Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1984)

Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves (born 24 January 1984), known as Paulo Sérgio, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger.

Paulo Sérgio
Personal information
Full name Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves
Date of birth (1984-01-24) 24 January 1984
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
1994–1995 Benfica
1996–1997 Vitória Lisboa
1997–1999 Oriental
1999–2002 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Sporting CP B 33 (5)
2003–2008 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2004 → Académica (loan) 16 (3)
2005–2006 → Belenenses (loan) 45 (2)
2006 → Estrela Amadora (loan) 7 (1)
2007 → Aves (loan) 14 (3)
2007–2008 → Portimonense (loan) 26 (2)
2008–2009 Salamanca 20 (1)
2009–2011 Olhanense 44 (2)
2011–2012 Vitória Guimarães 18 (0)
2012–2013 AEL Limassol 27 (6)
2013–2014 Arouca 6 (0)
2014 Olhanense 12 (2)
2015–2016 DPMM 39 (18)
2017–2018 Bhayangkara 59 (19)
2019–2020 Bali United 27 (2)
National team
2002 Portugal U18 2 (1)
2002–2003 Portugal U19 15 (8)
2004 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal U21 11 (4)
2005 Portugal B 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:06, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 162 matches and 13 goals over eight seasons, appearing in the competition for Académica, Belenenses, Estrela da Amadora, Aves, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães and Arouca. He also competed professionally in Spain, Cyprus, Singapore and Indonesia, winning the S.League with DPMM and repeating the feat in Liga 1 with Bhayangkara and Bali United.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Paulo Sérgio started his career at local Sporting CP, but never appeared in the Primeira Liga with the first team. In April 2003, 10% of his economic rights were sold to an investment fund along with other youth products, and he would be loaned several times in the following years, for example spending two seasons with Lisbon neighbours C.F. Os Belenenses; on 25 November 2004, before leaving for the latter club, he appeared for the Lions in a 4–0 win at FC Dinamo Tbilisi for that season's UEFA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Roudolphe Douala in the 65th minute.[1]

After one season with Portimonense S.C. of the second division, Paulo Sérgio was released by Sporting and signed with Spanish side UD Salamanca.[2] He appeared in roughly half of the games during the campaign, as the Castile and León team finished ninth in the second level.

Paulo Sérgio returned to his country and Algarve in summer 2009, joining S.C. Olhanense who had just promoted to the top flight and being regularly played over the course of two seasons as the club managed to consecutively retain its status. On 17 September 2010, he scored in a 2–0 home win against former team Portimonense,[3] the first of two official goals during his tenure.

In the following years, Paulo Sérgio represented, in quick succession, Vitória de Guimarães, Cyprus' AEL Limassol, F.C. Arouca[4] and Olhanense.[5] In March 2015, after spending the first part of the campaign as a free agent, he joined DPMM FC of the S.League, replacing injured Craig Fagan.[6] He scored a brace on his debut on 4 April, helping to a 3–2 win at Hougang United FC.[7]

Paulo Sérgio netted twice in a 4–0 victory against Balestier Khalsa FC in the final league game of 2015, and his team won their first-ever national championship.[8]

International career

Paulo Sérgio played seven times in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, netting four goals. He was not, however, selected for the squad that appeared in the final tournament, which was held on home soil.

Previously, Paulo Sérgio appeared with the under-19s in the 2003 European Championship in Liechtenstein, scoring five times in as many matches as the national team lost in the final against Italy.[9]

Club statistics
As of 16 April 2019
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2002–03[10] Second Division 254——254
2003–04[10] Second Division 81——81
Total 335——335
Sporting 2003–04[10] Primeira Liga 00100010
2004–05[10] Primeira Liga 00001[lower-alpha 1]010
Total 00101020
Académica (loan) 2003–04[10] Primeira Liga 16300—163
Belenenses (loan) 2004–05[10] Primeira Liga 19200—192
2005–06[10] Primeira Liga 26010—270
Total 45210—462
Estrela Amadora (loan) 2006–07[10] Primeira Liga 7110—81
Aves (loan) 2006–07[10] Primeira Liga 14300—143
Portimonense (loan) 2007–08[10] Segunda Liga 26251—313
Salamanca 2008–09 Segunda División 20110—211
Olhanense 2009–10[10] Primeira Liga 20010—210
2010–11[10] Primeira Liga 24240—282
Total 44250—492
Vitória Guimarães 2011–12[10] Primeira Liga 180301[lower-alpha 2]0220
AEL Limassol 2012–13[11] Cypriot First Division 276719[lower-alpha 3]0437
Arouca 2013–14[10] Primeira Liga 6030—90
Olhanense 2014–15[10] Segunda Liga 12200—122
DPMM 2015[11] S.League 2113323[lower-alpha 4]22717
2016[11] S.League 196103[lower-alpha 4]3239
Bhayangkara 2017[11] Liga 1 299000299
2018[11] Liga 1 30100003010
Bali United 2019[11] Liga 1 00300300
Total 9938726510945
Career total 3949234417546599
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in Singapore League Cup

Honours

Club

AEL Limassol

DPMM

Bhayangkara

Bali United

International

Portugal U19

Individual

References
  1. "Sporting frente D. Tbilissi: Um bom empregado merece os brindes" [Sporting against D. Tbilisi: A good waiter deserves a trinket]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 November 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. Pérez, A. (5 July 2008). "La Unión presentó a Paulo Sergio, extremo portugués" [Unión presented Paulo Sergio, Portuguese winger]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  3. "Olhanense vence derby algarvio e sobe ao 2º lugar" [Olhanense win Algarve derby and climb to 2nd place] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. "Arouca: Paulo Sérgio (ex-AEL) é reforço" [Arouca: Paulo Sérgio (ex-AEL) is an addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. "Oficial: Paulo Sérgio no Olhanense" [Official: Paulo Sérgio in Olhanense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. Thomas, Jason; Seri Begawan, Bandar (29 March 2015). "DPMM FC find Sergio to replace injured Fagan". The Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. "Debutant Sergio fires DPMM to victory". S.League. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  8. "Sergio stars to help Wasps clinch first-ever title". S.League. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  9. Gouveia, Ricardo (4 August 2003). "Paulo Sérgio em entrevista: goleador dos sub-19 quer vingar no Sporting" [Paulo Sérgio in interview: under-19 top scorer wants to make it big in Sporting] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  10. "Paulo Sérgio". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  11. "Paulo Sergio". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  12. "Paulo Sérgio diz que título de campeão da Indonésia é fruto de trabalho árduo" [Paulo Sérgio says that Indonesia champions title is the fruit of hard work]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  13. Antunes, Inês (7 December 2019). "Paulo Sérgio: De clube em clube, há um português a fazer história do outro lado do mundo" [Paulo Sérgio: From club to club, there's a Portuguese making history on the other side of the world] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  14. "Paulo Sérgio eleito o melhor jogador na Indonésia" [Paulo Sérgio voted best player in Indonesia]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 December 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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