Walter Casagrande
Forward, Football player
1963 –
Who is Walter Casagrande?
Wálter Casagrande Jr., usually known as Casagrande was a former football player in forward role, who currently is a famous TV commentator for Rede Globo.
During his career from 1980 to 1996, Casagrande has played for a number of clubs. He has represented Corinthians, Caldense, São Paulo, Flamengo, Paulista F.C., Portuguese club FC Porto and Italian clubs Ascoli and Torino F.C., winning the Coppa Italia in 1993. He helped Torino to the 1992 UEFA Cup Final but his two goals were unable to prevent them from losing to Ajax on away goals. He won also two São Paulo State Championships, in 1982 and 1983. In 1993, he was Supercopa Sudamericana runner-up with Flamengo, losing in a penalty shootout to another Brazilian team, São Paulo FC. He played 256 games and scored 102 goals for Corinthians. In this club, alongside Sócrates, has formed one of the greatests strikers partnerships from Brazilian football.
For the Brazil national football team he played in 19 matches, April 1985 to June 1986, scoring nine goals. He played in three games during the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
In September 2007, Casagrande was involved in a weekend traffic accident, and was briefly in a coma after his car rolled and hit parked cars. He was subsequently able to leave the intensive care unit and was breathing on his own.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1963
São Paulo - Also known as
- Wálter Casagrande Jr.
- Casagrande
- Children
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Lived in
- São Paulo
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on July 23, 2013
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