Sérgio Bernardino (born 23 December 1953), known as Serginho Chulapa or simply Serginho, is a Brazilian football coach and retired professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

São Paulo

Born in

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, Serginho was a

youth graduate. He made his first-team debut on 6 June 1973, in a 0–0 friendly draw against

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, and scored his first goal four days later in a 1–1 draw against

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for the Taça Estado de São Paulo tournament. In 1974, returning from a loan to Série B side

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, Serginho became a mainstay at ''Tricolor'', scoring an impressive 18 goals in the 1977 season. On 12 February 1978, Serginho reportedly assaulted the linesman Vandevaldo Rangel, and was handed a 14-month suspension (he only served eleven), subsequently missing out the

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(which he was expected to feature). In the 1981 Finals, he received a straight

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after kicking

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Santos

In 1983 Serginho joined Santos, and was the top goalscorer of both

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and Série A, both with 22 goals. With the club he lifted the state championship in the following year, scoring 74 goals in 110 matches during his first spell.

Corinthians

In 1985, Serginho moved to rivals

, joining a team that was known as ''Selecão Corinthiana'' due to the high level of quality of the squad. After an above-average campaign both individually and teamwise, he left the club.

Later career

Serginho returned to Santos in 1986, later stating that he took a "sabbatical year" at Corinthians. He would, however, struggle with injuries during his second spell, and subsequently moved to Portugal's Marítimo. Returning to Santos for a third spell in 1988, Serginho featured regularly before moving to

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in Turkey. He went back to his previous club in 1989, and subsequently represented Portuguesa Santista, São Caetano and

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; he retired with the latter in 1993, aged 39.

International career

For the Brazil national team Serginho was capped 20 times between May 1979 and July 1982, and participated at

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, where he played in all five matches and scored two goals. Serginho further represented Brazil in the

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edition of the

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, scoring in the final against Netherlands.

Coaching career

Serginho returned to Santos in 1994, as

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's assistant. On 8 March of that year, after the latter's dismissal he was appointed interim manager, and remained in charge of the club until November, being himself sacked after

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ing a journalist. In 1995 he was in charge of União São João, but was relieved from his duties in March. In 1996 Serginho was in charge of another club he represented as a player, Portuguesa Santista, and took the side back to the first division of the ''Paulistão''. He was in charge of São Caetano in the following year, and returned to ''Briosa'' in 1999. In 2000, after spells in charge of

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and

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, Serginho returned to Santos as

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's assistant. In August 2001, he was definitely appointed manager, but he resigned shortly after. For the 2002 campaign, Serginho was in charge of former side Portuguesa Santista. He was still linked to Santos from 2002 to 2004, but was removed from his role as Leão was the manager. Returning as an assistant in 2005, he was also an interim after

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's departure. On 29 February 2008, Serginho was appointed manager of Portuguesa Santista for the fourth time. On 8 August he returned to Santos as Márcio Fernandes' assistant. In July of the following year he became an interim, with his spell being marked by a push in a field reporter after a 3–3 home draw against Grêmio Barueri. On 23 July 2018, after the departure of

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, Serginho returned to managerial duties after nearly nine years as an assistant. He returned to his previous duties after the appointment of Cuca. Chulapa left his coaching duties at Santos on 3 August 2022, after joining the club's idols programme.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

São Paulo *

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: 1975, 1980, 1981 Santos *

: 1984 Individual *

top scorer: 1983 (22 goals) *

top scorer: 1975 (22 goals), 1977 (32 goals), 1983 (22 goals), 1984 (16 goals)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Serginho Chulapa 1953 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Afro-Brazilian sportspeople Brazilian footballers Brazilian football managers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Primeira Liga players Süper Lig players 1982 FIFA World Cup players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Brazil international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Turkey São Paulo FC players Marília Atlético Clube players Santos FC players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players C.S. Marítimo players Malatyaspor footballers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players Santos FC managers União São João Esporte Clube managers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) managers Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) managers Associação Desportiva São Caetano managers Clube do Remo managers Associação Esportiva Araçatuba managers Santos FC non-playing staff