 After more than one decade in European football, Assunção returned to his country to play for São Paulo FC.The deal was confirmed on 21 July 2012 but, on 28 December, it was terminated by mutual consent, with the player returning to Spain and joining Deportivo de La Coruña.In January 2014, 34-year-old Assunção signed for Levadiakos F.C.