Luiz Paulo Hilário (born 16 October 1987), commonly known as Dodô, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Latvian club Liepāja.
 Dodo playing for Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Paulo Hilário | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liepāja | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Juventus–RJ | ||
| 2008 | → Profute (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Inter Zaprešić | 30 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | (3) |
| 2011 | → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2011–2016 | Gabala | 131 | (23) |
| 2016 | Joinville | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | AEL | 9 | (1) |
| 2018 | Penapolense | ||
| 2018 | Internacional-PB | ||
| 2019– | Liepāja | 127 | (55) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2023 | |||
Career edit
Dodô was born in Rio de Janeiro. He signed for NK Inter Zaprešić in January 2009, on recommendation by Eduardo da Silva,[1] another football player from Rio de Janeiro who played for Inter Zaprešić earlier in his career.
Dodô came to the club during the winter break of the 2008–09 season and since then he scored five goals in 13 league appearances for the Croatian club, including a hat-trick against Rijeka on the final day of the season, on 31 May 2009.
After scoring another four goals in the first half of the 2009–10 season, bring his total to nine goals in 30 games for Inter, Dodô was signed by Croatian giants GNK Dinamo Zagreb. In total he spent 12 months at Dinamo, scoring three times in 20 appearances. He was loaned out to NK Lokomotiva Zagreb for the second half of the 2010–11 season, where he scored twice in 12 appearances.
Gabala edit
In the summer of 2011, Dodô signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FC, taking the number 77 jersey.
Dodô made his debut in the first game of the season against Baku in a 0–0 draw on 7 August 2011.[2] His first goal for Gabala came in the fifth minute of his second game for the club away to Sumgayit in a game that finished in a 2–1 victory to Gabala.[3] He ended his first season in Gabala with ten goals in all competitions. Following the departure of Deon Burton, Dodô took the number 10 jersey for his second season with Gabala, which saw him score four times in 33 appearances in all competitions to leave him in fifth place in Gabala's all time goal scorers chart with 14 goals.
During Gabala's 2–1 victory over Simurq on 13 September 2014, Dodô scored Gabala's 400th goal.[4] Dodô scored a brace against Superleague Greece side Panathinaikos, knocking them out of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League at the final qualifying stage on away goals, with the tie finish 2–2 on aggregate.
On 4 October 2015, during Gabala's 6–0 victory over Khazar Lankaran, Dodô scored the fastest ever Azerbaijan Premier League at eight seconds.[5]
On 3 December 2015, Dodô made his 150th appearance for Gabala,[6] playing in the first half of their 7–0 victory over Mil-Muğan in the Azerbaijan Cup.[7]
At the end of 2015–16 season, Dodo left Gabala.[8]
AEL edit
On 12 August 2016, AEL announced the signing of Dodo on a two-year contract.[9] On 1 October 2016, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 away win against Levadiakos.[10]
Liepāja edit
Dodô joined Latvian club FK Liepāja in January 2019.[11]
Career statistics edit
- As of Match played 4 July 2023[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inter Zaprešić | 2008–09[13] | Prva HNL | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 5 | |
| 2009–10[13] | 17 | 4 | — | 17 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 9 | — | 30 | 9 | |||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2009–10[13] | Prva HNL | 9 | 3 | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2010–11[13] | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 2010–11[13] | Prva HNL | 12 | 2 | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| Gabala | 2011–12[14] | Azerbaijan Premier League | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 34 | 10 | |
| 2012–13[15] | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 33 | 4 | |||
| 2013–14 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | |||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
| 2015–16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 34 | 7 | ||
| Total | 131 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 161 | 30 | ||
| Joinville | 2016 | Série B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| AEL | 2016–17 | Super League Greece | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | |
| Penapolense | 2018 | Série A2 | — | |||||||
| Internacional-PB | 2018 | Paraibano - Série B | — | |||||||
| Liepāja | 2019 | Latvian Higher League | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 6 |
| 2020 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 | — | 27 | 19 | |||
| 2021 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | ||
| 2022 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | ||
| 2023 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Total | 119 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 139 | 58 | ||
| Career total | 320 | 90 | 25 | 5 | 31 | 9 | 376 | 104 | ||
References edit
- ^ Dudu brings Dodô to Zapresic
- ^ "Qabala vs. Bakı 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "Sumqayıt vs. Qabala 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "Qəbələ dən 500-cü qol". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Додо установил рекорд чемпионатов Азербайджана". azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azerifootball. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "150-ci oyun". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Qabala 7–0 Mil-Muğan". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "ФК Габала: У Додо закончился контракт, мы оставим его в команде, если не найдем игрока посильнее". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Αποκτήθηκε ο ποδοσφαιριστής Ντοντό". aelfc.gr (in Greek). aelfc.gr. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Ισοπαλία ανάμεσα σε Λεβαδειακό και ΑΕΛ!" (in Greek). Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ FK "Liepāja": sastāvs nokomplektēts par 99% Archived 15 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, liepajniekiem.lv, 7 January 2019
- ^ "Soccerway Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Luiz Paulo Hilario". hnl-statistika.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Premier League Stats 2011/12" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
External links edit
- Dodô at FK Liepāja