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Paulo Jorge Fernandes Sereno (born 24 October 1983 in Santarém, Portugal), known as Gutty Sereno, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vilafranquense as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Jorge Fernandes Sereno | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Santarém, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vilafranquense | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Sporting (loan- Real Sport Clube) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Alverca | ||
| 2002–2003 | → Benfica (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Alcains | 21 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Abrantes | 19 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Kavala | 21 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | União da Madeira | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Monsanto | 12 | (0) |
| 2010 | Doxa Katokopias | 7 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Hibernians | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | Monsanto | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Oriental | 32 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Torreense | 11 | (2) |
| 2013 | Atlético | 14 | (1) |
| 2013 | BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | TB Uphusen | (0) | |
| 2015–2018 | Vilafranquense | 55 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2017 | |||
Career edit
Youth and Early Career in Portugal edit
He comes from the youth team of Sporting Lisbon, where he played until the summer of 1999. After that, he moved to the U-19 team of FC Alverca, from which he was loaned out in July 2000 to the U-19 team of Real SC. After returning to Alverca, he played there until August 2002, and was then loaned out again, this time to the B team of Benfica Lissabon. At the end of this loan, he left the club and moved to the lower-league team CD Alcains. He played there in the 2003/04 season, after which he joined União Madeira. His time there lasted only one season, after which he moved to a new club, Abrantes FC.
Stints at Foreign First Division Clubs edit
A season later, he left Portugal for the first time and joined the Greek club AO Kavala. However, he stayed there only until the end of the season, then returned to Madeira, where he had previously spent a season. He continued in Portugal with GDR Monsanto, playing in the Portuguese third division.
In early 2010, he left his home country again to join the Cypriot first division club Doxa Katokopias, making his league debut on February 6 in a 3-0 away loss against Anorthosis Famagusta. He only made two more appearances by the end of the season. For the 2010/11 season, he moved to Malta to play for Hibernians FC. His first appearance in the Maltese Premier League was in a 1-1 draw against FC Floriana on December 4, 2010. He made only two more appearances by the end of the season.
The next year, he returned to Monsanto until the end of the season. The following season, he joined Clube Oriental de Lisboa, where he played for one season. He spent the first half of the 2012/13 season with SC União Torreense and moved to the then second division club Atlético CP for the second half. He made his debut in a Portuguese professional league in a 0-0 draw at Sporting Lisbon B. After the 2012/13 season, Atlético was relegated and Sereno left the club.
Time in Germany and End of Career edit
In the summer, he moved to Germany for the first time, joining BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden in the Regionalliga Nord. His first appearance was in a 1-1 draw at home against Hannover 96 II, where he was substituted in the 89th minute. He made only three more appearances by the end of the year. On January 27, 2014, he moved within Lower Saxony to the Oberliga team TB Uphusen. He made nine appearances by the end of the season. His first appearance in the Oberliga, as a substitute in the second half, was in a 2-1 loss at 1. FC Wunstorf. In the 2014/15 season, he made nine more appearances before returning to Portugal in January 2015 to end his career.
He played for UD Vilafranquense until the end of the 2017/18 season and then retired.
External links edit
- Gutty Sereno at ForaDeJogo (archived)
