Paulo Cézar Caju

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 (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1967	Junior de Barranquilla
1967–1972	Botafogo
1972–1974	Flamengo
1974–1975	Marseille
1975–1977	Fluminense
1977–1978	Botafogo
1978–1979	Grêmio
1980	Vasco da Gama
1981	Corinthians
1981	California Surf
1982–1983	Aix
1983	Grêmio
International career
1967–1977	Brazil
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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,^[4] Paulo César Lima was the subject of a documentary film by João Moreira Salles^[5] 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.^[4]^[6]^[7]