João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Famalicão | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1995 | Paredes | ||
| 1995–1999 | Boavista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2005 | Boavista | 5 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Aves (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Feirense (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | → Varzim (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | → Estoril (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2005 | Tenerife | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Paços Ferreira | 32 | (5) |
| 2007 | União Leiria | 17 | (8) |
| 2008–2010 | Rapid Bucharest | 39 | (3) |
| 2010 | Leixões | 11 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 25 | (16) |
| 2011–2012 | Apollon Limassol | 24 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Estoril | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Aves | 15 | (1) |
| 2014– | Famalicão | 8 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro (born 8 April 1980 in Porto), known as João Paulo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Famalicão as a centre forward.
Football career
Having grown through the ranks of Boavista FC, João Paulo appeared very little for its first team, being loaned five times for the duration of his link, in both the first and second divisions of Portuguese football. His debut in the top flight came with Varzim SC.
After being released in June 2005, João Paulo had an unassuming stint with Spanish second level club CD Tenerife,[1] then returned to Portugal in January of the following year with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He blossomed as a striker in the 2007–08 season at fellow top-divisioner União de Leiria (eight league goals and two UEFA Cup strikes, both against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, on home and away legs).
In January 2008, Paulo moved to Romanian side FC Rapid Bucureşti, while Leiria would eventually rank last at the season's end in Portugal. Late in the same month two years later, after failing to score more than three times in spite of being regularly played, he returned to his country, joining top flight strugglers Leixões Sport Club until the end of the campaign.
In June 2010, following Leixões' relegation, João Paulo returned abroad, signing with Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus. The following season the 31-year-old switched to another team in the country, Apollon Limassol.
References
- ↑ João Paulo Pinto inició los entrenamientos en Cantabria dirigidos por Tigre Barrios (João Paulo Pinto started training sessions in Cantabria, run by Tigre Barrios); Diario de Avisos, 30 July 2005 (Spanish)
External links
- João Paulo at footballzz.co.uk
- João Paulo profile at ForaDeJogo
- BDFutbol profile
- Soccerway profile