João Paulo (footballer, Born 1964)
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Sérgio Luís Donizetti (born 7 September 1964 in
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, Brazil), best known as ''João Paulo'', is a Brazilian former association footballer, who played as a striker.


Club career


Bari

João Paulo joined Italian club
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in 1989, and formed a formidable striking partnership with Pietro Maiellaro and later with Romanian Florin Raducioiu. After scoring six goals in 33
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matches in the 1989–90 season, he would score 12 times in the 1990–1991 season, the most memorable of which was a double against
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on the penultimate round of the season, thus sealing the title for another club,
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, which won its first ever (and so far the only) Serie A title in that club's history. He started the following season brightly and was on his usually excellent form. But in their third match at home to Sampdoria, in torrential rain, his leg was broken by defender
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in a tackle along the sidelines which ended his season. It took him an entire year to recover and he stayed on with
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after its relegation to
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for two more seasons until 1994.


International career

João Paulo also played for the Brazil national team, scoring twice (one goal apiece against
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, and in the notorious match against
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) in the
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in
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. He also competed for Brazil at the
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.


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International


Honours


International

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Runners-up :
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Runners-up :
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joao Paulo 1964 births Living people Footballers from Campinas Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers 1987 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players Men's association football forwards SSC Bari players Serie A players Serie B players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Guarani FC players CR Vasco da Gama players União São João Esporte Clube players Goiás Esporte Clube players São Paulo state football team players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Mito HollyHock players J2 League players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Olympic footballers for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games footballers for Brazil Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in football Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan