José Oscar Bernardi (born 20 June 1954), known as Oscar, is a Brazilian former
association football
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er who played as a
defender.
He notably played for the
Brazil national football team
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at international level, and played as a starter in defence at the
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
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. ...
FIFA World Cup
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s, while he was a reserve in
1986
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Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
** Spain and Portugal en ...
. 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
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and
Ponte Preta in Brazil.
Oscar also played for American side
New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to
* New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada)
* New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Indepen ...
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
Roman Catholic
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and has
Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
roots due to his family.
Career statistics
Club
International
Managerial statistics
J.League Data Site
Honours
Club
; São Paulo
*Campeonato Paulista
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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
*
Oscar Bernardi Soccer Management
*
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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