Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in Erechim^[1]) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1970 to 1977, winning two Brazilian Championships (1975 and 1976). Carpegiani also played for Flamengo (1977–1980), winning the Brazilian Championship in 1980.

Upon retiring, he started a career as a football coach. To begin with Carpegiani coached Flamengo and won the Copa Libertadores de América (Libertadores Cup) and the Intercontinental Cup, beating Liverpool, in 1981. He also won a Brazilian Championship in 1982. In 1992, he was coach of the Barcelona Sporting Club (Guayaquil - Ecuador). In 2007, he was hired by the Corinthians. The team lost in his first match, against Clube Náutico Capibaribe, and the club was eliminated from the Copa do Brasil in the quarter finals. His first match of the Campeonato Brasileiro was against Esporte Clube Juventude and Corinthians won.

His best performance as a coach was with the Paraguay national team from 1996 to 1998 (including a good run in the World Cup, losing to France in extra time). On April 10, 2009 Carpegiani was hired as Vitória's head coach. On June 1, 2010 Atlético Paranaense officials hired the former Vitória coach to replace Leandro Niehues.^[2]

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
	CR Flamengo	1981	1983	116	71	27	18	061.21
	Al Nassr	1983	1984	21	9	6	6	042.86
	Internacional	1985	1985	52	28	14	10	053.85
	Náutico	1986	1986	26	10	5	11	038.46
	Bangu	1986	1987	73	30	24	19	041.10
	Internacional	1989	1989	38	20	8	10	052.63
	Náutico	1989	1989	28	9	7	12	032.14
	Cerro Porteño	1991	1991	21	7	10	4	033.33
	Palmeiras	1991	1992	32	16	8	8	050.00
	Barcelona	1992	1992	34	18	8	8	052.94
	Cerro Porteño	1992	1994	102	52	34	16	050.98
	Coritiba	1995	1995	64	35	17	12	054.69
	Paraguay	1996	1998	36	14	11	11	038.89
	São Paulo	1999	1999	67	40	9	18	059.70
	CR Flamengo	2000	2000	22	12	4	6	054.55
	Atlético Paranaense	2001	2001	25	16	4	5	064.00
	Cruzeiro	2001	2001	27	9	5	13	033.33
	Kuwait	2003	2004	19	9	5	5	047.37
	Corinthians	2007	2007	23	6	9	8	026.09
	Vitória	2009	2009	26	11	6	9	042.31
	Atlético Paranaense	2010	2010	21	11	5	5	052.38
	São Paulo	2010	2011	47	30	4	13	063.83
	Vitória	2012	2012	32	19	7	6	059.38
	Ponte Preta	2013	2013	13	4	3	6	030.77
	Coritiba	2016	2017	32	11	10	11	034.38
	Bahia	2017	2017	12	5	4	3	041.67
	CR Flamengo	2018	2018	17	11	3	3	064.71
	Vitória	2018	2018	14	4	3	7	028.57
Total				1,040	517	260	263	49.71

As of November 19, 2012

Internacional

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Flamengo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1980
• Campeonato Carioca: 1978, 1979

Flamengo

• Copa Libertadores: 1981
• Intercontinental Cup: 1981
• Campeonato Carioca: 1981
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1982

Náutico

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1986

Cerro Porteño

• Paraguayan First Division: 1992, 1994

Atlético Paranaense

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2001

Vitória

• Campeonato Baiano: 2009

• Silver Ball Revista Placar- Internacional
• 3rd Paraguay best manager all time- 1998 FIFA World Cup

• Profile at cbf.com.br