Paulo Cabral
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Fullback | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1987 | Cerveira | ||
| 1987–1989 | Caçadores Torreenses | ||
| 1989–1991 | Vianense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1993 | Vianense | ||
| 1993–1994 | Joane | ||
| 1994–1995 | Tirsense | 3 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Vizela | 27 | (3) |
| 1996–1997 | Tirsense | 29 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Aves | 27 | (3) |
| 1998–2001 | Belenenses | 90 | (3) |
| 2001–2004 | Benfica | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Belenenses | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 204 | (10) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral (born 24 June 1972) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as either a right or left back.
Club career
Born in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Cabral started his senior career with local SC Vianense, promoting to the third division in his first year and playing two full seasons with the first team overall. After one year in amateur football he went straight to the top level for the 1994–95 campaign, with F.C. Tirsense, but his league input consisted of 24 minutes of action.
In the 1995 summer, Cabral returned to division three with F.C. Vizela. Subsequently, as first-choice, he spent three seasons in the second division with Tirsense, C.D. Aves and C.F. Os Belenenses, appearing in 31 matches for the latter (one goal) in 1998–99 as it achieved top flight promotion.
Cabral continued to be an undisputed starter with the Lisbon club in the following two seasons, which attracted the attention of neighbouring S.L. Benfica. He played 13 league contests in his first year with the Reds but soon fell out of favour at the club, returning to Belenenses for a further year where he appeared sparingly due to injuries, and retiring in June 2005 at the age of 33.
International career
On 15 November 2000 Cabral gained his first – and only – cap for the Portuguese national team, coming on as a substitute for Carlos Secretário for the final ten minutes of a 2–1 friendly win with Israel.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Paulo Cabral profile at ForaDeJogo
- Paulo Cabral at National-Football-Teams.com