Paulo Cézar Caju Facts for Kids

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cézar and the second or paternal family name is Lima.

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Caju

Caju in 1978

Personal information

Full name

Paulo Cézar Lima

Date of birth

16 June 1949 (age 75)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

1.74 m

Playing position

Attacking midfielder

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

1966–1967

Junior de Barranquilla

1967–1972

Botafogo

264

(83)

1972–1974

Flamengo

(6)

1974–1975

Marseille

(16)

1975–1977

Fluminense

(11)

1977–1978

Botafogo

(4)

1978–1979

Grêmio

(1)

1980

Vasco da Gama

1981

Corinthians

1981

California Surf

(4)

1982–1983

Aix

(3)

1983

Grêmio

National team

1967–1977

Brazil

(10)

Honours

Men's Football

Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner	1970 Mexico

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

Paulo Cézar Lima (born 16 June 1949), known as Caju, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During his career, he played for clubs in Brazil, including Botafogo, and for Marseille in France. At international level, he earned 57 caps by the Brazil national team in the 1960s and 1970s, scoring 10 goals.

Career
Clubs
Honours
- Botafogo
- Flamengo
- Fluminense
- Grêmio
- Vasco da Gama
- Brazil
Personal titles
See also

Career

Caju spent his early years in Honduras, where his father Marinho Rodrigues managed Club Deportivo Olimpia during the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s Marinho took over as manager in Colombian club Junior de Barranquilla, where Caju debuted as a professional, at age 16, playing alongside Brazilian internationals Dida and Escurinho.

In 1967 he moved to Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, making his debut at age 17. He won the Campeonato Carioca (championship of the state of Rio de Janeiro) multiple times and many more trophies which led him to become a highly honored and celebrated player in Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas's history.

Caju was best known as a member of the Brazil national team in the World Cup in 1970 and in 1974. With the Brazil national team he collected 57 caps and 10 goals.

Caju featured in the Brazilian Bola de Ouro team of the season in Brazil in the seasons 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977.

Caju (left) joined his brother Fred (right) at Flamengo in 1972

In the 1990s, Paulo César Lima was the subject of a documentary film by João Moreira Salles The documentary depicts his flamboyance on and off the field during his days as a football player, and the difficult adjustments he had to make afterwards, outside of the limelight, and surviving on his income as a landlord.