Viola (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Viola

| fullname = Paulo Sérgio Rosa
nickname = Viola
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|1|1
cityofbirth = São Paulo | countryofbirth = Brazil | currentclub = Duque de Caxias
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988-1989
1990
1991
1992-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1998-1999
1999-2000
2001
2002-2003
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2008
clubs = Corinthians
São José
Olímpia
Corinthians
Valencia
Palmeiras
Santos
Vasco da Gama
Santos
Gaziantepspor
Guarani
Bahia
Flamengo
Juventus
Uberlândia
Duque de Caxias
caps(goals) = 71 (14)
10 0(1)
15 0(1)
73 (35)
30 (10)
36 (14)
28 (20)
31 0(6)
24 (12)
46 (18)
25 (10)
08 0(4)
00 0(0)
00 0(0)
00 0(0)
01 0(1)
nationalyears = 1993-1995 | nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 0(3)
pcupdate = January 17, 2008
ntupdate = January 17, 2008

Paulo Sérgio Rosa, usually known as Viola (born on January 1, 1969 in São Paulo, São Paulo state) is a Brazilian football player who plays as a forward. He played at the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals, and appeared as a substitute in the final.

He is famous in Brazil for losing his temper on two separate occasions on a football field within a few months during 1998. In a cup match against Corinthians, after refusing to leave the pitch when he was sent off for dissent, Viola followed the referee around the field. He had to be physically restrained by his team-mates before being led away by three riot policemen. In the quarter-final of the Brazilian championship against Sport Recife, play was delayed for almost 20 minutes after Viola attacked a radio reporter. Viola gained only 10 caps with 3 goals for Brazil, mainly due to his indiscipline on and off the field rather than his inabilities as a player. He did however lift the World Cup in 1994.

Honours

Club

*São Paulo State League: 1988, 1995
*FIFA World Cup: 1994
*Brazilian Cup: 1995
*Conmebol Cup: 1998
*Brazilian League: 2000
*Mercosur Cup: 2000

Individual

*São Paulo state league's top scorer: 1993
*Brazilian league's top scorer: 1998
*Conmebol Cup's top scorer: 1998

External links

* [http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1250140,00.html Guardian Article]
* [http://www.sambafoot.com/en/players/415_Viola.html Sambafoot]