Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in Erechim^[1]) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Paulo César Carpegiani

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Full name	Paulo César Carpegiani
Date of birth	(1949-02-07) 7 February 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Erechim, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1969	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1977	Internacional	77	(31)
1977–1980	Flamengo	55	(29)
Total		132	(60)
International career
1974–1979	Brazil	30	(13)
Managerial career
1981–1983	Flamengo
1983–1984	Al Nassr
1985	Internacional
1986	Nautico
1986–1987	Bangu
1989	Internacional
1989	Nautico
1991	Cerro Porteño
1991–1992	Palmeiras
1992	Barcelona Guayaquil
1992–1994	Cerro Porteño
1995	Coritiba
1996–1998	Paraguay
1999	São Paulo
2000	Flamengo
2001	Atlético Paranaense
2001	Cruzeiro
2003–2004	Kuwait
2007	Corinthians
2009	Vitória
2010	Atlético Paranaense
2010–2011	São Paulo
2012	Vitória
2013	Ponte Preta
2016–2017	Coritiba
2017	Bahia
2018	Flamengo
2018	Vitória
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in 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 Paraguay 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.^[2]