Donizete Pantera

Donizete Pantera
Donizete Pantera in 2010
Personal information
Full name Osmar Donizete Cândido
Date of birth (1968-10-24) 24 October 1968
Place of birth Prados, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Striker
Team information
Current team
CFZ do Rio (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Volta Redonda 0 (0)
1988–1989 São José-SP 0 (0)
1989–1990 Botafogo 15 (1)
1990–1995 Tecos UAG 183 (39)
1995–1996 Botafogo 24 (6)
1996 Verdy Kawasaki 14 (6)
1996–1997 Benfica 16 (7)
1997 Corinthians 21 (4)
1997–2000 Vasco da Gama 30 (8)
1997Cruzeiro (loan) 0 (0)
2000 Tigres 11 (0)
2000–2001 Botafogo 17 (3)
2001 Palmeiras 6 (1)
2003 Tecos UAG 18 (3)
2003 Vasco da Gama 15 (3)
2004–2005 Tecos UAG 8 (0)
2005 Macaé 0 (0)
2006 Londrina 0 (0)
Total 378 (81)
International career
1995–1998 Brazil 9 (2)
Managerial career
2015 CFZ do Rio (assistant manager)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's football
CONCACAF Gold Cup
1998 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osmar Donizete Cândido (born 24 October 1968, known as Donizete Pantera, is a Brazilian retired footballer, who played as a forward, and the assistant manager at CFZ do Rio.

Dubbed as Donizete Pantera, a nickname he received in Mexico, where he won the Balon de Oro for his performances in the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División. He also stood out as part of the Botafogo team that won 1995 Série A, plus would later be influential in the 1998 Copa Libertadores won by Vasco da Gama.

An international for Brazil from 1995 to 1998, he made 9 caps and scored twice, but was not included in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which he said to be the biggest disappointment of his life.