Paulinho
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Paulinho is a Portuguese diminutive name.
It is frequently used as a nickname of various people named Paulo (Paul -inho, the little Paul).
In this case it is often combined with an epithet, sometimes a demonym referring to their place of origin, to distinguish them from other people with the same nickname, as shown in several of the following examples:
- Jacinto Paulinho, Portuguese cyclist, and his son
- Sérgio Paulinho, Portuguese cyclist, realname Sérgio Miguel Moreira
- Paulinho Santos, Portuguese footballer
[edit] Brazilian footballers
- Paulinho Criciúma, realname Paulo Roberto Rocha footballer born in Criciúma
- Paulo Sergio Betanin, Brazilian football (soccer) player born in Rio Grande do Sul.
- Paulinho Gaúcho, active in 1980s.
- Paulo Benedito Bonifácio Maximiano, Brazilian footballer