Christian Corrêa Dionisio
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Christian Corrêa Dionisio, simply Christian (born April 23, 1975), is a Brazil
ian footballer who plays for Atlético Monte Azul
as a striker.
, Christian began his career with hometown's Sport Club Internacional
, and moved at just 17 to Portuguese
side C.S. Marítimo, representing other two modest teams in the country in the following two seasons.
In 1996, he returned to Internacional, where his performances eventually awarded him an international
callup, as he was part of the 1999 Copa América-winning squad, eventually signing with Paris Saint-Germain FC.
In the French capital
side, however, Christian failed to perform, also being loaned to two teams before being released in June 2003. During his two-year loan spell at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
, the club narrowly avoided relegation to the second division
in his first year, but it befell in the following.
Subsequently, Christian represented Omiya Ardija
, São Paulo Futebol Clube
, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
, Esporte Clube Juventude
and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
, returning to Internacional in early 2007. The following year, he joined Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
, then moved to Mexico
's C.F. Pachuca, switching back to Portuguesa shortly after, with the club now in Série B.
|1993/94||Marítimo
||Portuguese Liga
||13||3
|-
|1994/95||Estoril-Praia||Liga Honra
||7||0
|-
|1995/96||Farense
||Portuguese Liga
||30||4
|-
|1996||rowspan="4"|Internacional||rowspan="4"|Série A
||1||0
|-
|1997||26||24
|-
|1998||20||12
|-
|1999||3||2
|-
|1999/00||rowspan="2"|Paris Saint-Germain
||rowspan="2"|Division 1
||29||16
|-
|2000/01||24||4
|-
|2001/02||Girondins Bordeaux
||Division 1
||18||2
|-
|2002||Palmeiras||Série A
||19||8
|-
|2002/03||Galatasaray||Süper Lig||11||3
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Grêmio
||rowspan="2"|Série A
||28||10
|-
|2004||34||15
|-
|2005||Omiya Ardija
||J. League 1||15||6
|-
|2005||São Paulo||Série A
||20||8
|-
|2006||Botafogo||Série A
||4||1
|-
|2006||Juventude||Série A
||28||11
|-
|2007||Internacional||Série A
||19||4
|-
|2008||Portuguesa Desportos
||Série A
||5||1
|-
|2008/09||Pachuca||Primera División
||13||3
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|Portuguesa Desportos
||rowspan="2"|Série B
||10||1
|-
|2009/10||||
50||7
217||97
71||22
11||3
15||6
13||3
377||138
|}
|1997||2||0
|-
|1998||2||0
|-
|1999||6||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
!Total||11||0
|}
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian footballer who plays for Atlético Monte Azul
Atlético Monte Azul
Atlético Monte Azul, also known as Monte Azul, are a Brazilian football team from Monte Azul, São Paulo.-History:Atlético Monte Azul were founded on April 28, 1920 by several people, including José Cione, who suggested the name Monte Azul. In the late 1940s, the club professionalized their football...
as a striker.
Football career
Born in Porto AlegrePorto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, Christian began his career with hometown's Sport Club Internacional
Sport Club Internacional
Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...
, and moved at just 17 to Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
side C.S. Marítimo, representing other two modest teams in the country in the following two seasons.
In 1996, he returned to Internacional, where his performances eventually awarded him an international
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
callup, as he was part of the 1999 Copa América-winning squad, eventually signing with Paris Saint-Germain FC.
In the French capital
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
side, however, Christian failed to perform, also being loaned to two teams before being released in June 2003. During his two-year loan spell at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...
, the club narrowly avoided relegation to the second division
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...
in his first year, but it befell in the following.
Subsequently, Christian represented Omiya Ardija
Omiya Ardija
is a professional football club which play in the J. League Division 1, and are based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds...
, São Paulo Futebol Clube
São Paulo Futebol Clube
São Paulo Futebol Clube , commonly known as São Paulo, is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to...
, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas , also known as Botafogo and familiarly as Estrela Solitária, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, best known for its football team. They play in the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro's state league, and the Campeonato...
, Esporte Clube Juventude
Esporte Clube Juventude
Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian football team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.Juventude's greatest rival is Caxias.-History:...
and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...
, returning to Internacional in early 2007. The following year, he joined Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...
, then moved to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
's C.F. Pachuca, switching back to Portuguesa shortly after, with the club now in Série B.
Club career statistics
|-|1993/94||Marítimo
CS Marítimo
Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as just Marítimo , is a Portuguese sports club, founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. The club is regarded as an important club in Portugal, and are widely known throughout the Portuguese speaking world, in countries such as Brazil, Angola, and Cape...
||Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
||13||3
|-
|1994/95||Estoril-Praia||Liga Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
||7||0
|-
|1995/96||Farense
SC Farense
SC Farense is a Portuguese association football club from Faro founded in 1910. SC Farense is the most successful club in the Algarve. The home colours are white and black....
||Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
||30||4
|-
|1996||rowspan="4"|Internacional||rowspan="4"|Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||1||0
|-
|1997||26||24
|-
|1998||20||12
|-
|1999||3||2
|-
|1999/00||rowspan="2"|Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club , also known simply as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as Paris SG or PSG , is a professional association football club based in Paris, France. The club was founded on 12 August 1970, thanks to the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain...
||rowspan="2"|Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||29||16
|-
|2000/01||24||4
|-
|2001/02||Girondins Bordeaux
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....
||Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||18||2
|-
|2002||Palmeiras||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||19||8
|-
|2002/03||Galatasaray||Süper Lig||11||3
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Grêmio
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...
||rowspan="2"|Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||28||10
|-
|2004||34||15
|-
|2005||Omiya Ardija
Omiya Ardija
is a professional football club which play in the J. League Division 1, and are based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds...
||J. League 1||15||6
|-
|2005||São Paulo||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||20||8
|-
|2006||Botafogo||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||4||1
|-
|2006||Juventude||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||28||11
|-
|2007||Internacional||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||19||4
|-
|2008||Portuguesa Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...
||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
||5||1
|-
|2008/09||Pachuca||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||13||3
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|Portuguesa Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...
||rowspan="2"|Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...
||10||1
|-
|2009/10||||
50||7
217||97
71||22
11||3
15||6
13||3
377||138
|}
International career statistics
|-|1997||2||0
|-
|1998||2||0
|-
|1999||6||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
!Total||11||0
|}
Team
- Rio Grande do Sul State LeagueCampeonato GaúchoThe Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF is the top tier of the footballleague of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.-Clubs:Clubs qualified to Campeonato Gaúcho Primeira Divisão 2011.*Canoas*Caxias...
: 1991, 1992, 1997 - Copa AméricaCopa AméricaThe Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...
: 1999 - FIFA Club World CupFIFA Club World CupThe FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
: 20052005 FIFA Club World Championship-Quarter-finals:-----Semi-finals:-----Fifth Place:-Third Place:-Final:-Scorers: 2 goals Amoroso Peter Crouch Mohammed Noor Alvaro Saborio... - Rio de Janeiro State LeagueCampeonato CariocaThe Campeonato Carioca, also known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, is the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of the most prestigious national football tournaments...
: 2006