Paulo César Carpegiani

Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in Erechim^[1]) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Paulo César Carpegiani

Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Carpegiani
Date of birth	(1949-02-07) 7 February 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Erechim, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1969	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1977	Internacional	77	(31)
1977–1980	Flamengo	55	(29)
Total		132	(60)
International career
1974–1979	Brazil	30	(13)
Managerial career
1981–1983	Flamengo
1983–1984	Al Nassr
1985	Internacional
1986	Nautico
1986–1987	Bangu
1989	Internacional
1989	Nautico
1991	Cerro Porteño
1991–1992	Palmeiras
1992	Barcelona Guayaquil
1992–1994	Cerro Porteño
1995	Coritiba
1996–1998	Paraguay
1999	São Paulo
2000	Flamengo
2001	Atlético Paranaense
2001	Cruzeiro
2003–2004	Kuwait
2007	Corinthians
2009	Vitória
2010	Atlético Paranaense
2010–2011	São Paulo
2012	Vitória
2013	Ponte Preta
2016–2017	Coritiba
2017	Bahia
2018	Flamengo
2018	Vitória
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1970 to 1977, winning two Brazilian Championships (1975 and 1976). Carpegiani also played for Flamengo (1977–1980), winning the Brazilian Championship in 1980.

Coaching career

Upon retiring, he started a career as a football coach. To begin with Carpegiani coached Flamengo and won the Copa Libertadores de América (Libertadores Cup) and the Intercontinental Cup, beating Liverpool, in 1981. He also won a Brazilian Championship in 1982. In 1992, he was coach of the Barcelona Sporting Club (Guayaquil - Ecuador). In 2007, he was hired by the Corinthians. The team lost in his first match, against Clube Náutico Capibaribe, and the club was eliminated from the Copa do Brasil in the quarter finals. His first match of the Campeonato Brasileiro was against Esporte Clube Juventude and Corinthians won.

His best performance as a coach was with the Paraguay national team from 1996 to 1998 (including a good run in the World Cup, losing to France in extra time). On April 10, 2009 Carpegiani was hired as Vitória's head coach. On June 1, 2010 Atlético Paranaense officials hired the former Vitória coach to replace Leandro Niehues.^[2]

Career statistics

Head coach

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
	CR Flamengo	1981	1983	116	71	27	18	061.21
	Al Nassr	1983	1984	21	9	6	6	042.86
	Internacional	1985	1985	52	28	14	10	053.85
	São Paulo	1999	1999	67	40	9	18	059.70
	Corinthians	2007	2007	23	6	9	8	026.09
	Vitória	2009	2009	26	11	6	9	042.31
	Atlético Paranaense	2010	2010	21	11	5	5	052.38
	São Paulo	2010	2011	47	30	4	13	063.83
	Vitória	2012	2012	32	19	7	6	059.38
	CR Flamengo	2018	2018	17	11	3	3	064.71
Total				422	236	90	96	55.92

As of November 19, 2012

Honors

Player

Internacional

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Flamengo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1980
• Campeonato Carioca: 1978, 1979

Coach

Flamengo

• Copa Libertadores: 1981
• Intercontinental Cup: 1981
• Campeonato Carioca: 1981
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1982

Náutico

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1986

Cerro Porteño

• Paraguayan First Division: 1992, 1994

Atlético Paranaense

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2001

Vitória

• Campeonato Baiano: 2009

Individual

• Silver Ball Revista Placar- Internacional
• 3rd Paraguay best manager all time- 1998 FIFA World Cup

References

1. goal.com profile
2. Entrevista com Paulo César Carpegiani

External links