Paulinho — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

7

clubs played for

13/14

debut season

0.06

goals / match

Matsumoto Yamaga

top club · 153 apps

Position rank · 2023

#118

goals rank

#270

assists rank

23

season goals

12

season assists

Among 416 Midfield - Defensive Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€550k

peak value · 2017

€1.00m

top transfer fee · 12/13

6

best season · 2016

1 · 4.3%

pens / of goals

Born the same day

Celso Ortiz

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Club Nacional Asunción

€50k

Jesper Juelsgård

Defender - Centre-Back · Horsens FS

Ruy

Midfield - Attacking Midfield · Without Club

Hannes Meeus

Defender - Centre-Back · Without Club

Shares 1989-01-26 · 6 players total

387Appearances

23Goals

12Assists

84Yellow cards

1Red cards

144Full matches (90′)

Full name	Paulinho
Name in home country	Paulo Roberto Gonzaga
Date of birth	1989-01-26 (37 yrs)
Place of birth	Blumenau, Brazil
Citizenship	Brazil Italy
Position	Midfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	177.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2024-02-01
Contract expires	—
Agent	Kuniy & W. Sports ...

Feb 2024

Transfer: Matsumoto Yama. → Retired

23/24 · Transfer

Aug 2023

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jul 2023

2023 — Matsumoto Yamaga

18 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2022

2022 — Matsumoto Yamaga

27 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

May 2022

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jan 2022

Transfer: Fagiano Okayama → Matsumoto Yama.

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

2021 — Fagiano Okayama

32 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Mar 2021

Injury: unknown

10 games missed

Jul 2020

Injury: unknown

13 games missed

Jul 2020

2020 — Fagiano Okayama

27 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 2020

Transfer: Matsumoto Yama. → Fagiano Okayama

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

2019 — Matsumoto Yamaga

28 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2018

Injury: unknown

15 games missed

Jul 2018

2018 — Matsumoto Yamaga

22 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Feb 2018

Transfer: JEF Utd. Chiba → Matsumoto Yama.

17/18 · Transfer

Jan 2018

Transfer: Matsumoto Yama. → JEF Utd. Chiba

17/18 · Return from loan

Jul 2017

2017 — Matsumoto Yamaga

36 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2016

2016 — Matsumoto Yamaga, Shonan Bellmare

34 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2016

Transfer: JEF Utd. Chiba → Matsumoto Yama.

15/16 · Loan

Jun 2016

Transfer: Shonan Bellmare → JEF Utd. Chiba

15/16 · Return from loan

Jan 2016

Transfer: JEF Utd. Chiba → Shonan Bellmare

15/16 · Loan

Jul 2015

2015 — JEF United Chiba

37 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Feb 2015

Transfer: Tochigi SC → JEF Utd. Chiba

14/15 · Transfer

Jan 2015

Transfer: Kawasaki Front. → Tochigi SC

14/15 · Return from loan

Jul 2014

2014 — Kawasaki Frontale

16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Feb 2014

Transfer: Tochigi SC → Kawasaki Front.

13/14 · Loan

Jul 2013

13/14 — Kawasaki Frontale

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2013

2013 — Tochigi SC

24 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

May 2013

Injury: unknown

18 games missed

Jul 2012

2012 — Tochigi SC

29 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2012

Transfer: Metropolitano → Tochigi SC

12/13 · Transfer · €1.00m

Jun 2012

Transfer: Tochigi SC → Metropolitano

11/12 · Return from loan

Jul 2011

2011 — Tochigi SC

22 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2010

2010 — Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Tochigi SC

27 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2010

Transfer: Metropolitano → Tochigi SC

10/11 · Loan

Jun 2010

Transfer: Vasco da Gama → Metropolitano

09/10 · Return from loan

Jul 2009

2009 — Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Mar 2009

Transfer: Metropolitano → Vasco da Gama

08/09 · Loan

Dec 2008

Transfer: Grêmio B → Metropolitano

08/09 · Return from loan

Oct 2005

Transfer: Metropolitano → Grêmio B

05/06 · Loan

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €550k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 328 other Midfield - Defensive Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2023. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.29/90

79

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

0

G+A2 total · 0.29/90

61

Yellow cards2 total · 0.29/90

68

Minutes played by club

Matsumoto Yamaga 33.4%

Fagiano Okayama 12.7%

Shonan Bellmare 2.4%

JEF United Chiba 12.0%

Kawasaki Frontale 0.0%

Tochigi SC 39.4%

Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Matsumoto Yamaga	6	2016	2023	153	14	5	4,344
Fagiano Okayama	2	2020	2021	59	1	2	1,651
Shonan Bellmare	1	2016	2016	12	2	0	313
JEF United Chiba	1	2015	2015	37	2	1	1,565
Kawasaki Frontale	2	13/14	2014	20	0	0	0
Tochigi SC	4	2010	2013	94	4	4	5,115
Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	2	2009	2010	12	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
2023	J3 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	18	2	0	2	0	628
2022	J3 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	27	0	0	6	0	0
2021	Emperor's Cup	Fagiano Okayama	2	0	0	1	0	0
2021	J2 League	Fagiano Okayama	30	0	2	5	0	0
2020	J2 League	Fagiano Okayama	27	1	0	2	0	1,651
2019	J1 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	28	1	1	5	0	2,010
2018	Emperor's Cup	Matsumoto Yamaga	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	21	3	1	6	0	617
2017	Emperor's Cup	Matsumoto Yamaga	2	0	0	0	0	0
2017	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	34	4	3	6	0	573
2016	Emperor's Cup	Matsumoto Yamaga	2	0	0	0	0	0
2016	J. League Cup	Shonan Bellmare	2	0	0	1	0	0
2016	J1 - 1st Stage	Shonan Bellmare	10	2	0	2	0	313
2016	J1 Play-off	Matsumoto Yamaga	1	1	0	0	0	90
2016	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	19	3	0	4	0	426
2015	Emperor's Cup	JEF United Chiba	1	0	0	0	0	0
2015	J2 League	JEF United Chiba	36	2	1	8	0	1,565
2014	Emperor's Cup	Kawasaki Frontale	2	0	0	1	0	0
2014	J. League Cup	Kawasaki Frontale	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	J.League Div.1	Kawasaki Frontale	14	0	0	3	0	0
2013	Emperor's Cup	Tochigi SC	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013	J.League Div.2	Tochigi SC	23	0	2	7	0	0
2012	J.League Div.2	Tochigi SC	29	1	0	10	0	2,460
2011	J.League Div.2	Tochigi SC	22	1	1	4	0	1,921
2010	Campeonato Carioca	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Carioca - Taça Rio	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	3	0	0	2	0	0
2010	Copa do Brasil	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	3	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Emperor's Cup	Tochigi SC	2	0	0	1	0	0
2010	J.League Div.2	Tochigi SC	17	2	1	5	1	734
2010	Série A	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	1	0	0	1	0	0
2009	Carioca - Taça Rio	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Copa do Brasil	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Série B	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	3	0	0	2	0	0
13/14	AFC Champions League	Kawasaki Frontale	4	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
05/06	2005-10-01	Metropolitano	Grêmio B	Loan	0	—
08/09	2008-12-31	Grêmio B	Metropolitano	Return from loan	0	—
08/09	2009-03-01	Metropolitano	Vasco da Gama	Loan	50000	—
09/10	2010-06-30	Vasco da Gama	Metropolitano	Return from loan	250000	—
10/11	2010-07-01	Metropolitano	Tochigi SC	Loan	250000	—
11/12	2012-06-30	Tochigi SC	Metropolitano	Return from loan	325000	—
12/13	2012-07-01	Metropolitano	Tochigi SC	Transfer	325000	€1.00m
13/14	2014-02-01	Tochigi SC	Kawasaki Front.	Loan	350000	—
14/15	2015-01-31	Kawasaki Front.	Tochigi SC	Return from loan	500000	—
14/15	2015-02-01	Tochigi SC	JEF Utd. Chiba	Transfer	500000	—
15/16	2016-01-06	JEF Utd. Chiba	Shonan Bellmare	Loan	500000	—
15/16	2016-06-21	Shonan Bellmare	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	500000	—
15/16	2016-07-01	JEF Utd. Chiba	Matsumoto Yama.	Loan	500000	—
17/18	2018-01-31	Matsumoto Yama.	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	500000	—
17/18	2018-02-01	JEF Utd. Chiba	Matsumoto Yama.	Transfer	500000	—
19/20	2020-01-12	Matsumoto Yama.	Fagiano Okayama	Transfer	400000	—
21/22	2022-01-09	Fagiano Okayama	Matsumoto Yama.	Transfer	300000	—
23/24	2024-02-01	Matsumoto Yama.	Retired	Transfer	125000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
12/13	Broken fibula	2013-05-27	2013-09-20	117	18
18/19	Adductor injury	2018-07-11	2018-10-11	93	15
19/20	Torn muscle bundle	2020-07-16	2020-09-10	57	13
20/21	Torn muscle bundle	2021-03-29	2021-05-24	57	10
21/22	Inner ligament injury	2022-05-16	2022-06-20	36	6
23/24	Hamstring muscle injury	2023-08-16	2023-09-27	43	6

Current—

Peak€550k

Low—

Δ since start−€150k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€325k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€550k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€325k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Hiroyuki Takasaki	2	5
Kazumasa Takagi	2	1
Takayoshi Ishihara	2	0
Yudai Iwama	2	0
Satoki Uejo	1	2
Yota Shimokawa	2	1
Serginho	1	1
Shuhei Tokumoto	1	0
Eiji Shirai	1	1
Keita Goto	2	0
Tatsuya Morita	1	0
Tomohiko Murayama	2	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
2017	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	4	34
2018	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	3	21
2016	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	3	19

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2017	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	3	34
2013	J.League Div.2	Tochigi SC	2	23
2021	J2 League	Fagiano Okayama	2	30

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
17/18	2018-01-31	Matsumoto Yama.	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	—	€500k
15/16	2016-07-01	JEF Utd. Chiba	Matsumoto Yama.	Loan	—	€500k
15/16	2016-06-21	Shonan Bellmare	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	—	€500k
15/16	2016-01-06	JEF Utd. Chiba	Shonan Bellmare	Loan	—	€500k
14/15	2015-01-31	Kawasaki Front.	Tochigi SC	Return from loan	—	€500k
13/14	2014-02-01	Tochigi SC	Kawasaki Front.	Loan	—	€350k
11/12	2012-06-30	Tochigi SC	Metropolitano	Return from loan	—	€325k
10/11	2010-07-01	Metropolitano	Tochigi SC	Loan	—	€250k
09/10	2010-06-30	Vasco da Gama	Metropolitano	Return from loan	—	€250k
08/09	2009-03-01	Metropolitano	Vasco da Gama	Loan	—	€50k
08/09	2008-12-31	Grêmio B	Metropolitano	Return from loan	—	—
05/06	2005-10-01	Metropolitano	Grêmio B	Loan	—	—

Teams faced most often by Paulinho's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Kashima Antlers	16	4	3	9	17	28	-11	25%
Kawasaki Frontale	16	2	5	9	12	25	-13	13%
FC Tokyo	16	4	4	8	14	18	-4	25%
Yokohama F. Marinos	16	2	4	10	15	30	-15	13%
Vissel Kobe	16	4	3	9	15	25	-10	25%
Gamba Osaka	16	6	2	8	15	22	-7	38%
Urawa Red Diamonds	16	5	5	6	21	25	-4	31%
Cerezo Osaka	16	3	3	10	13	21	-8	19%
Nagoya Grampus	15	4	6	5	14	15	-1	27%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	5	4	6	10	13	-3	33%
Sagan Tosu	14	6	4	4	21	18	+3	43%
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	14	2	7	5	15	23	-8	14%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
13/14	Senior debut season
2010	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
2023	18	628	2	0	0	0.29
2022	27	0	6	0	0	0
2021	32	0	6	0	0	0
2020	27	1,651	2	0	0	0.11
2019	28	2,010	5	0	0	0.22
2018	22	617	6	0	0	0.88
2017	36	573	6	0	0	0.94
2016	34	829	7	0	0	0.76
2015	37	1,565	8	1	0	0.52
2014	16	0	4	0	0	0
2013	24	0	7	0	0	0
2012	29	2,460	10	2	0	0.44
2011	22	1,921	4	1	0	0.23
2010	27	734	9	0	1	1.23
2009	4	0	2	0	0	0