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Zinho

Zinho
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Personal information
Full name Crizam César de Oliveira Filho
Date of birth (1967-06-17) 17 June 1967 (age 49)
Place of birth Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger
Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Vasco da Gama (assistant coach)
Youth career
Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Flamengo 133 (13)
1992–1994 Palmeiras 44 (11)
1995–1997 Yokohama Flügels 83 (21)
1997–1999 Palmeiras 41 (4)
2000–2002 Grêmio 51 (10)
2002–2003 Palmeiras 16 (2)
2003 Cruzeiro 31 (3)
2004–2005 Flamengo 64 (8)
2005 Nova Iguaçu 0 (0)
2005–2007 Miami FC 49 (7)
Total 512 (79)
National team
1989–1998 Brazil 57 (7)
Teams managed
2006–2009 Miami FC
2011 Nova Iguaçu
2015– Vasco da Gama (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Crizam César de Oliveira Filho, better known as Zinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈzĩj̃u]; born 17 June 1967), is a retired Brazilian footballer, and currently a professional football manager, who is the current assistant coach of Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

Born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Zinho played club football in Brazil with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube. He also had spells abroad with Yokohama Flügels and Miami FC. Zinho won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A five times (twice with Flamengo, twice with Palmeiras and once with Cruzeiro) and won the Campeonato Carioca three times (all with Flamengo).

Zinho was a member of the Brazilian 1994 FIFA World Cup winning team. He also took part at the 1993 and 1995 Copa América with Brazil, winning a runners-up medal in the latter edition of the tournament, and was also a member of the Brazilian team that finished in third place at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was capped a total of 57 times between March 1989 and February 1998, scoring 7 goals. On 20 January 2010 he was ranked 23rd in the USL First Division Top 25 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.


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