Tinga (footballer)

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Tinga
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Tinga as a Borussia Dortmund player (2006)
Personal information
Full name Paulo César Fonseca Nascimento
Date of birth (1978-01-13) 13 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1997 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Grêmio 89 (7)
1999 → Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 24 (8)
2000 → Botafogo (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)
International career
2001–2007 Brazil 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and 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
1996 Grêmio Série A 0 0
1997 10 1
1998 14 0
Japan League
1999 Kawasaki Frontale J. League 2 24 8
Brazil League
2000 Botafogo Série A 17 1
2001 Grêmio Série A 11 2
2002 22 2
2003 32 2
Portugal League
2003/04 Sporting Primeira Liga 11 0
2004/05 9 0
Brazil League
2005 Internacional Série A 35 5
2006 7 1
Germany League
2006/07 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 31 4
2007/08 33 4
2008/09 27 1
2009/10
Country Brazil 148 14
Japan 24 8
Portugal 20 0
Germany 91 9
Total 283 31

International

Brazil
Year Apps Goals
2001 2 0
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 0 0
2005 0 0
2006 1 0
2007 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Internacional
Borussia Dortmund
Cruzeiro

References

  1. ↑ Tinga und Nomadenleben eines Profifußballers (Tinga and the nomad life of a professional footballer); Der Westen, 7 May 2010 (German)
  2. ↑ Tinga targets Sporting success; UEFA.com, 19 January 2004
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Portuguese pair keeping busy; UEFA.com, 22 December 2004
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Dortmund bring in Tinga; UEFA.com, 17 August 2006
  8. ↑ Kringe und Frei treffen beim VfB (Kringe and Frei score at VfB); kicker, 26 August 2006 (German)
  9. ↑ BVB: Vertrag von Tinga wird nicht verlängert (BVB: Tinga's contract will not be extended); Bild, 1 April 2010 (German)
  10. ↑ Tinga se aposenta e exalta a carreira: "Consegui ser maior do que esperava" (Tinga retires and praises career: "I managed to be bigger than I expected"); Globo Esporte, 30 April 2015 (Portuguese)
  11. ↑ Alvo de racismo no Peru, Tinga afirma: "Trocaria todos meus títulos por igualdade" (Racism target in Peru, Tinga claims: "I would trade all my titles for equality"); Super Esportes, 13 February 2014 (Portuguese)
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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