SAO PAULO: Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar will return to his ex-club Sao Paulo on a three-year contract, the Brazilian Serie A side said on Tuesday.

Oscar made 48 appearances for Brazil. He also spent the last eight seasons with Shanghai Port, winning the Chinese Super League title thrice.

`I`m happy to be back in Brazil and to be able to play for Sao Paulo, which is the club where I started out, where I made my base and where I grew up, the 33-year-old said in a statement.

Oscar scored 38 goals in 203 appearances for Chelsea and lifted the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League trophies during his fourand-a-half-year spell.

He began his professional career at Sao Paulo in 2008 and joined Internacional in 2010, a move that led to a lengthy contract dispute between the two Brazilian clubs.-Reuters