Francisco Lima

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Lima
Personal information
Full name Francisco Govinho Lima [1]
Date of birth (1971-04-17) 17 April 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Manaus, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1994 Ferroviário (CE) [2]
1993 → Sul América (loan) [3]
1994–1996 São Paulo
1995 → União São João (loan) [2]
1996 → Nacional (AM) (loan)
1996–1998 Gaziantepspor 59 (3)
1998–1999 Zürich 32 (6)
1999–2000 Lecce 32 (1)
2000–2001 Bologna 29 (0)
2001–2004 Roma 88 (0)
2004–2006 Lokomotiv Moscow 41 (0)
2006 → Qatar SC (loan)
2006 Dynamo Moscow 7 (0)
2007–2008 Brescia 56 (3)
2008 San Jose Earthquakes 14 (0)
2009 Taranto 12 (0)
2010 Nacional (AM)
2010 Rio Negro (AM)
2011 São Raimundo (AM)
2016 Fast Clube
2016–2017 Otranto
2017–2018 Atletico Aradeo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Govinho Lima (born 17 April 1971) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder. [1] Lima generally played as a defensive or central midfielder but on several occasions he was also employed as a left midfielder.

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Career

He played for São Paulo FC in 1996, and played for Gaziantepspor between 1996 and 1998. He then played for FC Zürich between 1998 and 2000, and joined Serie A team Lecce during 1999–2000. One year later, he transferred to Bologna, and impressed AS Roma enough to win a move to them in 2001. Roma paid Bologna 13 billion Italian lire. He signed a 3-year contract and earned an average of 3.7 billion lire annually before tax. [4]

He stayed in the capital for three seasons. At the age of 33, he went northward to Lokomotiv Moscow. In January 2006, he was loaned to Qatar SC, until the summer. He signed for Dynamo Moscow in a free transfer during the second half of the Russian season.

He then joined Brescia Calcio in January 2007, and later the San Jose Earthquakes in July 2008. However, he left them in January 2009 to move back to Italy to join Taranto.

In January 2010, Lima returned to Brazil for Nacional (AM). In the same year he played for Rio Negro (AM), another club based on his hometown. He last played for São Raimundo (AM), another Manaus based club before retiring at the age of 40. He worked as director of football at Nacional (AM) before coming out of retirement and signing for Fast Clube to play the 2016 Copa Verde as a centre back with 2006 FIFA Club World Cup winner Ediglê. [1]

Honours

Ferroviário (CE)
Roma

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aos 44 anos, ex-Roma "desaposenta" e reforça o rival Fast para Copa Verde". 21 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Placar Magazine (in Italian). August 1995. p. 43.
  3. ↑ "Lima :: Francisco Lima Gouvinho ::".
  4. ↑ "Francisco Lima è della Roma". AS Roma (in Italian). 22 June 2001. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
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