Name Crizam Filho Years Team Position Midfielder Weight 74 kg | Height 1.70 m Role Footballer | |
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Full name Crizam Cesar de Oliveira Filho Date of birth (1967-06-17) June 17, 1967 (age 48) Place of birth Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Playing position Current team Vasco da Gama (assistant coach) | ||
Kings of 1970 ~ Jairzinho
Crizam César de Oliveira Filho, better known as Zinho ([ˈzĩj̃u]; born 17 June 1967), is a retired Brazilian footballer, and currently a professional football manager.
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Club
Born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Zinho played club football in Brazil with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube. He also had spells abroad with Yokohama Flügels and Miami FC. Zinho won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A four times (twice with Palmeiras, once with Flamengo and once with Cruzeiro) and won the Campeonato Carioca three times (all with Flamengo).
International
Zinho was a member of the Brazilian 1994 FIFA World Cup winning team. He also took part at the 1993 and 1995 Copa América with Brazil, winning a runners-up medal in the latter edition of the tournament, and was also a member of the Brazilian team that finished in third place at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was capped a total of 57 times between March 1989 and February 1998, scoring 7 goals. On 20 January 2010 he was ranked 23rd in the USL First Division Top 25 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.