Tinga (footballer)

For other uses, see Tinga (disambiguation).
Tinga

Tinga as a Borussia Dortmund player (2006)
Personal information
Full name Paulo César Fonseca Nascimento
Date of birth (1978-01-13) 13 January 1978
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1997 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Grêmio 89 (7)
1999Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 24 (8)
2000Botafogo (loan) 17 (1)
2004 Sporting CP 20 (0)
2005–2006 Internacional 42 (6)
2006–2010 Borussia Dortmund 98 (9)
2010–2012 Internacional 43 (3)
2012–2015 Cruzeiro 40 (1)
Total 373 (35)
National team
2001–2007 Brazil 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento (born 13 January 1978), known as Tinga, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.

After making a name for himself at Grêmio, he went on to play professionally in, other than his country, Japan, Portugal and Germany, representing Borussia Dortmund in the latter nation.

Club career

Born in Porto Alegre, Tinga started playing professionally with local Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, receiving his nickname from the name of the Restinga quarter where he grew up. In 1999 he was loaned to Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, moving to J. League Division 2's Kawasaki Frontale the following year in the same predicament.[1]

In January 2004, following a wages dispute, Tinga left Grêmio and signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal, for the rest of that season and two more.[2] However, he would only serve as third-choice in the Portuguese capital side,[3] although he scored in a 2–0 home win against SK Rapid Wien in the club's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup.[4]

Tinga returned to his country in December 2004, being sold to Sport Club Internacional[5] and being instrumental in the team's Libertadores Cup success in 2006 as he scored against São Paulo FC in a 4–3 aggregate win. Following these displays, he signed a three-year contract with Borussia Dortmund in Germany for R$8 million.[6][7] On 26 August he assisted and was booked in his first game, a 3–1 win at VfB Stuttgart,[8] going on to only miss four Bundesliga matches combined in his first two campaigns and adding eight goals.

On 1 April 2010, after not having his contract with Borussia renewed, 31-year-old Tinga left the club.[9] He re-joined former club Internacional the following month and, on 17 May 2012, moved to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.

On 30 April 2015 Tinga announced his retirement, after his contract with Cruzeiro ended.[10]

International career

Tinga made his debut with Brazil in 2001. After a five-year absence he was recalled to the national team by newly appointed manager Dunga, for a friendly against Switzerland, gaining his third cap on 15 November 2006.

Racism issue

On 12 February 2014, after a 1–2 loss against Real Garcilaso for the Copa Libertadores, Tinga suffered racist abuse from the home fans, who made monkey noises whenever he touched the ball. He subsequently spoke with sadness of the events, that took place in a "neighbouring country" and "still occurred in 2014".[11]

Statistics

Club

As of 23 May 2009[12]
Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1996GrêmioSérie A00
1997101
1998140
Japan League
1999Kawasaki FrontaleJ. League 2248
Brazil League
2000BotafogoSérie A171
2001GrêmioSérie A112
2002222
2003322
Portugal League
2003/04SportingPrimeira Liga110
2004/0590
Brazil League
2005InternacionalSérie A355
200671
Germany League
2006/07Borussia DortmundBundesliga314
2007/08334
2008/09271
2009/10
Country Brazil 14814
Japan 248
Portugal 200
Germany 919
Total 28331

International

Brazil
YearAppsGoals
200120
200200
200300
200400
200500
200610
200710
Total40

Honours

Internacional
Borussia Dortmund
Cruzeiro

References

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