (one goal apiece against Uruguay, and in the notorious match against Argentina) in the Copa America in 1991.

He also competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Club career statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1982GuaraniSérie A00
198300
1984Série B50
1985Série A242
19863011
1987134
198890
198900
Italy League
1989/90BariSerie A336
1990/912912
1991/9230
1992/93Serie B112
1993/9482
Brazil League
1994Vasco da GamaSérie A140
1995Ponte PretaSérie B00
1995GoiásSérie A223
1996Corinthians PaulistaSérie A00
1996Sport RecifeSérie A171
1997BahiaSérie A00
1998União São JoãoSérie B00
1998VitóriaSérie A10
1999Etti Jundiai00
1999União São JoãoSérie B00
200000
Japan League
2000Mito HollyHockJ. League 2154
Brazil League
2001CSA00
2001União São JoãoSérie B00
200200
2002GuaraniSérie A162
Country Brazil 15123
Italy 8422
Japan 154
Total 25049

International career statistics

[2]

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
198731
198810
198920
199000
1991113
Total174

Honors

References

  1. "João Paulo Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
  2. Sérgio Luís Donizetti at National-Football-Teams.com

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