Paulo César Lopes de Gusmão, better known as Paulo César Gusmão or PC Gusmão (born 19 May 1962, in

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), is a former

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and manager. Gusmão's playing career was from 1982 to 1999, and team manager from 2001 to 2018. Since then, he is a team technical coordinator.

Career

Paulo started his career playing for

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. Later he went on to play for other teams such as

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- RJ, Cabofriense- RJ, Americano- RJ, and Pouso Alegre- MG. He has a college degree in physical education from the Universidade Castelo Branco and he graduated in 1984, his career, Paulo has trained keepers for Vasco (1992–1994);

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(1995);

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(1996); Santos;

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. As an assistant manager he has coached

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and Cruzeiro. As a manager, he has coached Vasco (2001), Palmeiras (2002), Cruzeiro (2004 and 2005), Flamengo (2004), Cabofriense (2005), Botafogo (2005), Cruzeiro (2006) and São Caetano (2006). On 29 September 2006, he was announced as the new manager of

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, in the

. In 2007, he was hired as Náutico's manager. He has additionally coached the Seleção from

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at the youth level.

Honorius

Player

;Vasco da Gama *

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: 1988

Manager

;Cruzeiro *

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: 2004, 2006 ;Itumbiara *

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: 2008 ;Atlético Goianiense *

: 2011 ;Ceará *

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References

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