França

Françoaldo Sena de Souza (born 2 March 1976), commonly known as França, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

For other uses, see Franca (disambiguation).

França
Personal information
Full name Françoaldo Sena de Souza
Date of birth (1976-03-02) 2 March 1976
Place of birth Codó, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Nacional
1994–1995 XV Jaú
1996–2002 São Paulo 105 (46)
2002–2005 Bayer Leverkusen 71 (21)
2005–2010 Kashiwa Reysol 102 (29)
2011 Yokohama 9 (1)
National team
2000–2002 Brazil 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

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

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]

Statistics

Club
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1996São PauloSérie A8181
1997153153
1998227227
199921162116
2000168168
200123122312
20020000
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFL-Ligapokal Europe Total
2002–03Bayer LeverkusenBundesliga161161
2003–0433143314
2004–05226226
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2005Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League301000-40
2006J2 League28400--284
2007J1 League2580010-268
20081944221-257
200923101010-2510
2010J2 League
CountryBrazil 1054710547
Germany 71217121
Japan 98266241-10829
Total 2749462410028497

International
Brazil
YearAppsGoals
200061
200100
200220
Total81
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References
  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.
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