| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Santos | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2004 | Tuna Luso | ||
| 2005 | Paysandu | ||
| 2005–2008 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008– | Santos | 57 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2010– | Brazil | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima (born 12 October 1989)[2] commonly known as Paulo Henrique Ganso or Ganso (Goose), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos. In 2009, he received a nomination for the Brazilian Football Confederation award for "Breakthrough Player" of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, given to the best rookie of the competition.[3]
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Paulo Henrique Ganso was brought to Tuna Luso after being discovered by former Brazil international Giovanni. At 15 he joined Paysandu, but he was snapped up by Santos in 2005.[4] In 2007, after an injury that sidelined him for six months, Ganso played in and won the final of the U-20 Campeonato Paulista. He wore the number 10 jersey in Santos' campaign in the Copa São Paulo of 2008, where his team was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sport Club Internacional. He won the 2010 Campeonato Paulista with Santos on May 2, 2010, defeating Santo André in the final. In August 2010, it was reported that Ganso would have surgery on his injured left knee and will be out for six months.[5] In October, Santos offered "agent company" DIS Group (subsidiary of Sonda Group, a Brazil supermarket chain, which D stand for Sonda president Delcir Sonda) to buy 70% image rights of the player but the group did not accept the offer.[6] He has a contract which will last until 28 February 2015 with a termination fee of €50 million. Group DIS reported owned 45% of the sporting rights of Ganso (which made the group eligible to receive 45% transfer fee from Santos) after winning in the court.
In 2009 he was called up to play for Brazil in the World Under-20 Championships. In early 2010, the Brazilian media began calling for Brazilian national team coach Dunga to choose Ganso for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, primarily as a substitute for Kaká, because of their similar styles of play.[7][8][9] On 11 May 2010, he was named as one of seven backup players[10] for 23-men 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. On 26 July 2010, he was called up by the new coach Mano Menezes to the "Seleção" for a friendly match against USA. On 10 August 2010, in a friendly against the USA he made his senior debut, where one of his shots rattled the post, almost giving him his first senior international goal.[11] He was named in Mano Menezes 23 man 2011 Copa America squad and given the number 10 shirt. During their group game against Paraguay, Ganso assisted Jadson's goal as well as an last minute goal from Fred to tie the game at 2-2.
All stats correct as of 18 November 2011.
| Club | Season | Brasileirão | Copa do Brasil | Paulista | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Santos | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 43 | 13 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 | 5 | 2 | |
| Total | 57 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 28 | 21 | |
As of 29 September 2011.