João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro

For other Portuguese footballers named João Pinto, see João Pinto.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
João Paulo
Personal information
Full name João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro
Date of birth (1980-04-08) 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
 Tirsense
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)
2014–2015 Famalicão 18 (4)
2015– Tirsense 4 (0)
National team
2000–2002 Portugal U21 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2016.

† 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. Tirsense 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, in 2001.

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 league side U.D. 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 club 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 S.C. 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

  1. ↑ 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)

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