César Aparecido Rodrigues

César

Personal information
Full name	César Aparecido Rodrigues
Date of birth	October 24, 1974 (1974-10-24) (age 37)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	left wing-back
Youth career
1992–1994	CA Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1997	CA Juventus
1998	União Barbarense
1999–2001	São Caetano	31	(8)
2001–2006	Lazio	86	(13)
2006	→ Internazionale (loan)	8	(1)
2006–2008	Internazionale	17	(1)
2006	→ Corinthians (loan)	13	(1)
2007	→ Livorno (loan)	9	(1)
2008–2009	Bologna	6	(0)
2009–2010	Valle del Giovenco	16	(3)
National team
2001	Brazil	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

César Aparecido Rodrigues (born October 24, 1974 in São Paulo), better known just as César, is a Brazilian footballer.

Career

César started his career at CA Juventus, a small São Paulo team at the time. In 1994 his team was promoted to the top division of the state and the team was awarded an amount of money for the success; however this money was stolen, and César was discovered to be involved, giving information about the delivery, and sentenced to 5 years and 4 months of jail. In 1998 he was released, and returned to football, thanks to the intervention of São Caetano, a team which had signed him one year before being arrested, and loaned to União Barbarense, a satellite club. When back to São Caetano, César immediately became a key player, even becoming the team captain. He then led his team from minor leagues up to the National Brazilian championship finals in 2000.

After being tracked by Lazio for some time, in the summer of 2001 César joined the Italian Serie A team, becoming an important player for the Roman team. In January 2006, after a long courtship, Inter Milan loaned César, giving him the opportunity to play in one of the leading teams of Italy. At the summer of 2006, the contract with Lazio ended. Cesar joined Inter, signed a long term contract. But César was transferred to major Brazilian Série A team Corinthians on loan. However, on December 2006, the end of Brazilian season, César declared his willingness to return to play in Italy; he signed by Livorno on loan on January 25, 2007, to replace the left of César Prates.^[1]

On February 11, 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Livorno against Inter ^[2]

He started the 2007/08 Season in good form with Internazionale linking up well with Maxwell down the left flank even managing to get a goal. However, since then, he has been dropped from the squad again, and only featured against Torino, for 45 minutes, during which he disappointed many Inter fans, and was taken off at half time for Luis Jimenez, due to the large number of injuries the Inter squad had suffered.

The summer of 2008 saw Cesar clubless, after his contract with Inter expired. Cesar did not sign for a club in the 2008 summer transfer season, leaving him clubless for the first half of the 2008-09 season.

On November 18, 2008, Cesar signed for Bologna, coached by his former Inter assistant coach, Siniša Mihajlović.^[3] On 9 October 2009 the winger has joined Italian third division club Valle del Giovenco.^[4][5]

Position

He plays in the role of left back or winger.

References

1. ^ "Livorno seize on Inter's César". UEFA.com. 2007-01-25. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=500697.html. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
2. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3862.php. Retrieved February 15, 2007. 
3. ^ Cesar signs for Bologna Goal.com accessed November 18, 2008.
4. ^ E' ufficiale, la VDG presenta César Rodrigues
5. ^ Cesar Aparecido al Pescina Valle del Giovenco

External links

• César's profile from inter.it
• (Italian) A biography of César

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Name	Cesar Aparecido Rodrigues
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Date of birth	October 24, 1974
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
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