César Cervo Luca
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | César Vinicio Cervo de Luca | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Virtus Entella | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Fluminense | 97 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | Chievo | 7 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Catania (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Catania | 37 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Chievo | 39 | (4) |
| 2009 | → Padova (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Padova | 36 | (0) |
| 2011 | Juve Stabia | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Cremonese | 14 | (0) |
| 2012– | Virtus Entella | 76 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2014 | |||
César fullname César Vinicio Cervo de Luca (born 19 May 1979) is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie B side Virtus Entella. César also holds Italian nationality through descent.[1]
Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, César started his career with hometown club Fluminense.
Chievo and Catania
In January 2004, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Chievo on free transfer. He signed a 6 months contract with option to extend to 30 June 2007.[1] In January 2005 he was loaned to Serie B club Catania along with Higo. Catania later bought him in co-ownership deal for €150,000.[2] He followed the team promoted to Serie A and played his first Serie A match on 18 February 2007 against Fiorentina since he left Chievo 3 years before. That season he only played 8 Serie A matches. In June 2007, Chievo was announced to buy back the player from Catania through closed tender bid mediated by Lega Calcio, for €440,000.[2][3] He was a regular starter for Chievo in 2007–08 Serie B, partnered with Davide Mandelli, winning the cadetto that season and promoted back to Serie A in 2008. With arrival of Santiago Morero and Mario Yepes, César became a backup again in 2008–09 Serie A.
Padova
In January 2009, he was loaned to Padova.[4] He won Lega Pro Prima Divisione runner-up with team and promoted to Serie B. But Padova did not excise the rights to buy him in co-ownership deal.[5] However, in July 2009 he was signed outright for free,[6] agreed a 2-year contract.[7]
Honours
- Serie B: 2008
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Calcio Catania SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 (Italian)
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- ↑ A.C. Chievo Verona Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (Italian)
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External links
- Football.it Profile (Italian)
- La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2007–08 season) (Italian)
- La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (Italian)
- Futpedia Profile (Portuguese)
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Portuguese-language external links
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Fluminense Football Club players
- A.C. Chievo Verona players
- Calcio Catania players
- Calcio Padova players
- S.S. Juve Stabia players
- U.S. Cremonese players
- Virtus Entella players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Brazilian expatriates in Italy
- Citizens of Italy through descent
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Association football central defenders
- People from Rio de Janeiro (state)
