Sérgio Luís Donizetti
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Sérgio Luís Donizetti, best known as João Paulo (born in Campinas
, Brazil September 7, 1964) is an association footballer striker.
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, 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
.
|1982||rowspan="8"|Guarani||rowspan="2"|Série A
||0||0
|-
|1983||0||0
|-
|1984||Série B
||5||0
|-
|1985||rowspan="5"|Série A
||24||2
|-
|1986||30||11
|-
|1987||13||4
|-
|1988||9||0
|-
|1989||0||0
|-
|1989/90||rowspan="5"|Bari
||rowspan="3"|Serie A
||33||6
|-
|1990/91||29||12
|-
|1991/92||3||0
|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Serie B
||11||2
|-
|1993/94||8||2
|-
|1994||Vasco da Gama||Série A
||14||0
|-
|1995||Ponte Preta||Série B
||0||0
|-
|1995||Goiás||Série A
||22||3
|-
|1996||Corinthians Paulista||Série A
||0||0
|-
|1996||Sport Recife
||Série A
||17||1
|-
|1997||Bahia||Série A
||0||0
|-
|1998||União São João
||Série B
||0||0
|-
|1998||Vitória||Série A
||1||0
|-
|1999||Etti Jundiai||||0||0
|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|União São João
||rowspan="2"|Série B
||0||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2000||Mito HollyHock
||J. League 2
||15||4
|-
|2001||CSA
||||0||0
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|União São João
||rowspan="2"|Série B
||0||0
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2002||Guarani||Série A
||16||2
151||23
84||22
15||4
250||49
|}
|1987||3||1
|-
|1988||1||0
|-
|1989||2||0
|-
|1990||0||0
|-
|1991||11||3
|-
!Total||17||4
|}
Campinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....
, Brazil September 7, 1964) is an association footballer striker.
Career with Bari
He joined BariA.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
in 1989, and formed a formitable striking partnership with Pietro Maiellaro
Pietro Maiellaro
Pietro Maiellaro is a former Italian football player, in the role of midfielder, and now a coach....
and later with Romanian Florin Raducioiu
Florin Raducioiu
Florin Valeriu Răducioiu is a former Romanian football striker, who played for Dinamo Bucureşti, A.C. Milan, Brescia Calcio, West Ham United, RCD Espanyol, VfB Stuttgart and A.S...
. After scoring six goals in 33 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
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
Marco Lanna
Marco Lanna is an Italian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.-Career:...
in a tackle along the sidelines which ended his season. It took him an entire year to recover and he stayed on with Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
after its relegation to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
for two more seasons until 1994.
National team
He has also played for the BrazilBrazil 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...
national team, scoring twice (one goal apiece against Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
, and in the notorious match against Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
) in the Copa America
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 1991.
He also competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
.
Club career statistics
|-|1982||rowspan="8"|Guarani||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...
||0||0
|-
|1983||0||0
|-
|1984||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...
||5||0
|-
|1985||rowspan="5"|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...
||24||2
|-
|1986||30||11
|-
|1987||13||4
|-
|1988||9||0
|-
|1989||0||0
|-
|1989/90||rowspan="5"|Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
||rowspan="3"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||33||6
|-
|1990/91||29||12
|-
|1991/92||3||0
|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
||11||2
|-
|1993/94||8||2
|-
|1994||Vasco da Gama||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...
||14||0
|-
|1995||Ponte Preta||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...
||0||0
|-
|1995||Goiás||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...
||22||3
|-
|1996||Corinthians Paulista||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...
||0||0
|-
|1996||Sport Recife
Sport Club do Recife
Sport Club do Recife, more popularly known as Sport in Recife or Sport Recife in Northeastern Brazil, is a football team from Recife, Pernambuco.-1905 - Foundation:...
||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...
||17||1
|-
|1997||Bahia||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...
||0||0
|-
|1998||União São João
União São João Esporte Clube
União São João Esporte Clube, usually known as União São João is a Brazilian football club from Araras, São Paulo state.-History:On January 14, 1981 , the club was founded by Hermínio Ometto, who was the owner of Usina São João...
||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...
||0||0
|-
|1998||Vitória||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
|-
|1999||Etti Jundiai||||0||0
|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|União São João
União São João Esporte Clube
União São João Esporte Clube, usually known as União São João is a Brazilian football club from Araras, São Paulo state.-History:On January 14, 1981 , the club was founded by Hermínio Ometto, who was the owner of Usina São João...
||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...
||0||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2000||Mito HollyHock
Mito HollyHock
is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team's hometown is located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture....
||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...
||15||4
|-
|2001||CSA
CSA
-Agriculture, Farming, and Food:* Community Supported Agriculture* Community Shared Agriculture-Politics, Administration and Military:* Confederate States of America* Canadian Securities Administrators* Canadian Space Agency* Canadian Standards Association...
||||0||0
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|União São João
União São João Esporte Clube
União São João Esporte Clube, usually known as União São João is a Brazilian football club from Araras, São Paulo state.-History:On January 14, 1981 , the club was founded by Hermínio Ometto, who was the owner of Usina São João...
||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...
||0||0
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2002||Guarani||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...
||16||2
151||23
84||22
15||4
250||49
|}
International career statistics
|-|1987||3||1
|-
|1988||1||0
|-
|1989||2||0
|-
|1990||0||0
|-
|1991||11||3
|-
!Total||17||4
|}
Honors
- Summer OlympicsFootball at the 1988 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the football competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held from September 17, 1988 to October 1, 1988.-Medal summary:...
Runners-up : 1988 - Copa América Runners-up : 1991