Branco (footballer)

**Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal** (born 4 April 1964 in Bagé, Brazil), better known as **Branco**, is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.

## Club career statistics

|-
|1982||rowspan="5"|Fluminense||rowspan="5"|Série A||0||0
|-
|1983||9||1
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|1984||21||0
|-
|1985||16||0
|-
|1986||0||0

|-
|1986–87||rowspan="2"|Brescia||Serie A||26||1
|-
|1987–88||Serie B||24||1

|-
|1988–89||rowspan="3"|Porto||rowspan="3"|Portuguese Liga||26||1
|-
|1989–90||27||4
|-
|1990–91||7||2

|-
|1990-91||rowspan="3"|Genoa||rowspan="3"|Serie A||24||6
|-
|1991-92||23||1
|-
|1992-93||24||1

|-
|1993||Grêmio||Série A||6||1
|-
|1994||Flamengo||Série A||0||0
|-
|1994||Corinthians Paulista||Série A||19||4
|-
|1995||Flamengo||Série A||0||0
|-
|1995||Internacional||Série A||15||2

|-
|1995–96||rowspan="2"|Middlesbrough||rowspan="2"|Premier League||7||0
|-
|1996–97||2||0

|-
|1997||Mogi Mirim||Série B||0||0

|-
|1997||MetroStars||Major League Soccer||11||1

|-
|1998||Fluminense||Série B||2||1
88||9
121||10
60||7
9||0
11||1
289||27
|}

## International career statistics

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|1985||5||0
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|1986||9||0
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|1987||0||0
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|1988||0||0
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|1989||17||1
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|1990||7||0
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|1991||9||3
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|1992||3||0
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|1993||14||3
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|1994||7||2
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|1995||1||0
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!Total||72||9
|}

### Club

**Internacional**
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1981

**Fluminense**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1984
- Campeonato Carioca: 1983, 1984, 1985

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 1989–90
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1990

**Grêmio**
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1993

### International

- Brazil
- Copa América: 1989
- FIFA World Cup: 1994

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Branco
- **image**: Branco - Brescia Calcio 1986-87.jpg
- **caption**: Brescia Calcio 1986-87
- **fullname**: Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal
- **birth place**: Bagé, Brazil
- **position**: Left back
- **youthyears1**: 1988–1991
- **years1**: 1980–1982
- **clubs1**: Sport Club Internacional, Internacional
- **caps1**: 15
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1983–1986
- **clubs2**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **caps2**: 46
- **goals2**: 21
- **years3**: 1986–1988
- **clubs3**: → Brescia Calcio, Brescia (loan)
- **caps3**: 50
- **goals3**: 12
- **years4**: 1988–1991
- **clubs4**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps4**: 60
- **goals4**: 17
- **years5**: 1991–1993
- **clubs5**: Genoa C.F.C., Genoa
- **caps5**: 71
- **goals5**: 18
- **years6**: 1993
- **clubs6**: Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 1994
- **clubs7**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **years8**: 1994
- **clubs8**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **caps8**: 20
- **goals8**: 4
- **years9**: 1995
- **clubs9**: CR Flamengo, Flamengo
- **caps9**: 35
- **goals9**: 9
- **years10**: 1995
- **clubs10**: Sport Club Internacional, Internacional
- **years11**: 1996
- **clubs11**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **caps11**: 9
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 1997
- **clubs12**: Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube, Mogi Mirim
- **years13**: 1997
- **clubs13**: New York Red Bulls, NY/NJ MetroStars
- **caps13**: 11
- **goals13**: 1
- **years14**: 1998
- **clubs14**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **caps14**: ?
- **goals14**: ?
- **totalcaps**: 323
- **totalgoals**: 80
- **nationalyears1**: 1985–1995
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps1**: 72
- **nationalgoals1**: 9
- **manageryears1**: 2012
- **managerclubs1**: Figueirense FC, Figueirense
- **manageryears2**: 2013
- **managerclubs2**: Sobradinho Esporte Clube, Sobradinho
- **manageryears3**: 2013
- **managerclubs3**: Guarani FC, Guarani