César Sampaio
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Carlos César Sampaio Campos, (born 31 March 1968 in São Paulo
) is a Brazilian former footballer, and is the current Football Director of Palmeiras
, where he played from 1991 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2000. He retired as a player in 2004.
César Sampaio is one of the few players who played for the 4 major clubs from São Paulo
(Santos
, Palmeiras
, Corinthians
and São Paulo
) and one of the greatest idols from Palmeiras
' history.
He won the Bola de Ouro
(Brazilian Golden Ball award) twice, in 1990 and 1993, and joined the Brazil national football team
during the Copa América
in 1993
, but was not part of the team during the FIFA World Cup
finals in neither 1990
nor 1994
.
He was later also part of the Brazilian squad that won both the Copa América
and FIFA Confederations Cup
in 1997, and played for Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
finals, where he made six appearances in the team's run to the final, which they lost to the hosts of the tournament, France
. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he became remembered for scoring the first goal of the entire tournament in the 4th minute of Brazil's opening match against Scotland
. He also scored a brace in Brazil's 4–1 victory against Chile
in the round of 16 during the same tournament.
Sampaio is also remembered for helping Ronaldo
when he suffered a convulsive fit
in the night before the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.
César Sampaio has recently said that he wants to become a manager and he is starting his coaching badges.
|1986||rowspan="6"|Santos||rowspan="6"|Série A
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|1987||7||0||||||||||7||0
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|1988||15||0||||||||||15||0
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|1989||16||0||||||||||16||0
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|1990||17||1||||||||||17||1
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|1991||17||1||||||||||17||1
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|1992||rowspan="3"|Palmeiras||rowspan="3"|Série A
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|1993||20||2||||||||||20||2
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|1994||22||1||||||||||22||1
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|1995||rowspan="4"|Yokohama Flügels
||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||32||0||2||1||colspan="2"|-||34||1
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|1996||27||5||2||0||14||2||43||7
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|1997||29||6||2||0||9||1||40||7
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|1998||28||2||5||0||0||0||33||2
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|1999||rowspan="2"|Palmeiras||rowspan="2"|Série A
||15||2||||||||||15||2
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|2000||7||0||||||||||7||0
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|2000/01||Deportivo La Coruña
||La Liga
||10||0||||||||||10||0
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|2001||Corinthians||Série A
||9||0||||||||||9||0
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|2002||Kashiwa Reysol
||J. League 1||26||3||0||0||6||0||32||3
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima
||J. League 2
||41||5||4||0||colspan="2"|-||45||5
|-
|2004||J. League 1||14||0||0||0||2||0||16||0
|-
|2004||São Paulo||Série A
||25||1||||||||||25||1
198||10||||||||||198||10
197||21||15||1||31||3||243||25
10||0||||||||||10||0
405||31||15||1||31||3||451||35
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|1990||1||0
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|1991||1||0
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|1992||5||0
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|1993||4||0
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|1994||2||0
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|1995||10||1
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|1996||0||0
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|1997||8||1
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|1998||9||4
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|1999||0||0
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|2000||7||0
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São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
) is a Brazilian former footballer, and is the current Football Director of Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...
, where he played from 1991 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2000. He retired as a player in 2004.
César Sampaio is one of the few players who played for the 4 major clubs from São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
(Santos
Santos Futebol Clube
Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....
, Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...
, Corinthians
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...
and São Paulo
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...
) and one of the greatest idols from Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...
' history.
He won the Bola de Ouro
Bola de Ouro
The Bola de Ouro is an award given each year, since 1973, by the authoritative Brazilian magazine Placar to the best player in the Brazilian National Championship. It is practically the equivalent to a Footballer of the Year award...
(Brazilian Golden Ball award) twice, in 1990 and 1993, and joined the Brazil national football team
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...
during the Copa América
Copa América
The 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...
in 1993
Copa América 1993
The 1993 Copa América was the 36th Copa América, CONMEBOL's football tournament for national teams. It was held in Ecuador between June 15 and July 4. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, but for the first time two nations from outside CONMEBOL were invited to take part in the tournament. Mexico and...
, but was not part of the team during the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
finals in neither 1990
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
nor 1994
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
.
He was later also part of the Brazilian squad that won both the Copa América
Copa América 1997
Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from June 11 to June 29, 1997. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.There is no qualifying for the final tournament...
and FIFA Confederations Cup
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-Awards:-Top scorers:7 goals Romário5 goals Vladimír Šmicer4 goals Ronaldo-References:...
in 1997, and played for Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
finals, where he made six appearances in the team's run to the final, which they lost to the hosts of the tournament, France
France national football team
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he became remembered for scoring the first goal of the entire tournament in the 4th minute of Brazil's opening match against Scotland
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
. He also scored a brace in Brazil's 4–1 victory against Chile
Chile national football team
The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
in the round of 16 during the same tournament.
Sampaio is also remembered for helping Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...
when he suffered a convulsive fit
Seizure
An epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement or as mild as a brief loss of awareness...
in the night before the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.
César Sampaio has recently said that he wants to become a manager and he is starting his coaching badges.
Statistics
|-|1986||rowspan="6"|Santos||rowspan="6"|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...
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|1990||17||1||||||||||17||1
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|1991||17||1||||||||||17||1
|-
|1992||rowspan="3"|Palmeiras||rowspan="3"|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...
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|1993||20||2||||||||||20||2
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|1994||22||1||||||||||22||1
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|1995||rowspan="4"|Yokohama Flügels
Yokohama Flügels
was a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :...
||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||32||0||2||1||colspan="2"|-||34||1
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|1996||27||5||2||0||14||2||43||7
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|1997||29||6||2||0||9||1||40||7
|-
|1998||28||2||5||0||0||0||33||2
|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|Palmeiras||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...
||15||2||||||||||15||2
|-
|2000||7||0||||||||||7||0
|-
|2000/01||Deportivo La Coruña
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||10||0||||||||||10||0
|-
|2001||Corinthians||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...
||9||0||||||||||9||0
|-
|2002||Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol
is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
||J. League 1||26||3||0||0||6||0||32||3
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
||J. League 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
||41||5||4||0||colspan="2"|-||45||5
|-
|2004||J. League 1||14||0||0||0||2||0||16||0
|-
|2004||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...
||25||1||||||||||25||1
198||10||||||||||198||10
197||21||15||1||31||3||243||25
10||0||||||||||10||0
405||31||15||1||31||3||451||35
|}
|-
|1990||1||0
|-
|1991||1||0
|-
|1992||5||0
|-
|1993||4||0
|-
|1994||2||0
|-
|1995||10||1
|-
|1996||0||0
|-
|1997||8||1
|-
|1998||9||4
|-
|1999||0||0
|-
|2000||7||0
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!Total||47||6
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Honors
- Finalist World Cup 1998 with the Brazilian national teamBrazil national football teamThe 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...
- Confederation CupConfederation CupConfederation Cup may refer to various sports competitions. It most commonly refers to:*the FIFA Confederations Cup, for International football*the CAF Confederation Cup for African club football...
in 1997 with the Brazilian national teamBrazil national football teamThe 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... - Copa AmericaCopa 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...
in 1997 with the Brazilian national teamBrazil national football teamThe 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... - Campeonato Brasileiro Série ACampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe 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...
(Brazilian championship) in 1993 and 1994 with PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942... - Campeonato PaulistaCampeonato PaulistaThe Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
(São Paulo State championship) in 1993 and 1994 with PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...
, in 2001 with CorinthiansSport Club Corinthians PaulistaSport 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... - Tournament Rio – São PauloTorneio Rio-São PauloTorneio Rio – São Paulo was a traditional Brazilian football competition contested between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams until from 1935 until 2002....
in 1993 and 2000 with PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942... - Asian Cup Winners CupAsian Cup Winners CupThe Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...
in 1995 with Yokohama FlugelsYokohama Flügelswas a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :... - Asian Super CupAsian Super CupThe Asian Super Cup was an annual competition between the winners of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup.The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged into the Asian Champions League...
in 1995 with Yokohama FlugelsYokohama Flügelswas a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :... - Copa do BrasilCopa do BrasilThe Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...
in 1998 with PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942... - Mercosul Cup in 1998 with PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...
- Copa Libertadores de AméricaCopa Libertadores de AméricaThe Copa Santander Libertadores de América , known simply as the Copa Libertadores and originally known as the Copa Campeones de América , is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960...
in 1999 with PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva PalmeirasSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942... - Spanish SuperCup in 2000 with Deportivo de A Coruña