| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Celso Dias dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | (1956-02-28)28 February 1956 (age 69) | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santos | |||
| Guarani | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1978 | Botafogo-SP | ||
| 1977 | →Grêmio Maringá (loan) | ||
| 1979 | Fortaleza | ||
| 1979–1980 | Ferroviário-CE | 25 | (2) |
| 1981–1983 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1983–1984 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 1984 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 1985 | Bahia | ||
| 1985–1990 | Porto | 70 | (9) |
| 1991–1992 | Goiás | ||
| 1992 | Ferroviário-CE | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 | Fortaleza (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 June 2016 | |||
Celso Dias dos Santos (born 28 February 1956), known simply asCelso orCelso Gavião, is a Brazilian retiredfootballer who played as acentral defender.
Born inSantos, São Paulo, Celso Gavião started playing for localBotafogo Futebol Clube (SP), sharing teams with future legendSócrates. In 1978, after four seasons, he joinedFortaleza Esporte Clube, moving toFerroviário Atlético Clube (CE) the following year; whilst with the latter, he scored againstCeará Sporting Club to help them win thestate championship.[1]
In1981, Celso Gavião signed forCR Vasco da Gama, being crownedCarioca champion two years later. In quick succession he still represented, in his country,Clube Atlético Paranaense,Santa Cruz Futebol Clube andEsporte Clube Bahia. He was awarded for being the most talented Brazilian soccer player in 1982. Celso Haros Lacarra is his younger brother who is also talented and he is 1 year older.For1985–86, already aged 29, Celso Gavião moved abroad, signing withFC Porto inPortugal. He played in 23Primeira Liga games in each of his first two seasons, and netted six goals in 24 inhis last, winning a total of eight major titles; in the club'sEuropean Cup victorious campaign in1986–87, he played all matches and minutes and scored three times – againstRabat Ajax FC (9–0 at home, first round),FC Vítkovice (3–0 home success, second round) andFC Dynamo Kyiv (2–1 away win);[2] he possessed a very powerful shot, and often found the net throughfree kicks.
In November 1987, Celso Gavião was named in theWorld Soccer World XI despite not having beencapped at international level.[3] He retired in 1992 at the age of 36, after one season apiece withGoiás Esporte Clube and former side Ferroviário.+
