Flávio Paixão

Flávio Emanuel Lopes Paixão (born 19 September 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Polish club Lechia Gdańsk as a forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Paixão.
Flávio Paixão
Paixão with Hamilton Academical in 2011
Personal information
Full name Flávio Emanuel Lopes Paixão
Date of birth (1984-09-19) 19 September 1984[1]
Place of birth Sesimbra, Portugal[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lechia Gdańsk
Number 28
Youth career
1994–1995 Alfarim
1995–2003 Sesimbra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Sesimbra
2005–2006 Porto B 11 (1)
2006–2007 Villanovense 34 (10)
2007 Jaén 8 (0)
2008–2009 Benidorm 53 (11)
2009–2011 Hamilton Academical 56 (9)
2011–2013 Tractor 61 (20)
2014–2016 Śląsk Wrocław 71 (24)
2016– Lechia Gdańsk 160 (62)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2020

He never played professionally in his own country, and had his greatest successes in Poland, scoring over 50 Ekstraklasa goals for Śląsk Wrocław and Lechia Gdańsk. Additionally, he had spells in Spain, Scotland and Iran.

Club career

Early years

Born in Sesimbra, Setúbal District, Paixão spent his early career in Portugal and Spain, playing with lowly teams in both countries – his hometown's G.D. Sesimbra, FC Porto B,[2] CF Villanovense, Real Jaén and Benidorm CF.

In the 2006–07 season, he scored ten goals for Villanovense but suffered relegation from Segunda División B, the only level in which he competed in Spain.[3]

Hamilton Academical

Paixão's first taste of professional football came in 2009 as he signed for Scottish Premier League club Hamilton Academical on 6 August, alongside twin brother Marco.[4] He made his league debut nine days later, against Kilmarnock.[5]

Paixão was released from his contract with immediate effect on 14 April 2011, alongside his sibling.[6] He appeared in 61 official matches for the Accies, scoring 11 goals.

Tractor

On 2 August 2011, Paixão signed a one-year contract with Tractor S.C. in Iran, for an undisclosed fee.[7] In his first season he netted a club-best ten goals in the Pro League, being voted by Goal.com as best player on the team.[8]

Śląsk Wrocław

Paixão returned to Europe, joining Polish Ekstraklasa's Śląsk Wrocław at the tail end of the 2013–14 campaign. In his first full season he scored 18 goals, bettered only by Kamil Wilczek from Piast Gliwice;[9] this included a hat-trick on 25 October 2014 in a 4–1 win at Lechia Gdańsk.[10]

Lechia Gdańsk

On 8 February 2016, Paixão moved to Lechia Gdańsk for a fee of £100.000 with two years left on his contract, with Śląsk unhappy with the player's behaviour and accusing him of being disloyal[11]– he reunited with his sibling, who arrived earlier from AC Sparta Prague.[12][13] He scored a combined 26 goals in his first two and a half seasons, adding ten in all competitions in 2017–18, five of which were against Lechia's main rivals Arka Gdynia in the Tricity Derby.[14]

The 2018–19 campaign proved to be Paixão's best in terms of goalscoring with 15 goals in total, with him being his team's top scorer and the fifth highest in the league as they finished in third position.[15] He broke a long-standing Lechia record of scoring the most goals for the team in the Polish top division, surpassing previous holder Bogdan Adamczyk on 25 November 2018 after finding the net against Jagiellonia Białystok.[16] He also won the Polish Cup, assisting the only goal of the final on 2 May against Jagiellonia for Artur Sobiech in added time, having earlier had a goal ruled out by the video assistant referee for offside.[17]

At the start of the 2019–20, Paixão started in the Polish SuperCup, helping his side win the match 3–1 after defeating Piast.[18][19] He scored in both legs of the second qualifying round in the UEFA Europa League against Brøndby IF (5–3 aggregate loss),[20][21] and as a result became the first club player to achieve the feat more than once in European competition.[22]

International career

During their spell in Poland, both Paixão and his sibling were often poised to be called up to the Portuguese national team, but nothing came of it.[23]

Personal life

Paixão's twin brother Marco was also a footballer, Flávio being the younger by five minutes.[24]

Career statistics
As of 21 November 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2005–06[25] Portuguese Second Division 111————111
Villanovense 2006–07[26] Segunda División B 3410————3410
Jaén 2007–08[26] 8010———90
Benidorm 2007–08[26] 19500——2[lower-alpha 1]0215
2008–09[26] 34642———388
Total 531142——205913
Hamilton Academical 2009–10[27] Scottish Premier League 2552010——285
2010–11[28] 3031110——324
Total 5583120——609
Tractor 2011–12[29] Iran Pro League 301000———3010
2012–13[29] 311000—6[lower-alpha 2]1—3711
Total 612000—61—6721
Śląsk Wrocław 2013–14[29] Ekstraklasa 13100———131
2014–15[29] 371841———4119
2015–16[29] 21541—4[lower-alpha 3]0—296
Total 712482—40—8326
Lechia Gdańsk 2015–16[29] Ekstraklasa 166————166
2016–17[29] 331021———3511
2017–18[29] 341010———3510
2018–19[29] 371560———4315
2019–20[29] 311465—2[lower-alpha 3]2104021
2020–21[29] 9710———107
Total 16062166—221017970
Career total 45313632112012330502150
  1. Appearances in Promotion play-offs
  2. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk

References
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  2. "Somos ambiciosos" [We're ambitious]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 22 June 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. Medina Morcillo, Santiago (2 April 2007). "El Villanovense, con un pie en Tercera" [Villanovense, all but in Tercera]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. "Hamilton sign up Portuguese twins". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  5. "Kilmarnock 3–0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  6. "Paixao twins released by Hamilton Accies". BBC Sport. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  7. "Traktorsazi signs Flavio Paixao". Persian League. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  8. فلاویو لوپز بهترین بازیکن فصل تراکتورسازی انتخاب شد (in Persian). Goal. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  9. "Kamil Wilczek z 20 bramkami został królem strzelców Ekstraklasy w sezonie 2014/2015" [Kamil Wilczek with 20 goals became the Ekstraklasa top scorer in 2014/2015] (in Polish). Gol 24. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. "VÍDEO: Flávio Paixão faz quatro golos e lidera goleadores na Polónia" [VIDEO: Flávio Paixão scores four goals and leads goalscorers in Poland] (in Portuguese). Lux. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  11. Osowski, Tomasz (8 February 2016). "Flavio Paixao w Lechii już na wiosnę [AKTUALIZACJA]" [Flávio Paixão to Lechia in spring [UPDATE]] (in Polish). Sport.pl. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  12. "O reencontro dos irmãos Paixão: Flávio ruma ao Lechia Gdansk" [The reunion of the Paixão brothers: Flávio moves to Lechia Gdańsk] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  13. "Marco Paixao przechodzi w Lechii Gdańsk" [Marco Paixão cleared at Lechia Gdańsk]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 9 January 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  14. Galiński, Tomasz (25 May 2018). "Flavio Paixao goni Bogdana Adamczyka. 50 goli w ekstraklasie, 26 dla Lechii" [Flávio Paixão chases Bogdan Adamczyk. 50 goals in the first league, 26 for Lechia]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  15. "Pieczęć króla strzelców" [Seal of the top king] (in Polish). Piłka Nożna. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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  17. "VÍDEO: Flávio Paixão vê golo anulado mas vence Taça da Polónia" [VIDEO: Flávio Paixão sees goal disallowed but wins Polish Cup] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  18. "Kulisy zdobycia Superpucharu Polski! [WIDEO]" [Polish Supercup win backstage! [VIDEO]] (in Polish). Lechia Gdańsk. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  19. Główczyński, Jacek; Sumowski, Rafał (13 July 2019). "Superpuchar Polski 2019: Piast Gliwice – Lechia Gdańsk 1:3" [Polish Supercup 2019: Piast Gliwice – Lechia Gdańsk 1:3] (in Polish). Sport.pl. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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  21. "Highlights fra sejren over Lechia Gdansk" [Highlights from the victory over Lechia Gdansk] (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  22. "Legia nie przegrywa, Piast i Lechia odpadają" [Legia do not lose, Piast and Lechia are out] (in Polish). Ranking UEFA. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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