Paulo Sérgio Silvestre do Nascimento

Paulo Sérgio

Paulo Sérgio in 2005.
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Sérgio Silvestre do Nascimento
Date of birth	(1969-06-02) 2 June 1969 (age 47)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Corinthians	64	(5)
1989–1990	→ Novorizontino (loan)	0	(0)
1993–1997	Bayer Leverkusen	121	(47)
1997–1999	Roma	64	(24)
1999–2002	Bayern Munich	77	(21)
2002	Al-Wahda (UAE)	0	(0)
2003	Bahia	8	(0)
Total		334	(97)
National team
1991–1994	Brazil	13	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Paulo Sérgio Silvestre do Nascimento (born 2 June 1969), commonly known as Paulo Sérgio is a former Brazilian footballer. Whilst at Bayern Munich he won the Champions League in 2001, despite missing his penalty in the final shootout.

Paulo Sérgio rose to prominence at Corinthians, where he was a key player in the early 1990s. In 1993 he was signed by Bayer Leverkusen, where he played for four seasons. His form was good enough for him to be included in the Brazilian national team, although he was not among the top scorers of Bundesliga. He was rated as a top class second striker.

In 1997, Paulo Sérgio was bought by Italian giants Roma, where he played for two seasons. He formed an effective striking partnership with the emerging Francesco Totti and Marco Delvecchio, scoring 22 goals in 57 league appearances. When Roma signed Vincenzo Montella from relegated Sampdoria in 1999, he moved on. FC Bayern Munich became his new employer, and in his three years at Bayern, he won both Champions League and Bundesliga, his finest club honours.

In 2002, Bayern signed several new players, and Paulo Sérgio was no longer in the first team plans, prompting him to move to Al-Wahda in Abu Dhabi, before finishing his career back in Bahia in his native Brazil.

He was capped for Brazil 13 times, scoring twice, and was a winner at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.