Paulo Roberto Jamelli Júnior (born 22 July 1974), known as Jamelli, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played mainly as a forward.

Career

Born in São Paulo, Jamelli made his professional debuts with hometown side São Paulo, appearing in seven Série A games. He first made his presence felt with Santos FC, scoring 13 goals during two seasons.

Having attracted the attention of clubs abroad, Jamelli moved to Kashiwa Reysol in Japan but, in January 1998, switched to Spain's Real Zaragoza as the Aragonese had lost in the previous summer Dani García and Fernando Morientes, both to Real Madrid. Never an undisputed starter, he was almost always a very important attacking element, scoring a career-best 13 La Liga goals in the 2000–01 campaign, precisely the year of the side's conquest of the Copa del Rey, where he netted in the final against Celta de Vigo (3–1).

After Zaragoza's 2002 relegation, Jamelli started off in the second level, but eventually returned to Brazil in January 2003 by joining Corinthians. He ended his career in 2006, after one-season spells with Shimizu S-Pulse, UD Almería, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro and Grêmio Prudente.

In 2008, Jamelli joined Coritiba as a technical coordinator. However, on 1 April of the following year, he left the post due to personal problems with coach Ivo Wortmann.

Career statistics

Club

[citation needed]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Paulo1994Série A7070
Santos1995Série A228228
1996195195
Total41134113
Kashiwa Reysol1997J1 League281421713716
Zaragoza1997–98La Liga164164
1998–99234234
1999–2000151151
2000–0133133313
2001–02151151
2002–03Segunda División5151
Total1072410724
Corinthians2003Série A193193
Shimizu S-Pulse2004J1 League30001040
Almería2004–05Segunda División262262
Career total23156218124158

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil199662
Total62

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jamelli goal.

List of international goals scored by Paulo Jamelli
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
114 January 1996Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United StatesHonduras2–05–01996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
23–0

Honours

Zaragoza

Personal life

In 2014, he ran for the office of state deputy in São Paulo as a candidate for the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). He received just over 2,000 votes and was not elected to the position.

External links

  • at National-Football-Teams.com
  • at Sambafoot (archived)
  • (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • at BDFutbol
  • at J.League () (in Japanese)