João Paulo Brito

João Paulo Brito
Personal information
Full name	João Paulo Candeias Brito
Date of birth	5 June 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Olhão, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1984–1989	Olhanense
1989–1990	Faro e Benfica
1990–1992	Penha
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Oriental Pechão
1993–1994	Beira-Mar Monte Gordo
1994–1996	Olhanense
1996–1997	Louletano
1997–2001	Belenenses
2001–2002	Estrela Amadora
2002–2004	CSKA Sofia
2004	Vitória Setúbal
2005	Kastoria
2006–2007	Jahn Regensburg
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

João Paulo Candeias Brito (born 5 June 1974) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger.

Football career

Born in Olhão, Algarve, Brito began his professional career with hometown's S.C. Olhanense. He moved in 1996 to neighbours Louletano DC, as both clubs competed in the third division.

Brito experienced his best period in his country while at C.F. Os Belenenses: although not an undisputed starter he was an important attacking unit, appearing in more than 100 matches in the league alone (the Lisbon team spent the 1998–99 season in the second level). After four years he moved to another side in the capital, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, going scoreless in 20 matches as they finished fourth and narrowly missed out on promotion from division two.

In the following years, Brito all but played abroad, beginning in Bulgaria with PFC CSKA Sofia for which he appeared regularly, also acquiring Bulgarian citizenship.^[1] He also represented lowly Kastoria F.C. in Greece – after a few months at Vitória de Setúbal without one single official appearance – and SSV Jahn Regensburg in Germany, before retiring as a professional in 2007 at the age of 33.