Francisco Lima

Football player infobox| playername= Francisco Lima


fullname = Francisco Govinho Lima
nickname = "Duracell"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|4|17
cityofbirth = Manaus
countryofbirth = Brazil
currentclub = San Jose Earthquakes
clubnumber = 10
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = São Paulo FC
years = 1994-1996
1996-1998
1998-1999
2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
2004-2005
2006
2006 2007 2008-
clubs = São Paulo FC
Gaziantepspor
Zürich
US Lecce
Bologna FC
AS Roma
Lokomotiv Moscow
→ Qatar SC (loan)
Dinamo Moscow
Brescia
San Jose Earthquakes
caps(goals) = 006 0(0)
058 0(3)
032 0(7)
032 0(1)
029 0(0)
088 0(0)
041 0(0)
007 0(0)
007 0(0)
058 0(3)
010 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 12:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Francisco Govinho Lima (born April 17, 1971 in Manaus) is a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He is a defensive midfielder currently playing for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

He played for São Paulo Futebol Clube in 1996, and played for Gaziantepspor in 1996/1998. He then played for FC Zürich between 1998 to 2000, and joined Serie A team Lecce during 1999/2000. One year later, he transferred to Bologna, and impressed AS Roma enough to win a move to them in 2001. He stayed in the capital for three seasons. At the age of 33, he went northward to Lokomotiv Moscow. At January 2006, he was loaned to Qatar SC, until the summer. He signed for Dinamo Moscow in a free transfer during the second half of the Russian season.

He then joined Brescia Calcio in January 2007, and later the San Jose Earthquakes in July 2008.

Links

* [http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid=601695&uidy_159=BOLappl.team.dettaglio&id_giocatore=117 Profile at Brescia Calcio official website]