Marco Paulo Paiva Rocha (born 7 February 1973), known as Paiva, is a Portuguese retired football defensive midfielder and manager.

Marco Paiva
Personal information
Full name Marco Paulo Paiva Rocha
Date of birth (1973-02-07) 7 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Funchal, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1985–1990 Marítimo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1994 Marítimo 95 (0)
1994–1995 Famalicão 28 (0)
1995–1997 Farense 62 (0)
1997–2001 Vitória Guimarães 116 (4)
2001–2004 Santa Clara 94 (2)
2004 Maia 14 (1)
2005–2007 União Madeira 53 (0)
2007–2010 Machico 66 (2)
Total 528 (9)
International career
1991–1993 Portugal U21 7 (1)
1998 Portugal 1 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Machico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Funchal, Madeira, Paiva came through the ranks of his hometown team C.S. Marítimo. He totalled 337 Primeira Liga games and six goals for them, S.C. Farense, Vitória de Guimarães and C.D. Santa Clara.

In the second tier, Paiva added 72 appearances and one goal in service of F.C. Famalicão, Santa Clara and F.C. Maia.

International career

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Paiva earned one senior cap for Portugal on 19 August 1998, in a 2–1 friendly win over Mozambique at the Estádio de São Miguel in the Azores. He came on as a substitute for double goalscorer Rui Costa with five minutes of the 2–1 win remaining.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Goncalves, Alex (7 August 2019). "One cap club: squad of players who have only played for Portugal once". Tuga Scout. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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