França (footballer, born 1976)

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Club career

França was born in Codó, Maranhão. After his senior beginnings with lowly Nacional Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), he moved in 1996 to national powerhouse São Paulo FC, where he proceeded to net eight goals overall in his debut year – even though he did not start regularly – and 182 goals in 323 games during his six-year stay (fourth all-time at the time of his departure); in 1998 and 2000, as the club won the Campeonato Paulista, the player was crowned the league's best scorer, respectively at 12 and 18.

In the 2002 summer, França signed with Bayer 04 Leverkusen from Germany as the team sought replacements for aging Ulf Kirsten (37). In his debut season in the Bundesliga he appeared scarcely, barred by Dimitar Berbatov and Oliver Neuville, netting only once, in his league debut in a 2–4 home loss against VfL Bochum;[1]

In 2003–04, although the pair remained at the BayArena, França received much more playing time, and finished just two goals short of the Bulgarian (14 to 16, in as many matches), adding to this a league-best 13 assists. Additionally, Neuville left the following summer.

França moved to Japan subsequently, joining Kashiwa Reysol,[2] experiencing one relegation and one promotion in his first two years and leaving the club in 2010, aged 34.

International career

França collected eight caps for Brazil during two years, but was never selected to any major tournament. He scored once for the national team; his only goal coming in a friendly against England in May 2000.[3]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 1996[4] Série A 8 1 18 8 2 0 – 6Template:Efn 0 34 9
1997[5] 15 3 2 2 3 0 22Template:Efn 2 3Template:Efn 2 45 9
1998[6] 22 7 9 12 4 1 11Template:Efn 1 6Template:Efn 2 52 23
1999[7] 22 12 3 5 3 2 1Template:Efn 1 6Template:Efn 4 35 24
2000[8] 16 8 11 18 9 5 3Template:Efn 5 – 54 40
2001[9] 25 13 10 10 6 8 12Template:Efn 11 6Template:Efn 3 65 45
2002[10] – – 7 5 11Template:Efn 19 – 18 24
Total 108 44 53 55 34 21 60 39 27 11 282 174
Bayer Leverkusen 2002–03[11] Bundesliga 16 1 – 4 2 1 0 8Template:Efn 2 29 5
2003–04[12] 33 14 – 2 0 – – 35 14
2004–05[13] 22 6 – 1 2 – 7Template:Efn 6 30 14
2005–06[14] – – – 1 0 – 1 0
Total 71 21 – 7 4 2 0 15 8 95 33
Kashiwa Reysol 2005[15] J1 League 3 0 – 1 0 0 0 – 4 0
2006[15] J2 League 28 4 – 0 0 – – 28 4
2007[16] J1 League 25 8 – 0 0 1 0 – 26 8
2008[17] 19 4 – 4 2 2 1 – 25 7
2009[18] 23 10 – 1 0 1 0 – 25 10
2010[19] J2 League 4 3 – – – – 4 3
Total 102 29 – 6 2 4 1 – 112 32
Career total 281 94 53 55 47 27 66 40 42 19 489 235

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2000 6 1
2001 0 0
2002 2 0
Total 8 1

Honours

São Paulo

Kashiwa Reysol

References

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External links

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