Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Oscar Bernardi | ||
Date of birth | June 20, 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Monte Siao, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1979 | Ponte Preta | 34 | (13) |
1980 | New York Cosmos | 3 | (0) |
1980–1987 | São Paulo | 294 | (6) |
1987–1989 | Nissan Motors | ||
National team | |||
1978–1986 | Brazil | 59 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1989–1991 | Nissan Motors | ||
1992 | AA Internacional | ||
1992 | Guarani | ||
1993–1995 | Al-Hilal | ||
1995–1996 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | ||
1997 | Al-Hilal | ||
1997 | Cruzeiro | ||
1998 | Al-Shabab | ||
– | Ittihad FC(Saudi Arabia)ittihad FC | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
José Oscar Bernardi (born June 20, 1954), nicknamed Oscar, is a noted association footballer, having been on the Brazil national football team and a member of São Paulo Futebol Clube and Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, and having played in defence at the FIFA World Cup in 1978, 1982, and as a reserve in 1986. He was capped 60 times for Brazil between April 1978 and May 1986.
Oscar also played for 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.