João Paulo (footballer, born 1980)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tirsense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1995 | Paredes | ||
| 1995–1999 | Boavista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2005 | Boavista | 5 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Aves (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Feirense (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | → Varzim (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | → Estoril (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2005 | Tenerife | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Paços Ferreira | 32 | (5) |
| 2007 | União Leiria | 17 | (8) |
| 2008–2010 | Rapid Bucharest | 39 | (3) |
| 2010 | Leixões | 11 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 25 | (16) |
| 2011–2012 | Apollon Limassol | 24 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Estoril | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Aves | 15 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Famalicão | 18 | (4) |
| 2015– | Tirsense | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 February 2016 | |||
João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro (born 8 April 1980 in Porto), known as João Paulo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Tirsense as a centre forward.
Football career
Having grown through the ranks of Boavista FC, João Paulo appeared very little for its first team, being loaned five times for the duration of his link, in both the first and second divisions of Portuguese football. His debut in the top flight came with Varzim SC, in 2001.
After being released in June 2005, João Paulo had an unassuming stint with Spanish second level club CD Tenerife,[1] then returned to Portugal in January of the following year with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He blossomed as a striker in the 2007–08 season at fellow league side U.D. Leiria (eight league goals and two UEFA Cup strikes, both against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, on home and away legs).
In January 2008, Paulo moved to Romanian club FC Rapid Bucureşti, while Leiria would eventually rank last at the season's end in Portugal. Late in the same month two years later, after failing to score more than three times in spite of being regularly played, he returned to his country, joining top flight strugglers Leixões S.C. until the end of the campaign.
In June 2010, following Leixões' relegation, João Paulo returned abroad, signing with Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus. The following season, the 31-year-old switched to another team in the country, Apollon Limassol.
References
External links
- Template:Zerozero
- João Paulo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- João Paulo at BDFutbol
- RomanianSoccer profile and stats
- João Paulo at Soccerway
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Porto
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- Boavista F.C. players
- C.D. Aves players
- C.D. Feirense players
- Vitória F.C. players
- Varzim S.C. players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Leixões S.C. players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- F.C. Tirsense players
- Segunda División players
- CD Tenerife players
- Liga I players
- FC Rapid București players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Olympiakos Nicosia players
- Apollon Limassol FC players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Portuguese expatriates in Romania
- Portuguese expatriates in Cyprus