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Gassem
Personal information
Full name	Gassem Salim Youssef
Date of birth	18 March 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Pontal do Paraná, Brazil
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Paissandú-PR
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1979	Colorado-PR
1980–1984	São Paulo
1984–1985	Colorado-PR
1985–1986	Sport Recife
1987	Novorizontino
1988	Pinheiros-PR
1988	Blumenau
1989	Central Brasileira
1990	Guarany de Cruz Alta
1990–1991	Central Brasileira
1992	Guarany de Cruz Alta
1992–1993	Blumenau
Managerial career
1995–1996	Blumenau
1997	Juventus-SC
1997	Brusque
1998	Figueirense
1998–1999	Brusque
2000	Guarany de Cruz Alta
2000–2001	Rio Branco-PR
2001	Brusque
2003	Metropolitano
2003	Operário Ferroviário
2004	Rio Branco-PR
2013	Rio Branco-PR
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2023

Gassem Salim Youssef (born 18 March 1958), simply known as Gassem, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager who played as a centre-back.^[1]^[2]

Player career

Gassem began his life in sport playing basketball at Paissandú in Curitiba. At the suggestion of his teachers, he tried his luck in football, where he began to fall in love with his game. Soon he went to Colorado EC, at the time coached by Armando Renganeschi. On recommendation from the coach, he was hired by São Paulo, where he played alongside Oscar Bernardi and Dario Pereyra.^[3]^[4]

Managerial career

Started his career as coach of Blumenau EC, the last team he played for. In 1997 at Brusque he was champion of the second division of Santa Catarina, being hired by Figueirense the following year. He also accumulated passages through the Rio Branco de Paranaguá.

Personal life

Permanently retired from football, today Gassem owns a restaurant.^[3]

Honours

Player

São Paulo

Campeonato Paulista: 1980, 1981

Manager

Brusque

Campeonato Catarinense Série B: 1997

References

^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Que fim levou? Gassem". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Valmir Gomes (2 November 2019). "Gassem: Meu personagem da semana". Folha do Litoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Gassem… nas graças de Armando Renganeschi". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2023.