José Oscar Bernardi (born 20 June 1954), known as Oscar, is a Brazilian former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

er who played as a defender. He notably played for the

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at international level, and played as a starter in defence at the

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and

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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s, while he was a reserve in

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. He was capped almost 60 times for Brazil between April 1978 and May 1986, and scored two goals. At club level, he played for

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

and Ponte Preta in Brazil. Oscar also played for American side

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in 1980 and Japanese team Nissan FC between 1987 and 1989. After his professional retirement, he coached several football clubs in Japan and Brazil. He now runs an athletic training center in Monte Sião, Minas Gerais. Oscar Bernardi founded a football club, named Brasilis Futebol Clube, in 2007.

Personal life

Bernardi is

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and has

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roots due to his family.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

J.League Data Site

Honours

Club

; São Paulo *

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: 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987 *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

: 1986 ; Nissan Motors * Japan Soccer League Division 1: 1988–89, 1989–90

Individual

* Brazilian Silver Ball: 1977

References

External links

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Oscar Bernardi Soccer Management

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oscar 1954 births Living people Brazilian Roman Catholics Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian people of Italian descent Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players São Paulo FC players São Paulo state football team players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players Japan Soccer League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Brazilian football managers Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) managers J1 League managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers São Paulo FC non-playing staff 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate football managers in Japan Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Brazil men's international footballers Al-Hilal Saudi FC managers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) managers Men's association football defenders 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan