Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in

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) is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Playing career

Carpegiani began his professional career at

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, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1970 to 1977, winning two Brazilian Championships (1975 and 1976). Carpegiani also played for

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(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

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, 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

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. The team lost in his first match, against Clube Náutico Capibaribe, and the club was eliminated from the

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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 Paraguayan 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

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officials hired the former Vitória coach to replace Leandro Niehues.Entrevista com Paulo César Carpegiani
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Career statistics

Head coach

Honors

Player

;Internacional * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976 *

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: 1969 to 1976 ;Flamengo * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1980 * Campeonato Carioca: 1978, 1979

Coach

;Flamengo * Copa Libertadores: 1981 * Intercontinental Cup: 1981 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1982 ;Náutico * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1986 ;Cerro Porteño * Paraguayan First Division: 1994 ;Atlético Paranaense * Campeonato Paranaense: 2001 ;Vitória *

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: 2009

Individual honors

*Silver Ball Revista Placar-

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*''3rd'' Paraguay best manager all time- 1998 World Cup

References

External links

Profile at cbf.com.br
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