Oscar (footballer, born 1954)

José Oscar Bernardi (born 20 June 1954), known as Oscar, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a defender.

Oscar
Personal information
Full name José Oscar Bernardi
Date of birth (1954-06-20) June 20, 1954
Place of birth Monte Siao, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1979 Ponte Preta 34 (13)
1980 New York Cosmos 3 (0)
1980–1987 São Paulo 294 (6)
1987–1989 Nissan Motors 42 (5)
International career
1978–1986 Brazil 59 (2)
Managerial career
1989–1991 Nissan Motors
1992 AA Internacional
1992 Guarani
1993–1995 Al-Hilal
1995–1996 Kyoto Purple Sanga
1997 Al-Hilal
1997 Cruzeiro
1998 Al-Shabab
1999–2000 Al-Ittihad FC
2001–2003 Al-Ittihad FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He notably played for the Brazil national football team at international level, and played as a starter in defence at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups, while he was a reserve in 1986. He was capped almost 60 times for Brazil between April 1978 and May 1986, and scored two goals. At club level, he played for São Paulo and Ponte Preta in Brazil.

Oscar also played for American side New York Cosmos in 1980 and Japanese team Nissan FC between 1987 and 1989. After his professional retirement, he coached several football clubs in Japan and Brazil. He now runs an athletic training center in Monte Sião, Minas Gerais. Oscar Bernardi founded a football club, named Brasilis Futebol Clube, in 2007.[1]

Personal life

Bernardi is Roman Catholic and has Italian roots due to his family.

Career statistics

Club

[2]

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Brazil League
1972Ponte Preta00
197300
197400
197500
1976Série A120
1977161
197860
197900
United States League
1980New York CosmosNASL30
Brazil League
1980São PauloSérie A00
1981100
1982160
1983110
1984122
1985193
198691
198700
CountryBrazil 1117
United States 30
Total 1147

International

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
1978110
197910
198040
1981130
1982111
198300
198420
1985110
198661
Total592

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Kyoto Purple Sanga 1996 1996 15 0 0 15 000.00
Total 15 0 0 15 000.00

Honours

Club

São Paulo
Nissan Motors

Individual

References

  1. "Brasilis Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  2. Oscar at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. J.League Data Site Archived October 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
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