Pedro Paulo Saraiva António

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Pedro Paulo
Personal information
Full namePedro Paulo Saraiva António[1]
Date of birth21 November 1973[1]
Place of birthLuanda, Angola
Date of death23 February 2000 (aged 26)[1]
Place of deathAmorim, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing positionCentral midfielder
Youth career
1985–1989União Santarém
1989–1992Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1993Vasco da Gama (Sines)29(3)
1993–1995Benfica Castelo Branco
1995Birmingham City0(0)
1995–1996Darlington6(0)
1996Naval
1996–1997União Lamas29(3)
1997–1999Marítimo13(0)
1999Camacha
1999–2000Esposende4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Pedro Paulo Saraiva António (21 November 1973 – 23 February 2000), known as Pedro Paulo, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder in the Primeira Divisão and the UEFA Cup for Marítimo. He also appeared in the second tier for União Lamas and Esposende, in the third tier for Vasco da Gama (Sines), Benfica Castelo Branco and Camacha,[1] and in the English Third Division (fourth tier) for Darlington.[2]

He began his football career in the junior teams of União Santarém and then Sporting CP, before making his senior debut with Vasco da Gama in the 1992–93 Segunda Divisão B. He was also on the books of Naval, and spent time with English Division Two club Birmingham City without playing first-team football for them.[1]

Pedro Paulo was born in Luanda, Angola.[1] He died in a car crash near Amorim, Póvoa de Varzim, in February 2000 at the age of 26. He was married with a young son.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Pedro Paulo". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. "Pedro Paulo (Esposende) vítima de acidente de viação" [Pedro Paulo (Esposende) victim of a traffic accident]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 February 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2014.