João Paiva

João Paiva

Personal information
Full name	João Pedro de Lemos Paiva
Date of birth	(1983-02-08) 8 February 1983
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Winterthur
Number	11
Youth career
1993–1995	Olivais Moscavide
1995–2001	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Sporting B	50	(20)
2003–2004	Marítimo B	28	(6)
2004–2005	Espinho	9	(1)
2005–2007	Apollon Limassol	54	(16)
2008	AEK Larnaca	12	(2)
2008–2011	Luzern	72	(23)
2011–2013	Grasshoppers	25	(3)
2013–2014	Wohlen	34	(16)
2014–	Winterthur	51	(18)
International career
2001–2002	Portugal U19	10	(0)
2003–2004	Portugal U20	9	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:01, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

João Pedro de Lemos Paiva (born 8 February 1983) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Swiss club FC Winterthur as a striker.

He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Switzerland.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Paiva played almost exclusively lower league football in his country: having been under contract with both Sporting Clube de Portugal and C.S. Marítimo, he only appeared for both clubs' reserve sides. In the 2004–05 season he competed with S.C. Espinho in the second division, but featured in less than one third of the league games and his team was also relegated after ranking 18th and last.

Paiva then spent three years in Cyprus, with Apollon Limassol and AEK Larnaca FC (half a season with the latter). For 2008–09 he joined FC Luzern in Switzerland, scoring 11 goals in 23 matches in his first year as the side finished ninth in the Super League, only barely avoiding relegation.

In January 2011, Paiva agreed a contract with another club in the country, Grasshopper Club Zürich, effective as of July.

External links

• Template:Zerozero profile
• João Paiva at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Soccerway profile

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