Osmar Donizete Cândido
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| Full name | Osmar Donizete Cândido | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Prados, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position |
Winger Striker |
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Current team
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CFZ do Rio (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Volta Redonda | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | São José-SP | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Botafogo | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Tecos UAG | 183 | (39) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Botafogo | 24 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | Verdy Kawasaki | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Benfica | 16 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Corinthians | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Vasco da Gama | 30 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Tigres | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Botafogo | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | Palmeiras | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Tecos UAG | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Tecos UAG | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Macaé | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Londrina | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 378 | (81) | |||||||||||||
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| 1995–1998 | Brazil | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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| 2015– | CFZ do Rio (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Osmar Donizete Cândido(born 24 October 1968) is a Brazilian retired footballer, who played as a forward, and the assistant manager at CFZ do Rio.
Dubbed as Donizete Pantera, a nickname he received in Mexico, where he won the Balon de Oro for his performances in the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División. He also stand out as part of the Botafogo team that won 1995 Série A, plus would later be influential in the 1998 Copa Libertadores won by Vasco da Gama.
A international for Brazil from 1995 to 1998, he made 9 caps and scored twice, but was not included in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which he said to be the biggest disappointment of his life.
Born in Prados, Minas Gerais, Donizete started his career at Volta Redonda at age 19. After a few months with the third tier team, he moved to São José-SP in 1988, where he help them finish runner-up in the Campeonato Paulista in 1989, losing out to São Paulo.
His performances led him to sign with Botafogo. With competition from Paulinho Criciúma and Milton Cruz, he only made 15 appearances in the Brasileirão, scoring once, on 14 October 1989 against Vitória. In 1990, Donizete moved to Tecos UAG, spending five seasons there, being an important part in the conquest of the first and only league title for the Mexican side. On 30 April 1994, in the second leg of the championship final against Santos Laguna, with Tecos needing a goal to win the title; Donizete made an individual effort past Santos defence, scoring the second and decisive title. For his influence, he won that season award for best player in the league, the Balon de Oro.
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