Cicinho playing for Sivasspor in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cícero João de Cézare | ||
Date of birth | 24 June 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Pradópolis, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 | Botafogo-SP | 2 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Atlético Mineiro | 59 | (4) |
2001 | → Botafogo (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2004–2005 | São Paulo | 70 | (12) |
2006–2007 | Real Madrid | 26 | (2) |
2007–2012 | Roma | 62 | (3) |
2010 | → São Paulo (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2011 | → Villarreal (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Sport Recife | 24 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Sivasspor | 90 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2005–2006 | Brazil | 15 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:30, 29 September 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 5 June 2009 (UTC) |
Cícero João de Cézare (born 24 June 1980), nicknamed Cicinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [siˈsĩɲu]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played for Turkish club Sivasspor as a right back.
Born in Pradópolis, São Paulo, Cicinho won the Club World Cup in 2005 while playing for São Paulo. After that, he joined Real Madrid.
In the 2006–07 season, Cicinho suffered an extensive injury to his ACL and missed over six months. His comeback, to not only the pitch, but also the starting lineup, was marked on Sunday, 29 April 2007, against Athletic Bilbao. He assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy's first goal with a cross, and played a part in van Nistelrooy's second goal as well. Real Madrid went on to win the game 4–1.
In the 2007–08 pre-season, the full back received less playing time at Real Madrid under new coach Bernd Schuster. Michel Salgado and Sergio Ramos were used on the right during most of Real's pre-season, and Cicinho therefore requested a transfer to A.S. Roma who had been following him for some time.
On 22 August 2007, Cicinho signed for Roma for a fee up to €11 million. Cicinho signed a five-year contract with the capital club worth from €3.6M in the first year up to €4 million in the last year (in gross salary, i.e. include tax), with additional bonuses.