César Vinicio Cervo de Luca (born 19 May 1979), known as just César, is a Brazilian

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coach and former defender. César also holds Italian nationality through descent. He is currently in charge as

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's assistant coach at Serie B club Brescia.

Playing career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, César started his career with hometown club Fluminense.

Chievo and Catania

In January 2004, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Chievo on free transfer. He signed a 6 months contract with option to extend to 30 June 2007. In January 2005 he was loaned to Serie B club

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along with Higo. Catania later bought him in co-ownership deal for €150,000.Calcio Catania SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 He followed the team promoted to Serie A and played his first Serie A match on 18 February 2007 against Fiorentina since he left Chievo 3 years before. That season he only played 8 Serie A matches. In June 2007, Chievo was announced to buy back the player from Catania through closed tender bid mediated by

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, for €440,000. He was a regular starter for Chievo in

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, partnered with

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, winning the ''cadetto'' that season and promoted back to Serie A in 2008. With arrival of Santiago Morero and

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, César became a backup again in

2008–09 Serie A The 2008–09 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier Italian football, the 77th in a round-robin tournament. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the ...

Padova

In January 2009, he was loaned to Padova. He won Lega Pro Prima Divisione runner-up with team and promoted to Serie B. But Padova did not excise the rights to buy him in co-ownership deal. However, in July 2009 he was signed outright for free, agreed a 2-year contract.

Post-playing and coaching career

After retirement as a professional footballer, César became a "team manager" of Virtus Entella. On May 2019, he joined

's coaching staff at Verona. He subsequently followed Aglietti at Chievo and

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. On 21 December 2022, César was hired by Brescia as an assistant following Aglietti's appointment as head coach.

Honours

* Serie B: 2008

References

External links

Football.it Profile

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2007–08 season)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile

Futpedia Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cesar 1979 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Fluminense FC players A.C. ChievoVerona players Catania S.S.D. players Calcio Padova players S.S. Juve Stabia players U.S. Cremonese players Virtus Entella players Serie A players Serie B players Expatriate footballers in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Citizens of Italy through descent Brazilian people of Italian descent Association football central defenders Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state)