Paulo César Lopes de Gusmão (born 19 May 1962), known as PC Gusmão, is a

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Gusmão started his career playing for

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. He subsequently represented

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, Cabofriense and

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before returning to Campo Grande in 1991 and retiring shortly after.

Coaching career

After retiring, Gusmão returned to his first club Vasco in 1992, as a goalkeeping coach. He continued to work under that role in the following years, with

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(1995),

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

(1996), Santos (1997) and

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(1998). In 1999, after the appointment of

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as the head coach of ''Timão'', Gusmão was invited to become his assistant. He followed Oswaldo to Vasco in the following year, being also an interim head coach of the club in 2001 after the departure of

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. In August 2002, Gusmão was an interim head coach of

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, after

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left for Cruzeiro. He was in charge of the club for just one match before returning to his previous role, and moved to the latter club in 2003, as Luxemburgo's assistant. Gusmão's first permanent job as a head coach came in February 2004, after Luxemburgo left Cruzeiro. Despite winning the year's

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, he was sacked on 16 May, and was appointed in charge of Flamengo on 27 July. Gusmão was dismissed by ''Fla'' on 17 August 2004, in spite of a 3–0 win over Grêmio. After starting the 2005 season in charge of Cabofriense, he was named head coach of

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on 25 March of that year. He resigned from the latter club on 27 June, after just ten matches. Gusmão returned to Cruzeiro on 6 July 2005, replacing

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. He was sacked on 14 August of the following year, after five winless matches, and took over São Caetano two days later. He only lasted four matches at the club, being relieved from his duties late in the month. On 29 September 2006, Gusmão was named

head coach, replacing sacked Antônio Lopes. He was sacked the following 11 February, after a poor start of the season, and was presented at Náutico on 12 March 2007. Gusmão resigned from ''Timbu'' on 29 June 2007, and started the 2008 campaign in charge of

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. He was appointed head coach of

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on 24 June of that year, but was dismissed on 15 September. On 18 December 2008, Gusmão was named Juventude head coach for the upcoming season. He left the club the following 18 February to take over

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, but was sacked on 5 May after losing the year's

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. On 21 May 2009, Gusmão was appointed at the helm of

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. He led the club to a promotion in the 2009 Série B, but left on 13 June 2010; hours after leaving, he returned to Vasco, now announced as head coach. Sacked by Vasco on 28 January 2011, Gusmão returned to Atlético Goianiense on 5 April, but left the latter on 21 July due to personal problems. He took over

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on 19 August, but was dismissed on 29 October. Back to Ceará on 13 March 2012, Gusmão was sacked by the club on 29 October. He was announced at Vitória for the remaining four matches of the 2012 Série B on 4 November, and despite achieving promotion, he did not renew his contract for the ensuing season and left late in the month. Gusmão returned to Atlético Goianiense on 5 August 2013, replacing

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, but was sacked on 28 October, with the club in the relegation zone of the 2013 Série B. He subsequently moved abroad for the first time in his career, taking over Qatari club Al-Arabi, before returning to his home country on 28 July 2014 to coach

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. Gusmão left ''Braga'' on 22 October 2014 to return to Ceará. He left after failing to achieve promotion, and replaced

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at the helm of Penapolense on 11 February 2015. On 27 July 2015, Gusmão replaced

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at the helm of Série A side

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. After a poor start in the 2016 season, he was sacked by ''JEC'' on 14 February, before taking over Portuguese side Marítimo on 1 June; he only lasted three-and-a-half months at the latter. On 3 November 2016, Gusmão was appointed Madureira head coach for the

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. He was named in charge of Portuguesa on 14 August 2017, but left the latter club on 21 November, citing family issues. Gusmão returned to Madureira on 23 November 2017, but was sacked the following 29 January. He was appointed Santa Cruz head coach on 20 April 2018, but was relieved from his duties on 23 May, after being knocked out of the 2018 Copa do Nordeste. On 5 June 2018, Gusmão returned to Vasco, now as a technical coordinator. He left on 10 February 2021, after his contract was not renewed, and was named under a football coordinator role at

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on 12 November 2021. On 28 October 2022, Gusmão returned to Ceará as a technical coordinator. He was fired from the role the following 16 May, before returning to coaching duties late in that month, after being named head coach of Londrina. Gusmão only lasted five matches at ''LEC'', before leaving on a mutual agreement on 29 June 2023.

Honorius

Player

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: 1988

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: 2011 ;Ceará *

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References

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