França

For another Brazilian footballer, see França (footballer born 1991).

França

Personal information
Full name	Françoaldo Sena de Souza
Date of birth	(1976-03-02) 2 March 1976
Place of birth	Codó, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993	Nacional
1994–1995	XV Jaú
1996–2002	São Paulo	105	(46)
2002–2005	Bayer Leverkusen	71	(21)
2005–2010	Kashiwa Reysol	102	(29)
2011	Yokohama	9	(1)
International career
2000–2002	Brazil	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Françoaldo Sena de Souza (born 2 March 1976 in Codó, Maranhão), commonly known as França, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

After his senior beginnings with lowly Nacional Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), França moved in 1996 to national powerhouse São Paulo FC, where he proceeded to net eight goals overall in his debut year – even though he did not start regularly – and 182 goals in 323 games during his six-year stay (fourth all-time at the time of his departure); in 1998 and 2000, as the club won the Campeonato Paulista, the player was crowned the league's best scorer, respectively at 12 and 18.

In the 2002 summer França signed with Bayer 04 Leverkusen from Germany, as the team sought replacements for aging Ulf Kirsten (37). In his debut season in the Bundesliga he appeared scarcely, barred by Dimitar Berbatov and Oliver Neuville, netting only once, in his league debut, a 2–4 home loss against VfL Bochum; in 2003–04, although the pair remained at the club, he received much more playing time, and finished just two goals short of the Bulgarian (14 to 16, in as many matches), adding to this a league-best 13 assists; additionally, Neuville left in the following summer.

França moved to Japan subsequently, joining Kashiwa Reysol, experiencing one relegation and one promotion in his first two years and leaving the club in 2010, aged 34.

International career

França collected eight caps for Brazil during two years, but was never summoned to any major tournament.

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
1996	São Paulo	Série A	8	1							8	1
1997			15	3							15	3
1998			22	7							22	7
1999			21	16							21	16
2000			16	8							16	8
2001			23	12							23	12
2002			0	0							0	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2002–03	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	16	1							16	1
2003–04			33	14							33	14
2004–05			22	6							22	6
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Total
2005	Kashiwa Reysol	J. League 1	3	0	1	0	0	0	-		4	0
2006		J. League 2	28	4	0	0	-		-		28	4
2007		J. League 1	25	8	0	0	1	0	-		26	8
2008			19	4	4	2	2	1	-		25	7
2009			23	10	1	0	1	0	-		25	10
2010		J. League 2
Country	Brazil		105	47							105	47
	Germany		71	21							71	21
	Japan		98	26	6	2	4	1	-		108	29
Total			274	94	6	2	4	1	0	0	284	97

International

Brazil
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	6	1
2001	0	0
2002	2	0
Total	8	1

External links

• França profile at Fussballdaten
• França at National-Football-Teams.com