 Casagrande, who played for Brazil at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, said he overdosed four times from 2005–07 and once almost went into a coma after using drugs.He is finishing in April 2008 his treatment.On 22 April 2013, Casagrande confessed on Programa do Jô that he was ashamed for doping four times while playing for F.C.