Paulo Rink

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Paulo Rink
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Roberto Rink
Date of birth	(1973-02-21) 21 February 1973
Place of birth	Curitiba-PR, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Youth career
1989–1990	Atlético-PR
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991	Atlético-MG
1992–1996	Atlético-PR	35	(14)
1995	→ Chapecoense (loan)	0	(0)
1997–2001	Bayer Leverkusen	88	(29)
1999–2000	→ Santos (loan)	12	(0)
2002	1. FC Nürnberg	19	(3)
2002–2003	Energie Cottbus	13	(3)
2003–2004	Olympiakos Nicosia	14	(9)
2004	Vitesse	17	(5)
2005	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	11	(1)
2004–2006	Olympiakos Nicosia	21	(14)
2006	Omonia Nicosia^[1]	13	(10)
2006–2007	Atlético-PR	13	(1)
National team
1998–2000	Germany	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Paulo Roberto Rink (born 21 February 1973 in Curitiba), is a Brazilian-born German football centre forward, who retired in 2007.^[2]

Rink began his career playing for Atlético Paranaense. After a solid career with the club, he negotiated with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and was transferred for US$6M, the highest transfer fee paid for an Atlético Paranaense player at that time. Rink remained there for four years, barring a six-month break, when he was loaned out to Santos FC.

He has played also for several other clubs, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Energie Cottbus, Vitesse, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Olympiakos Nicosia and Omonia Nicosia.

Rink ended his career in Atlético Paranaense, where his career started. His honorary match took place on 24 May 2007 at the Kyocera Arena. Playing in Paulo Rink's friends team were amongst others: Oséas, his old friend, who from 1995 to 1998 acted as his striking partner at Atlético Paranaense. Also present was the Uruguayan Gustavo Matosas, team-mate in 1997 and 1998 and Kléberson, who played with him in 1998.

Rink, whose great-grandfather had emigrated from Heidelberg to Brazil in 1904, was naturalized as a German citizen and subsequently called up to the German national team by then manager Erich Ribbeck in October 1998. He was the first Brazilian to play for Germany. The attacker took part in friendlies against Romania and Malta. A year afterwards, while still playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he was once again called up, this time for the 1999 Confederations Cup in Mexico. He played for Germany in the 2000 UEFA European Championship as well. In total, Rink was able to collect 13 international caps between 1998 and 2000.

References

↑ "Team Stats for Omonia". soccerboards.com. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
↑ "Paulo Rink anuncia su retiro de las canchas como profesional". mediotiempo.com. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2008.

External links

Paulo Rink – FIFA competition record
Paulo Rink at fussballdaten.de (German)
Paulo Rink at National-Football-Teams.com
Leverkusen who's who
CBF (Portuguese)
Atlético Paranaense who's who (Portuguese)

v t e Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Lehmann 2 Wörns 3 Heinrich 4 Linke 5 Doğan 6 Maul 7 Scholl 8 Wosz 9 Marschall 10 Matthäus 11 Preetz 12 Enke 13 Neuville 14 Baumann 15 Ballack 16 Schneider 17 Gerber 18 Ricken 19 Heldt 20 Rink Coach: Ribbeck

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2000

1 Kahn 2 Babbel 3 Rehmer 4 Linke 5 Bode 6 Nowotny 7 Scholl 8 Häßler 9 Kirsten 10 Matthäus 11 Rink 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Hamann 15 Wosz 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Deisler 19 Jancker 20 Bierhoff (c) 21 Ramelow 22 Butt Coach: Ribbeck

Persondata
Name	Rink, Paulo
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	21 February 1973
Place of birth	Curitiba-PR, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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