Paulo César Carpegiani

Paulo César Carpegiani (born February 7, 1949 in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul) is a former Brazilian footballer.

Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in the Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1970 to 1977, winning two Brazilian Championships (1975 and 1976). Carpegiani also played for Flamengo (1977–1980), winning the Brazilian Championship in 1980.

Upon retiring, he started a career as a football coach. To begin with Carpegiani coached Flamengo and won the Copa Libertadores de América (Libertadores Cup) and the Intercontinental Cup, beating Liverpool, in 1981. He also won a Brazilian Championship in 1982. In 1992 he was coach of the Barcelona Sporting Club (Guayaquil - Ecuador). In 2007, he was hired by the Corinthians. The team lost in his first match, against Clube Náutico Capibaribe, and the club was eliminated from the Copa do Brasil in the quarter finals. His first match of the Campeonato Brasileiro was against Esporte Clube Juventude and Corinthians won.

His best performance as a coach was with the Paraguayan national team from 1996 to 1998 (including a good run in the World Cup, losing to France in extra time). On April 10, 2009 Carpegiani was hired as Vitória's head coach. On June 1, 2010 Atlético Paranaense officials hired the former Vitória coach to replace Leandro Niehues.

Head coach

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
	São Paulo	1999	1999	7001670000000000000♠67	7001400000000000000♠40	7000900000000000000♠9	7001180000000000000♠18	7001597000000000000♠59.70
	Corinthians	2007	2007	7001230000000000000♠23	7000600000000000000♠6	7000900000000000000♠9	7000800000000000000♠8	7001260900000000000♠26.09
	Vitória	2009	2009	7001260000000000000♠26	7001110000000000000♠11	7000600000000000000♠6	7000900000000000000♠9	7001423100000000000♠42.31
	Atlético Paranaense	2010	2010	7001210000000000000♠21	7001110000000000000♠11	7000500000000000000♠5	7000500000000000000♠5	7001523800000000000♠52.38
	São Paulo	2010	2011	7001470000000000000♠47	7001300000000000000♠30	7000400000000000000♠4	7001130000000000000♠13	7001638300000000000♠63.83
	Vitória	2012	2012	7001320000000000000♠32	7001190000000000000♠19	7000700000000000000♠7	7000600000000000000♠6	7001593800000000000♠59.38
Total				216	117	40	59	62.73

As of November 19, 2012

Player

Internacional

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1969 to 1976

Flamengo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1980
• Campeonato Carioca: 1978, 1979

Coach

Flamengo

• Copa Libertadores: 1981
• Intercontinental Cup: 1981
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1982

Al Nassr

• Second Division Championship (Saudi Arabia): 1984

Náutico

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1986

Cerro Porteño

• Paraguayan First Division: 1994

Atlético Paranaense

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2001

Vitória

• Campeonato Baiano: 2009

• Silver Ball Revista Placar- Internacional
• 3rd Paraguay best manager all time- 1998 World Cup