Viola (footballer)

Viola

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Sérgio Rosa
Date of birth	(1969-01-01) January 1, 1969
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Taboão da Serra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Corinthians	71	(14)
1990	São José	10	(1)
1991	Olímpia	15	(1)
1992–1995	Corinthians	73	(35)
1995–1996	Valencia	30	(10)
1996–1997	Palmeiras	36	(14)
1998–1999	Santos	28	(20)
1999–2000	Vasco da Gama	31	(6)
2001	Santos	24	(12)
2002–2003	Gaziantepspor	46	(18)
2004	Guarani	25	(10)
2005	Bahia	8	(4)
2006	Juventus (SP)	0	(0)
2007	Uberlândia	0	(0)
2008	Duque de Caxias	1	(1)
2008	Angra dos Reis	0	(0)
2009	Resende
2010	Brusque
2011	Juventus (SP)
2013	Grêmio Osasco
2013	Tanabi
2015–	Taboão da Serra
International career‡
1993–1995	Brazil	10	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 17, 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 17, 2008

Paulo Sergio Rosa, usually known as Viola (born January 1, 1969), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian side Taboão da Serra.

Biography

Viola is famous for his strong personality on the pitch and great appearances in many teams he has defended throughout his long career. Back in 1988, during the final game of Campeonato Paulista (1st Division Championship of São Paulo State) between Corinthians and Guarani, Viola was called in by his coach to play on the last 5 minutes of the match when the game was tied in 1 – 1. 'Viola stepped into the pitch and surprisingly, not long after, he would score the goal that gave Corinthians the title of Winner of the competition. After that, Viola's career had a great jump and many Brazilian teams wanted to sign him up. Later in 1993, Viola popularity increased so much that, he received an invitation to play for the famous Brazilian Squad right next to Romário, Zinho, Bebeto and Cafu and many other brilliant players of that time to play the 1993 Copa América. Not long after, Viola and the same team would play the 1994 FIFA World Cup up held in the US. Brazil had an amazing win and brought great honor to several Brazilian fans all over the globe. In 1995, thanks to the great time Viola was passing through, he would win another 2 titles in Brazil, the 1995 São Paulo state champsionship and 1995 Brazilian Cup. After that, he left Brazil for an invitation to play for Valencia in Spain. He spent quite a season in Spain due to his adaptation. Soon, he came back to Brazil to play for other teams such as Palmeiras, Santos and Vasco da Gama.

In 1998 playing for Santos, Viola was considered as the best striker of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, scoring an amazing mark of 20 goals in 28 games. On the same year, he would also conquest the winner title of the Copa CONMEBOL (predecessor of Copa Sudamericana). In 1999, playing for Vasco da Gama, Viola won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo (tournament between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states). And in 2000, he also won the Copa Mercosur (also predecessor of Copa Sudamericana) and one more time, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Gaziantepspor

In 2002, Viola left Brazil again for another foreign team located in Turkey, Gaziantepspor where he spent 1½ seasons.

Return to Brazil and retirement

In mid-2003, back to Brazil Viola would defend many other teams including Guarani, Bahia, Juventus, Uberlândia, Duque de Caxias, Angra dos Reis and Resende Futebol Clube. In early 2010 Viola was hired by Brusque.

Honours

Club

Corinthians

• São Paulo State League: 1988, 1995
• Copa do Brasil: 1995

Brazilian Squad

• FIFA World Cup: 1994

Santos

• Copa Conmebol: 1998

Vasco da Gama

• Brazilian League: 2000
• Copa Mercosur: 2000

Individual

• São Paulo state league's top scorer: 1993
• Brazilian league's top scorer: 1998
• Copa Conmebol's top scorer: 1998

External links

• VIOLA SOCCER SCHOOL IN AMERICA
• Viola at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guardian Article
• Sambafoot