Sávio

Personal information
Full name	Sávio Bortolini Pimentel
Date of birth	(1974-01-09) 9 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Vila Velha, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1986–1988	Desportiva Capixaba
1988–1993	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Flamengo	74	(20)
1998–2003	Real Madrid	105	(16)
2002–2003	→ Bordeaux (loan)	27	(7)
2003–2006	Zaragoza	95	(16)
2006	Flamengo	10	(0)
2007	Real Sociedad	19	(5)
2007	Levante	12	(0)
2008	Desportiva Capixaba	9	(6)
2008–2009	Anorthosis	16	(4)
2010	Avaí	8	(0)
Total		375	(74)
International career
1994–2000	Brazil	21	(4)
Medal record Representing  Brazil Men's Football 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sávio Bortolini Pimentel (born 9 January 1974), known simply as Sávio (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsavi̯u]), is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a left winger.

Known as "Anjo Loiro" ("Blonde Angel") and "Diabo Loiro" ("Blonde Devil"), he played most of his professional career in Spain, being a part of Real Madrid's setup during four-and-a-half seasons and appearing in more than 300 official games with four teams.

A Brazilian international in the mid and late 1990s, Sávio represented the nation in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Born in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Sávio started his footballing career at the Desportiva Capixaba youth team. Still as a junior he was transferred to Rio de Janeiro's Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, where he made his professional debut –^[1]– he was hailed as the new Zico by the fans and the press due to his footballing ability, but also due to his frail physique.

In 1995, as part of Flamengo's centennial celebrations, Sávio teamed up with the volatile Romário and Edmundo. After clashing with the former he was transferred to Real Madrid in 1998, helping the La Liga powerhouse to three UEFA Champions League titles and the 2001 national championship; in the 2002–03 season he served a loan stint in France, at FC Girondins de Bordeaux. He holds French nationality.^[2]

In the following season, Sávio returned to Spain and was one of the most important players in Real Zaragoza, for which he played three years. In his first the Aragonese won the Copa del Rey, precisely against Real Madrid;^[3] in the second, he scored a career-best ten league goals.^[4]

In May 2006, Sávio returned to Brazil and Flamengo on a free transfer, signing a contract until December 2007. However, on 5 January of the following year, it was announced that he would be transferred to Real Sociedad also in Spain, for which he played his first league game on the 21st against Valencia CF;^[5] in late June, after the Basques' relegation, he joined fellow league team Levante UD, and played there until January of the following year, leaving as many teammates due to unpaid wages.^[6][7]

After a spell back in Brazil with his very first club, Desportiva Capixaba,^[8] Sávio signed in August 2008 with Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC, appearing with them in the 2008–09 Champions League.^[9] In January 2010 the 36-year-old returned to his country, joining Avaí Futebol Clube.^[10]

After a few months with the Santa Catarina club, Sávio retired at the end of 2010.^[11]

Never a part of any FIFA World Cup finals squad, Sávio did however play with Brazil at the 1995 Copa América, where the nation lost the final to Uruguay on penalties. He also achieved the bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,^[12] going on to collect a total of 21 full caps with four goals.

• ¹ Including one appearance in 1998 Intercontinental Cup, one appearance in 1998 UEFA Super Cup.
• ² Including four appearances and one goal in 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.
• ³ Including one appearance in 2000 Intercontinental Cup, one appearance in 2000 UEFA Super Cup.
• ⁴ Including one appearance in 2001 Supercopa de España.

Flamengo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1992
• Campeonato Carioca: 1996
• Copa de Oro: 1996
• Copa do Brasil: 2006

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2000–01
• Supercopa de España: 2001
• UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
• Intercontinental Cup: 1998
• UEFA Super Cup: 2002

Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey: 2003–04; runner-up 2005–06
• Supercopa de España: 2004

Desportiva Capixaba

• Copa Espírito Santo: 2008

Avaí

• Campeonato Catarinense: 2010

Brazil

• Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal 1996

Individual

• Copa de Oro top scorer: 1996

• Sávio at Sambafoot (archived)
• Brazilian FA Database^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Portuguese)
• Sávio at BDFutbol
• Sávio – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Sávio at National-Football-Teams.com
• Official website