| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Françoaldo Sena de Souza | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-03-02)2 March 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Codó, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | 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 asFrança, is a Brazilian former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
França was born inCodó,Maranhão. After his senior beginnings with lowlyNacional Futebol Clube andEsporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), he moved in 1996 to national powerhouseSão 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 theCampeonato Paulista, the player was crowned the league's best scorer, respectively at 12 and 18.
In the 2002 summer, França signed withBayer 04 Leverkusen from Germany as the team sought replacements for agingUlf Kirsten (37). Inhis debut season in theBundesliga he appeared scarcely, barred byDimitar Berbatov andOliver Neuville, netting only once, in his league debut in a 2–4 home loss againstVfL Bochum;[1]
In2003–04, although the pair remained at theBayArena, 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 13assists. Additionally, Neuville left the following summer.
França moved to Japan subsequently, joiningKashiwa Reysol,[2] experiencing onerelegation and one promotion in his first two years and leaving the club in 2010, aged 34.
França collected eightcaps forBrazil 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 againstEngland in May 2000.[3]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 1996[citation needed] | Série A | 8 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | 6[a] | 0 | 34 | 9 | |
| 1997[citation needed] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22[b] | 2 | 3[c] | 2 | 45 | 9 | ||
| 1998[citation needed] | 22 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11[b] | 1 | 6[d] | 2 | 52 | 23 | ||
| 1999[citation needed] | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1[e] | 1 | 6[d] | 4 | 35 | 24 | ||
| 2000[citation needed] | 16 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3[b] | 5 | – | 54 | 40 | |||
| 2001[citation needed] | 25 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12[f] | 11 | 6[d] | 3 | 65 | 45 | ||
| 2002[citation needed] | – | – | 7 | 5 | 11[b] | 19 | – | 18 | 24 | |||||
| Total | 108 | 44 | 53 | 55 | 34 | 21 | 60 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 282 | 174 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2002–03[4] | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[g] | 2 | 29 | 5 | |
| 2003–04[4] | 33 | 14 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 14 | |||||
| 2004–05[4] | 22 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[g] | 6 | 32 | 14 | |||
| 2005–06[4] | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 71 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 97 | 33 | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2005[citation needed] | J1 League | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006[citation needed] | J2 League | 28 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||||
| 2007[citation needed] | J1 League | 25 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 8 | |||
| 2008[citation needed] | 19 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 25 | 7 | ||||
| 2009[citation needed] | 23 | 10 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 10 | ||||
| 2010[citation needed] | J2 League | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 102 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 32 | ||
| Career total | 281 | 94 | 53 | 55 | 47 | 27 | 68 | 40 | 42 | 19 | 491 | 235 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2000 | 6 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
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