João Paulo

Sérgio Luís Donizetti (born 7 September 1964 in Campinas, Brazil), best known as João Paulo, is a Brazilian former association footballer, who played as a striker.

Club career Bari João Paulo joined Italian club Bari in 1989, and formed a formidable striking partnership with Pietro Maiellaro and later with Romanian Florin Raducioiu. After scoring six goals in 33 Serie A matches in the 1989–90 season, he would score 12 times in the 1990–1991 season, the most memorable of which was a double against A.C. Milan on the penultimate round of the season, thus sealing the title for another club, Sampdoria, which won its first ever (and so far the only) Serie A title in that club's history.

He started the following season brightly and was on his usually excellent form. But in their third match at home to Sampdoria, in torrential rain, his leg was broken by defender Marco Lanna in a tackle along the sidelines which ended his season. It took him an entire year to recover and he stayed on with Bari after its relegation to Serie B for two more seasons until 1994.

International career João Paulo also played for the Brazil national team, scoring twice (one goal apiece against Uruguay, and in the notorious match against Argentina) in the Copa América in 1991.

He also competed for Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics Club Club performance League Season Club League Apps Goals Brazil League 1982 Guarani Série A 0 0 1983 0 0 1984 Série B 5 0 1985 Série A 24 2 1986 30 11 1987 13 4 1988 9 0 1989 0 0 Italy League 1989–90 Bari Serie A 33 6 1990–91 29 12 1991–92 3 0 1992–93 Serie B 11 2 1993–94 8 2 Brazil League 1994 Vasco da Gama Série A 14 0 1995 Ponte Preta Série B 0 0 1995 Goiás Série A 22 3 1996 Corinthians Paulista Série A 0 0 1996 Sport Recife Série A 17 1 1997 Bahia Série A 0 0 1998 União São João Série B 0 0 1998 Vitória Série A 1 0 1999 Etti Jundiaí 0 0 1999 União São João Série B 0 0 2000 0 0 Japan League 2000 Mito HollyHock J2 League 15 4 Brazil League 2001 CSA 0 0 2001 União São João Série B 0 0 2002 0 0 2002 Guarani Série A 16 2 Country Brazil 151 23 Italy 84 22 Japan 15 4 Total 250 49

International

Brazil national team Year Apps Goals 1987 3 1 1988 1 0 1989 2 0 1990 0 0 1991 11 3 Total 17 4

Honours Honnors

Bari Mitropa Cup: 1989-90

Guarani Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up: 1986 Campeonato Paulista runner-up: 1988

Brazil

Pan American Games: 1987 Summer Olympics silver medal: 1988 Copa América runner-up : 1991