Viola (footballer)
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Full name | Paulo Sérgio Rosa | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 January 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Taboão da Serra | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1995 | Corinthians | 144 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
1990 | → São José (loan) | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1991 | → Olímpia (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Valencia | 30 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1997 |
Palmeiras | 36 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Santos | 28 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Vasco da Gama | 31 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Santos | 24 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Gaziantepspor | 46 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Guarani | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Bahia | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Juventus (SP) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Uberlândia | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Duque de Caxias | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2008 |
Angra dos Reis | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009 |
Resende | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Brusque | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Brazil | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2008 |
Paulo Sérgio Rosa, usually known as Viola (born 1 January 1969), is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He was given his nickname in his youth, which was a reference to the brand–name of his first pair of football boots.[1]
Career
Viola is famous for his strong personality on the pitch and great appearances in many teams he has played for throughout his long career. His first great appearance was in his second match, in the final game of 1988 Campeonato Paulista (1st Division Championship of São Paulo State) between
Despite becoming a sudden star, Viola did not have a regular basis of good exhibitions and passed through some loanings until 1992 – he was not part of the first Corinthians title at
By the beginning of 1995, Viola was then sold to
Viola then had an unsuccessful return to Santos in 2001.
Honours
Club
Corinthians
- São Paulo State League: 1988, 1995
- Copa do Brasil: 1995
Santos
- Copa Conmebol: 1998
Vasco da Gama
International
Brazil
Individual
- São Paulo state league's top scorer: 1993
- Brazilian league's top scorer: 1998
- Copa Conmebol's top scorer: 1998
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Viola faz 50 anos – e aproveitou seu grande momento" (in Portuguese). Trivela.com. January 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ "PAULO SERGIO ROSA - Player Details TFF". www.tff.org.
External links
- Viola at National-Football-Teams.com
- Guardian Article
- Viola at Sambafoot (archived)