Zinho
Crizam César de Oliveira Filho, better known as Zinho, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer.
Playing career
Club
Born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Zinho played club football in Brazil with Flamengo, Palmeiras, Grêmio, Cruzeiro and Nova Iguaçu. He also had spells abroad with Yokohama Flügels and Miami FC. Zinho won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A four times and won the Campeonato Carioca three times.International
Zinho was a member of the Brazilian 1994 FIFA World Cup winning team. He also took part at the 1993 and 1995 Copa América with Brazil, winning a runners-up medal in the latter edition of the tournament, and was also a member of the Brazilian team that finished in third place at the1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was capped a total of 57 times between March 1989 and February 1998, scoring 7 goals. On 20 January 2010 he was ranked 23rd in the USL First Division Top 25 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.
Honours
Flamengo- Campeonato Carioca : 1986, 1991, 2004
- Copa União :1987
- Copa do Brasil : 1990
- Campeonato Brasileiro : 1992
- Colombino Trophy : 1988
- Marlboro Cup : 1990
- Hamburg City Tournament : 1989
- Sharp Cup : 1990
- Amizade Tournament : 1992
- Campeonato Paulista : 1993, 1994
- Rio-SP Tournament : 1993
- Campeonato Brasileiro : 1993, 1994
- Copa do Brasil : 1998
- Copa Mercosur : 1998
- Copa Libertadores : 1999
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1999
- AFC Asian Cup Winners' Cup : 1995
- Asian Super Cup : 1995
- Campeonato Gaúcho : 2001
- Copa do Brasil : 2001
- Campeonato Brasileiro : 2003
- Copa do Brasil : 2003
- Campeonato Mineiro : 2003
Brazil
Unofficial tournaments:
- Rous Cup : 1995
- Placar Bola de Prata : 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997
- South American Team of the Year – 1994