França

Brazilian footballer (born 1976)

For other uses, see Franca (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sena and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.

FrançaPersonal information

Full name|  Françoaldo Sena de Souza
Date of birth|  (1976-03-02) 2 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth|  Codó, Brazil
Height|  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)|  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 as França, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

## Club career[edit]

França was born in Codó, Maranhão. After his senior beginnings with lowly Nacional Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), he moved in 1996 to national powerhouse São 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 the Campeonato Paulista, the player was crowned the league's best scorer, respectively at 12 and 18.

In the 2002 summer, França signed with Bayer 04 Leverkusen from Germany as the team sought replacements for aging Ulf Kirsten (37). In his debut season in the Bundesliga he appeared scarcely, barred by Dimitar Berbatov and Oliver Neuville, netting only once, in his league debut in a 2–4 home loss against VfL Bochum;[1]

In 2003–04, although the pair remained at the BayArena, 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 13 assists. Additionally, Neuville left the following summer.

França moved to Japan subsequently, joining Kashiwa Reysol,[2] experiencing one relegation and one promotion in his first two years and leaving the club in 2010, aged 34.

## International career[edit]

França collected eight caps for Brazil 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 against England in May 2000.[3]

## Career statistics[edit]

### Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | State League  | National Cup  | League Cup  | Continental  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
São Paulo | 1996[4] | Série A | 8 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | 6[a] | 0 | 34 | 9
1997[5] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22[b] | 2 | 3[c] | 2 | 45 | 9
1998[6] | 22 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11[b] | 1 | 6[d] | 2 | 52 | 23
1999[7] | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1[e] | 1 | 6[d] | 4 | 35 | 24
2000[8] | 16 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3[b] | 5 | – | 54 | 40
2001[9] | 25 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12[f] | 11 | 6[d] | 3 | 65 | 45
2002[10] | – | – | 7 | 5 | 11[b] | 19 | – | 18 | 24
Total  | 108 | 44 | 53 | 55 | 34 | 21 | 60 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 282 | 174
Bayer Leverkusen | 2002–03[11] | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[g] | 2 | 29 | 5
2003–04[12] | 33 | 14 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 14
2004–05[13] | 22 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7[g] | 6 | 30 | 14
2005–06[14] | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0
Total  | 71 | 21 | – | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 95 | 33
Kashiwa Reysol | 2005[15] | J1 League | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0
2006[15] | J2 League | 28 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4
2007[16] | J1 League  | 25 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 8
2008[17] | 19 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 25 | 7
2009[18] | 23 | 10 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 10
2010[19] | J2 League  | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3
Total  | 102 | 29 | – | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 112 | 32
Career total  | 281 | 94 | 53 | 55 | 47 | 27 | 66 | 40 | 42 | 19 | 489 | 235

1. ^ Appearances in Copa de Oro, Copa Master de CONMEBOL, and Supercopa Libertadores
2. ^ a b c d Appearances in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
3. ^ Appearances in Supercopa Libertadores
4. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Mercosur
5. ^ Appearance in pt:Seletiva para a Libertadores
6. ^ Six appearances and five goals in Copa dos Campeões, six appearances and six goals in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
7. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

### International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year  National team | Year | Apps | Goals

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Brazil | 2000 | 6 | 1
2001 | 0 | 0
2002 | 2 | 0
Total | 8 | 1

## Honours[edit]

São Paulo

* Campeonato Paulista: 1998, 2000[20]
* Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 2001[20]
* Copa Master de CONMEBOL: 1996

Kashiwa Reysol

* J.League Division 2: 2010[20]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bochum begeistert mit tollem Spiel" [Bochum excite with nice play] (in German). kicker. 24 August 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
2. ^ "França looks east". UEFA.com. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
3. ^ "Owen on target as England draw". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
4. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1996". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
5. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1997". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1998". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
7. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 1999". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
8. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2000". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
9. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2001". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
10. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2002". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
11. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2002/03". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
12. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2003/04". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
13. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2004/05". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
14. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2005/06". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
15. ^ a b "França: ESTATÍSTICAS". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
16. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2007". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
17. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2008". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
18. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2009". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
19. ^ "JOGOS REALIZADOS - 2010". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
20. ^ a b c "TOTAL (4 TÍTULOS)". Ogol. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

## External links[edit]

* França at fussballdaten.de (in German)
* França at National-Football-Teams.com
* França at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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Torneio Rio–São Paulo top scorers

* 1933: Waldemar de Brito
* 1940: Leônidas
* 1950: Baltazar
* 1951: Ademir, Aquiles & Liminha
* 1952: Pinga
* 1953: Vasconcelos
* 1954: Da Costa & Simões
* 1955: Ribeiro
* 1957: Waldo
* 1958: Gino
* 1959: Henrique
* 1960: Quarentinha & Waldo
* 1961: Coutinho & Pepe
* 1962: Amarildo
* 1963: Pelé
* 1964: Coutinho
* 1965: Flávio & Pantera
* 1966: Parada
* 1993: Renato
* 1997: Romário
* 1998: Dodô
* 1999: Alessandro, Bebeto & Guilherme
* 2000: Romário
* 2001: França
* 2002: França

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Campeonato Paulista top scorers

* 1902: Miller
* 1903: Boyes
* 1904: Boyes & Miller
* 1905: Friese
* 1906: Friese & Léo
* 1907: Léo
* 1908: Léo & Peres
* 1909: Bibi
* 1910: Boyes, Eurico & Rubens Salles
* 1911: Décio
* 1912: Friedenreich
* 1913 (APEA): Gilberto
* 1913 (LPF): Décio
* 1914 (APEA): Friedenreich
* 1914 (LPF): Neco
* 1915 (APEA): Nazaré
* 1915 (LPF): Facchini
* 1916 (APEA): Ary, Mariano & Zacchi
* 1916 (LPF): Apparício
* 1917: Friedenreich
* 1918: Friedenreich
* 1919: Andrada
* 1920: Neco
* 1921: Friedenreich
* 1922: Gambarotta
* 1923: Feitiço
* 1924: Feitiço
* 1925: Feitiço
* 1926 (APEA): Heitor
* 1926 (LAF): Araken & Filó
* 1927 (APEA): Araken
* 1927 (LAF): Friedenreich
* 1928 (APEA): Heitor
* 1928 (LAF): Friedenreich
* 1929 (APEA): Feitiço
* 1929 (LAF): Friedenreich & Nabor
* 1930: Feitiço
* 1931: Feitiço
* 1932: Romeu
* 1933 (APEA): Waldemar de Brito
* 1933 (FPF): Miguel
* 1934 (APEA): Romeu
* 1934 (FPF): Euclydes
* 1935 (APEA): Figueiredo
* 1935 (LPF): Teleco
* 1936 (APEA): Carioca
* 1936 (LFP): Teleco
* 1937: Teleco
* 1938: Elyseo
* 1939: Teleco
* 1940: Peixe
* 1941: Teleco
* 1942: Milani
* 1943: Milani
* 1944: Luisinho
* 1945: Passarinho & Servílio
* 1946: Servílio
* 1947: Servílio
* 1948: Cilas
* 1949: Friaça
* 1950: Pinga
* 1951: Carbone
* 1952: Baltazar
* 1953: Humberto
* 1954: Humberto
* 1955: Del Vecchio
* 1956: Paulo
* 1957: Pelé
* 1958: Pelé
* 1959: Pelé
* 1960: Pelé
* 1961: Pelé
* 1962: Pelé
* 1963: Pelé
* 1964: Pelé
* 1965: Pelé
* 1966: Toninho Guerreiro
* 1967: Flávio
* 1968: Téia
* 1969: Pelé
* 1970: Toninho Guerreiro
* 1971: César Maluco
* 1972: Toninho Guerreiro
* 1973: Pelé
* 1974: Geraldão
* 1975: Serginho
* 1976: Sócrates
* 1977: Serginho
* 1978: Juary
* 1979: Luís Fernando
* 1980: Edmar
* 1981: Jorge Mendonça
* 1982: Casagrande
* 1983: Serginho
* 1984: Chiquinho & Serginho
* 1985: Careca
* 1986: Kita
* 1987: Edmar
* 1988: Evair
* 1989: Toni & Toninho
* 1990: Alberto, Rubem & Volnei
* 1991: Raí
* 1992: Válber
* 1993: Viola
* 1994: Evair
* 1995: Bentinho & Paulinho McLaren
* 1996: Giovanni
* 1997: Dodô
* 1998: França
* 1999: Alex
* 2000: França
* 2001: Washington
* 2002: Alex Alves
* 2003: Luís Fabiano
* 2004: Vágner Love
* 2005: Finazzi
* 2006: Nilmar
* 2007: Somália
* 2008: Alex Mineiro
* 2009: Pedrão
* 2010: Ricardo Bueno
* 2011: Elano & Liédson
* 2012: Neymar
* 2013: William
* 2014: Alan Kardec, Cícero, Léo Costa & Luís Fabiano
* 2015: Ricardo Oliveira
* 2016: Roger
* 2017: Gilberto & Pottker
* 2018: Borja
* 2019: Jean Mota
* 2020: Ytalo
* 2021: Mezenga
* 2022: Ronaldo
* 2023: Galoppo & Guedes
* 2024: López

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