Paulo Cézar Caju


Paulo Cézar Lima, known as Caju, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During his career, he played for clubs in Brazil, including Botafogo, and for Marseille in France. At international level, he earned 57 caps by the Brazil national team in the 1960s and 1970s, scoring 10 goals.
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Career

Caju spent his early years in Honduras, where his father Marinho Rodrigues managed Club Deportivo Olimpia during the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s Marinho took over as manager in Colombian club Junior de Barranquilla, where Caju debuted as a professional, at age 16, playing alongside Brazilian internationals Dida and Escurinho.
In 1967 he moved to Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, making his debut at age 17. He won the Campeonato Carioca multiple times.
Caju was a member of the Brazil national team for the World Cup in 1970 and in 1974. With the Brazil national team he collected 57 caps and 10 goals.
Caju featured in the Brazilian Bola de Ouro team of the season in Brazil in the seasons 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977.
In the 1990s, Paulo César Lima was the subject of a documentary film by João Moreira Salles The documentary depicts his flamboyance on and off the field during his days as a football player, and the difficult adjustments he had to make afterwards, outside of the limelight, and surviving on his income as a landlord.

Honours

Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Grêmio
Vasco da Gama
Brazil
Individual
  • Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977
  • Rio state league's top scorer: 1971