Fábio Paím

Fábio Paím
Personal information
Full name Fábio Miguel Malheiro Paím
Date of birth (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988
Place of birth Estoril, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Leixões B
Youth career
AFD Torre
1997–2007 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2007 → Olivais Moscavide (loan) 11 (1)
2007 → Trofense (loan) 13 (1)
2008 → Paços Ferreira (loan) 7 (0)
2008 → Chelsea (loan) 0 (0)
2009 → Rio Ave (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Real Massamá (loan) 2 (0)
2010 Torreense 3 (0)
2011–2012 1º Agosto
2011 → Benfica Luanda (loan)
2012 Futebol Benfica 2 (0)
2013 Al Kharaitiyat
2013 Oliveirense 1 (0)
2014–2015 Mosta 2 (0)
2015 Nevėžis 11 (2)
2015 Union 05
2016 Sintra Football
2017 Paraíba do Sul 0 (0)
2017– Leixões B
National team
2003 Portugal U16 2 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal U17 16 (3)
2006 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U19 8 (1)
2007–2008 Portugal U20 12 (3)
2008 Portugal U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Fábio Miguel Malheiro Paím (born 15 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. B as a winger.

After starting out at Sporting, he went on to play for a host of clubs in a variety of countries, without settling anywhere.[1][2]

Club career

Born in Estoril, Paím was once regarded as the most promising young player in Portugal by Cristiano Ronaldo, who said upon arriving at Manchester United: "If you think I'm good, just wait until you see Fábio Paím".[3][4] He joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 9, before making his professional debut in 2007 on loan at C.D. Olivais e Moscavide alongside Sporting teammate Bruno Pereirinha; he spent the 2007–08 season with two teams, making his Primeira Liga debut with F.C. Paços de Ferreira[5] after starting with C.D. Trofense in the second division.[6]

In August 2008, Paím moved on loan to Luiz Felipe Scolari's Chelsea in England,[7] but only appeared for its reserves during a four-month spell. On 11 December he left the club and moved, yet again on loan, to Rio Ave FC.[8] Coach Carlos Brito decided not to keep him mainly due to his high salaries,[9] and the player did not manage to attract any interest before the end of winter transfer window, spending the rest of the campaign unattached.

On 25 September 2009, both Sporting and Real S.C. – which had Filipe Ramos, a former Sporting player, as a coach, with the side competing in the third level – agreed to a one-year loan deal until the end of 2009–10, making Paím the ninth Sporting player loaned out to that team.[10][11]

In the 2010 off-season, without any official appearances to his credit, 22-year-old Paím left Sporting for good, signing with another club in division three, S.C.U. Torreense. He left the team after only a couple of months, spending the following years in Angola with C.D. Primeiro de Agosto and S.L. Benfica (Luanda).[12]

For the 2012–13 season, Paím signed for C.F. Benfica in the Portuguese third division.[13] After some months trying to regain match fitness, he made his official debut against C.D. Mafra; in December 2012, however, he moved teams and countries again, penning a two-year deal with Al Kharaitiyat SC in the Qatar Stars League.[14]

On 19 August 2014, Paím signed a two-year contract for Mosta F.C. in the Maltese Premier League.[15] In April of the following year, he joined FK Nevėžis in Lithuania.[16]

In the summer of 2015, Paím moved to Union 05 Kayl-Tétange in Luxembourg's second tier.[17] He was dismissed from the team in September, for "unprofessional behavior".[18]

On 10 November 2017, after a fleeting spell in Brazilian amateur football, Paím signed with the reserves of Leixões S.C. in the Porto Football Association.[19][20]

International career

Paím won 42 caps for Portugal all youth categories comprised, scoring seven goals. Of Angolan descent as his parents hailed from Huambo Province,[21] he was eligible to represent its senior team and hoped to be selected to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, but ultimately was not called.[22]

Honours

Trofense

References

  1. ↑ "Fábio Paim chega ao 13º clube" [Fábio Paim makes it to club 13] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Fábio Paim: "Sinto-me o palhaço que toda a gente quer ver e ninguém ajuda"" [Fábio Paim: "I feel like the clown that everyone wants to see and no one helps"] (in Portuguese). Sábado. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fábio Paim vai jogar na Grécia" [Fábio Paím will play in Greece] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Diamante que procura ser lapidado" [Diamond looking to be edged] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Leixões-P. Ferreira, 1–0 (Roberto 59')" (in Portuguese). Record. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fábio Paim ruma ao clube de Trofa" [Fábio Paim heads to the Trofa club] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Portuguese striker joins Chelsea". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  8. ↑ Fábio Paim já treina no Rio Ave (Fábio Paim already training at Rio Ave); Mais Futebol, 11 December 2008 (in Portuguese)
  9. ↑ "Fábio Paim não fica no Rio Ave" [Fábio Paím will not stay at Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). Academia de Talentos. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  10. ↑ "Sete Ex-Juniores do Sporting às ordens de Filipe Ramos" [Seven former Sporting juniors under Filipe Ramos] (in Portuguese). Academia de Talentos. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  11. ↑ "Fábio Paim no Real Massamá, Rabiu Ibrahim a caminho" [Fábio Paím at Real Massamá, Rabiu Ibrahim on the way] (in Portuguese). Sporting Apoio. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "Fábio Paim: «Nunca vivi o futebol»" [Fábio Paim: «I never lived football»] (in Portuguese). Record. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Fábio Paim no Futebol Benfica" [Fábio Paím in Futebol Benfica] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "Fábio Paim a caminho do Catar" [Fábio Paím on his way to Qatar] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Fábio Paim assina pelo Mosta FC" [Fábio Paím signs with Mosta FC] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "10 football wonderkids who never actually made it". Complex. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Fábio Paím a caminho do Luxemburgo" [Fábio Paím on his way to Luxembourg] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Luxemburgo: Fábio Paim dispensado de equipa da 2.ª Divisão. Mau comportamento trama jogador Português" [Luxembourg: Fábio Paim dismissed from second tier team. Bad behavior frames Portuguese player.] (in Portuguese). Record. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Fábio Paím vai assinar pelo Leixões B" [Fábio Paím will sign with Leixões B] (in Portuguese). Record. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Fábio Paim na equipa B do Leixões" [Fábio Paim in Leixões' B-team] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  21. ↑ Fábio Paim vai tentar renascer em Angola (Fábio Paim will try to be reborn in Angola) Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine.; Diário de Notícias, 8 January 2011 (in Portuguese)
  22. ↑ Fábio Paim "Não quero ser mais um" (Fábio Paim: "I do not want to be just another guy"); O País (in Portuguese)
  23. ↑ "Trofense-Aves, 2–1: A quarta derrota" [Trofense-Aves, 2–1: The fourth defeat] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  24. ↑ "Portimonense-Trofense, 2–2: De novo em festa agora com o título" [Portimonense-Trofense, 2–2: Party time again now with title] (in Portuguese). Record. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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