Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in Erechimgoal.com profile) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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.Entrevista com Paulo César Carpegiani
Career statistics
Head coach NatTeamFromToRecordPWDLWin %CR Flamengo19811983Al Nassr19831984Internacional19851985Náutico19861986Bangu19861987Internacional19891989Náutico19891989Cerro Porteño19911991Palmeiras19911992Barcelona19921992Cerro Porteño19921994Coritiba19951995Paraguay19961998São Paulo19991999CR Flamengo20002000Atlético Paranaense20012001Cruzeiro20012001Kuwait20032004Corinthians20072007Vitória20092009Atlético Paranaense20102010São Paulo20102011Vitória20122012Ponte Preta20132013Coritiba20162017Bahia20172017CR Flamengo20182018Vitória20182018Total1,040517260263
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
External links Profile at cbf.com.br