Paulinho Santos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Paulo Maio dos Santos | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Retired | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 31, 2005 | |||
João Paulo Maio dos Santos (born November 21, 1970 in Vila do Conde), best known as Paulinho Santos, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a tenacious, often over-aggressive defensive midfielder. He often scuffled with S.L. Benfica's João Vieira Pinto during his career.
Santos started playing with hometown Rio Ave FC, moving in 1992 to FC Porto, helping the latter (often in an instrumental role) to seven league titles and five domestic cups. When Porto won the 2003 UEFA Cup, he was already second-fiddle, and retired at the end of that season.
For Portugal, Santos received 30 international caps from 1994 to 2000, scoring 2 goals (including a solo effort in a 1-1 away draw against Austria, on October 11, 1995) and participating at Euro 1996, where he played as left back.
Honours
- Portuguese League: 1992-93, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03
- Portuguese Cup: 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03
- Portuguese SuperCup: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001
- UEFA Cup: 2002-03
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