Paulo Victor de Menezes Melo (born 29 May 1993), commonly known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for South Korean K League 2 club Chungbuk Cheongju FC as a left winger.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Victor de Menezes Melo | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chungbuk Cheongju FC | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Corinthians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Corinthians | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | → América-RN (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Rio Claro (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Portuguesa (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Zorya Luhansk | 40 | (4) |
| 2018–2021 | Levski Sofia | 87 | (22) |
| 2021–2022 | Khor Fakkan | 22 | (6) |
| 2023– | Chungbuk Cheongju FC | 4 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 21 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Paulinho began his professional career at Corinthians in 2013. After loan spells at América-RN, Rio Claro and Portuguesa he signed for Ukrainian Premier League club Zorya Luhansk in January 2016.
After spending more than two years with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia, in January 2021, Paulinho joined Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates for a season and a half.[1]
Career statistics edit
- As of 4 January 2023[2]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Corinthians | 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| América-RN | 2014 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Rio Claro | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Portuguesa | 2015 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| Zorya Luhansk | 2015–16 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 40 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 48 | 4 | |||
| Levski Sofia | 2017–18 | 16 | 8 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 8 | |||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 30 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 36 | 9 | |||
| 2020–21 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 87 | 22 | — | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 97 | 23 | |||
| Khor Fakkan | 2021–22 | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | — | — | ? | ? | |||
| Chungbuk Cheongju FC | 2023 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Career total | 152 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 31 | |
Honours edit
- Corinthians
- Zorya Luhansk
- Ukrainian Cup: Runner-up 2015–16
References edit
- ^ "Khorfakkan Football Club Company has succeeded in signing with the Brazilian winger Paulo Victor "Paulinho" (27 years)". khorfakkanfc.ae. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Paulinho at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
External links edit
- Paulinho at Soccerway
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
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