Zinho

Zinho

Personal information
Full name	Crizam César de Oliveira Filho
Date of birth	June 17, 1967
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 June 17, 1967), is a retired Brazilian footballer, and currently a professional football manager, who is the current assistant coach at Vasco da Gama.

Career

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).^[1]

He was a member of the 1994 FIFA World Cup winning team, Brazil.^[2] He was capped 57 times between March 1989 and February 1998. On January 20, 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.^[3]

Club statistics

^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		Total
1986	Flamengo	Série A	22	3					22	3
1987			19	2					19	2
1988			25	4					25	4
1989			17	0					17	0
1990			18	1					18	1
1991			7	0					7	0
1992			25	3					25	3
1993	Palmeiras	Série A	17	5					17	5
1994			27	6					27	6
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1995	Yokohama Flügels	J1 League	41	13	2	1	-		43	14
1996			27	5	2	1	14	7	43	13
1997			15	3	0	0	6	1	21	4
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		Total
1998	Palmeiras	Série A	21	1					21	1
1999			20	3					20	3
2000	Grêmio	Série A	30	6					30	6
2001			21	4					21	4
2002	Palmeiras	Série A	16	2					16	2
2003	Cruzeiro	Série A	31	3					31	3
2004	Flamengo	Série A	31	3					31	3
2005			0	0					0	0
2005	Nova Iguaçu		0	0					0	0
United States			League		Open Cup		League Cup		Total
2006	Miami	USL First Division	24	2					24	2
2007			25	5					25	5
Country	Brazil		347	46					347	46
	Japan		83	21	4	2	20	8	107	31
	United States		49	7					49	7
Total			479	74	4	2	20	8	503	84

National team statistics

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1989	4	0
1990	0	0
1991	0	0
1992	7	1
1993	14	0
1994	13	2
1995	10	3
1996	0	0
1997	2	1
1998	5	0
Total	55	7

Honours

Club

• Rio State Championship – 1986, 1991, 2004
• Brazilian National League – 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2003
• Brazil Cup – 1990, 1998, 2001
• Rio-SP Tournament – 1993
• São Paulo State Championship – 1993, 1994
• Copa Mercosur – 1998
• Copa Libertadores – 1999
• Rio Grande do Sul State Championship – 2001
• Taça Guanabara – 2004
• Rio State Championship 2nd division – 2005
• Rous Cup (London) – 1995
• Amizade Tournament – 1992
• Rio State Championship (2nd division) – 2005
• Colombino Trophy – 1988
• Hamburg City Tournament – 1989
• Sharp Cup (Japan) – 1990
• Marlboro Cup (USA) – 1990
• Naranja Cup of Valencia (Spain) – 1997
• Asian Cup Winners Cup – 1995
• Asian Super Cup – 1995

National Medals

• 1994 FIFA World Cup
• 1995 Copa América – (2nd Place)
• 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup (3rd Place)

Individual

• Placar Bola de Prata – 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997
• South American Team of the Year – 1994^[5]

References

1. Craques de uma era (in Portuguese). Placar. April 2010. p. 62.
2. Zinho Statistics FIFA. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
3. "USL-1 Top 25 of the Decade". USLsoccer.com. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
4. Zinho at National-Football-Teams.com
5. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2015.