França
Personal information
Full name Françoaldo Sena de Souza
Date of birth (1976-03-02) 2 March 1976
Place of birth Codó, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Nacional
1994–1995 XV Jaú
1996–2002 São Paulo 161 (99)
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), commonly known as França, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

França was born in Codó, Maranhão. After his senior beginnings with lowly Nacional Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), he 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 in a 2–4 home loss against VfL Bochum;[1]

In 2003–04, although the pair remained at the BayArena, França 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 the following summer.

França moved to Japan subsequently, joining Kashiwa Reysol,[2] 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 selected to any major tournament. He scored once for the national team; his only goal coming in a friendly against England in May 2000.[3]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Paulo 1996[4] Série A 8118820–6[lower-alpha 1]0349
1997[5] 153223022[lower-alpha 2]23[lower-alpha 3]2459
1998[6] 2279124111[lower-alpha 2]16[lower-alpha 4]25223
1999[7] 221235321[lower-alpha 5]16[lower-alpha 4]43524
2000[8] 1681118953[lower-alpha 2]5–5440
2001[9] 251310106812[lower-alpha 6]116[lower-alpha 4]36545
2002[10] ––7511[lower-alpha 2]19–1824
Total 108445355342160392711282174
Bayer Leverkusen 2002–03[11] Bundesliga 161–42108[lower-alpha 7]2295
2003–04[12] 3314–20––3514
2004–05[13] 226–12–7[lower-alpha 7]63014
2005–06[14] –––10–10
Total 7121–74201589533
Kashiwa Reysol 2005[15] J1 League 30–1000–40
2006[15] J2 League 284–00––284
2007[16] J1 League 258–0010–268
2008[17] 194–4221–257
2009[18] 2310–1010–2510
2010[19] J2 League 43––––43
Total 10229–6241–11232
Career total 281945355472766404219489235
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa de Oro, Copa Master de CONMEBOL, and Supercopa Libertadores
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
  3. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa Libertadores
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Mercosur
  5. ↑ Appearance in pt:Seletiva para a Libertadores
  6. ↑ Six appearances and five goals in Copa dos Campeões, six appearances and six goals in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
  7. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 200061
200100
200220
Total81

Honours

São Paulo

Kashiwa Reysol

References

  1. ↑ "Bochum begeistert mit tollem Spiel" [Bochum excite with nice play] (in German). kicker. 24 August 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "França looks east". UEFA.com. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  3. ↑ "Owen on target as England draw". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1996". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1997". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1998". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1999". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2000". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2001". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2002". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2002/03". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2003/04". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2004/05". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2005/06". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  15. 1 2 "França: ESTATÍSTICAS". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  16. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2007". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2008". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2009". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  19. ↑ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2010". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  20. 1 2 3 "TOTAL (4 TÍTULOS)". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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