Brazilian footballer
Cesar Aparecido Rodrigues
(born 24 October 1974), better known just as
Cesar
, is a Brazilian retired
footballer
who played as a
left midfielder
(his preferred position) or
left-back
.
[1]
He is currently under contract as the youth coach of
Lazio
.
Cesar won 2
Serie A
titles with
Inter
and 2
Coppa Italia
titles, one with Inter and the other with
Lazio
; he represented
Brazil
on 2 occasions, both in 2001.
Playing career
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Born in
Sao Paulo
, Cesar started his career at
CA Juventus
, a small Sao Paulo team at the time. In 1994 his team was promoted to the top division of the state and the team was awarded an amount of money for the success; however this money was stolen, and Cesar was discovered to be involved, giving information about the delivery, and sentenced to 5 years and 4 months of jail. In 1998, he was released, and returned to football, thanks to the intervention of
Sao Caetano
, a team which had signed him one year before being arrested, and loaned to
Uniao Barbarense
, a satellite club. When back to Sao Caetano, Cesar immediately became a key player, even becoming the team captain. He then led his team from minor leagues up to the National Brazilian championship finals in 2000.
After being tracked by
Lazio
for some time, in the summer of 2001 Cesar joined the Italian Serie A team, becoming an important player for the
Roman
club. In January 2006, after a long courtship,
Inter Milan
loaned Cesar, giving him the opportunity to play in one of the leading teams of Italy. At the summer of 2006, the contract with Lazio ended. Cesar joined Inter, signed a long-term contract. But Cesar was transferred to major
Brazilian
Serie A
team
Corinthians
on loan. However, in December 2006, the end of Brazilian season, Cesar declared his willingness to return to play in Italy; he signed by
Livorno
on loan on 25 January 2007, to replace the left of
Cesar Prates
.
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On 11 February 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Livorno against
Inter
[3]
He started the 2007?08 season in good form with Internazionale linking up well with
Maxwell
down the left flank even managing to get a goal. However, since then, he has been dropped from the squad again, and only featured against Torino, for 45 minutes, during which he disappointed many Inter fans, and was taken off at half time for Luis Jimenez, due to the large number of injuries the Inter squad had suffered.
The summer of 2008 saw Cesar clubless, after his contract with Inter expired. Cesar did not sign for a club in the 2008 summer transfer season, leaving him clubless for the first half of the 2008?09 season. On 18 November 2008, Cesar signed for
Bologna
, coached by his former Inter assistant coach,
Sini?a Mihajlovi?
.
[4]
On 9 October 2009 he joined Italian third division club
Valle del Giovenco
.
[5]
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Coaching career
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In August 2011, Cesar put an end to his playing career and accepted a coaching role at
S.S. Lazio
, being appointed in charge of the
Giovanissimi Provinciali B
youth team.
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