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

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, 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

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(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

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, and the club was eliminated from the

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in the quarter finals. His first match of the Campeonato Brasileiro was against

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and Corinthians won. His best performance as a coach was with the Paraguay 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 Atlético Paranaense 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 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 ...

: 1975, 1976 *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 ;Flamengo *

: 1980 *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

: 1978, 1979

Coach

;Flamengo *

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: 1981 * Intercontinental Cup: 1981 *

: 1981 *

: 1982 ;Náutico *

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: 1986 ;Cerro Porteño * Paraguayan First Division: 1992, 1994 ;Atlético Paranaense *

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: 2001 ;Vitória *

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: 2009

Individual

*Silver Ball Revista Placar- Internacional *''3rd'' Paraguay best manager all time-

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References

External links

Profile at cbf.com.br
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