Paulinho Santos

Paulinho Santos
Personal information
Full name João Paulo Maio dos Santos
Date of birth (1970-11-21) 21 November 1970
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Porto (assistant)
Youth career
Caxineiros Unidos
1982–1985 Varzim
1986–1989 Rio Ave
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Rio Ave 82 (1)
1992–2003 Porto 205 (7)
Total 287 (8)
National team
1994–1999 Portugal 30 (2)
Teams managed
2011– Porto (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

João Paulo Maio dos Santos (born 21 November 1970), commonly known as Paulinho Santos, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

He spent 11 years of his professional career with Porto, playing in several positions and winning 19 major titles whilst appearing in more than 300 official games for the club.

Santos represented Portugal at Euro 1996.

Club career

Born in Vila do Conde, Santos started playing with hometown's Rio Ave FC, competing two seasons in the second division and one in the third. He moved in 1992 to FC Porto, helping the latter (often in an instrumental role) to seven Primeira Liga titles and five domestic cups, having taken over from the player he idolized while growing up, António André – who had also played in his first club.[1]

In Porto, Santos and four others became the only players in the history of Portuguese football to win five consecutive league titles from 1994 to 1999. Upon winning the 2003 edition of the UEFA Cup, he was already second-fiddle – five games in his last two seasons combined – and retired at the end of that campaign.

A player of aggressive approach, Santos often scuffled with S.L. Benfica's João Vieira Pinto during his career: As a symbolic gesture, however, they exchanged shirts before Santos' last match, against Sporting Clube de Portugal (where Pinto was playing), at Estádio das Antas, in June 2003.[2][3]

Three years later, Santos began a coaching career, spending several years with Porto's various youth sides, mainly as an assistant.[4] In the same predicament, in 2011–12, he was promoted to the first team, joining Vítor Pereira's staff.[5]

International career

Santos earned 30 caps for the Portugal national team, scoring two goals (including a solo effort in a 1–1 away draw against Austria on 11 October 1995).[6] His first game was on 19 January 1994 in a 2–2 draw with Spain in Vigo, in a friendly match, and his last came on 10 February 1999 in a 0–0 draw with the Netherlands at the Parc des Princes in Paris, in another exhibition game.

Santos participated at UEFA Euro 1996, where he played as left back, and missed Euro 2000 due to injury.[7]

Paulinho Santos: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 August 1995Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein0–20–7Euro 1996 qualifying
211 October 1995Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Austria1–11–1Euro 1996 qualifying

Honours

Club

Porto

References

  1. ↑ "Paulinho Santos duzentas vezes na alma do dragão" [Paulinho Santos two hundred times in the dragon's soul]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 May 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ↑ ""O Paulinho Santos entrava e tinha um alvo: João Pinto"" ["Paulinho Santos came in and he had one target: João Pinto"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "João Pinto e Paulinho Santos: A história de um clássico com bolinha" [João Pinto and Paulinho Santos: The story of a X-rated classic]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "FC Porto B: Folha quer a recuperação, com a ajuda de Paulinho Santos" [FC Porto B: Folha wants comeback, with help from Paulinho Santos] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Paulinho Santos reforçou mística" [Paulinho Santos emboldened mystique]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "E daquele golo do Paulinho Santos, lembra-se?" [That Paulinho Santos goal, do you remember it?]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 18 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Paulinho Santos". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
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