In this Portuguese name, the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira. "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Crizam César de Oliveira Filho, better known as Zinho (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈzĩɲu]; born 17 June 1967), is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer.
Zinho was a member of the Brazilian1994 FIFA World Cup winning team.[2] He also took part at the 1993 and 1995 Copa América with Brazil, winning a runners-up medal in the latter edition of the tournament, and was also a member of the Brazilian team that finished in third place at the
1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was capped a total of 57 times between March 1989 and February 1998, scoring 7 goals. On 20 January 2010 he was ranked 23rd in the USL First Division Top 25 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.[3]