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Paulo Machado

Paulo Machado

Midfield - Central Midfield  at FC Saint-Paul
Age40
CitizenshipPortugal
Height1.74 m
Footright
BornMarch 31, 1986
at FC Saint-Paul 450 days · joined 2025-02-28
👕200+ Apps 🎯50+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
03/04
debut season
0.09
goals / match
GNK Dinamo Zagreb
top club · 117 apps

Position rank · 20/21

#1490
goals rank
#1362
assists rank
44
season goals
52
season assists

Among 2,242 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€4.50m
peak value · 2010
€3.50m
top transfer fee · 09/10
7
best season · 09/10
83 / 8
int'l caps / goals
490Appearances
44Goals
52Assists
48Yellow cards
1Red cards
150Full matches (90′)
Full namePaulo Machado
Name in home countryPaulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado
Date of birth1986-03-31 (40 yrs)
Place of birthBairro do Cerco, Portugal
CitizenshipPortugal
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height174.00 m
Current clubFC Saint-Paul
Joined2025-02-28
Contract expires
AgentRelatives
Feb 2025
Transfer: FC Boudry → FC Saint-Paul
24/25 · Transfer
Jan 2024
Transfer: Career break → FC Boudry
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
Transfer: Pedrouços → Career break
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
Transfer: Leixões B → Pedrouços
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2021
Transfer: Leixões → Leixões B
21/22 · Transfer
Aug 2020
Transfer: Mumbai City → Leixões
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Leixões SC
15 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Mumbai City FC
9 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2018
Transfer: Desportivo Aves → Mumbai City
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Mumbai City FC
20 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2017
Transfer: Without Club → Desportivo Aves
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Desportivo Aves (- 2020)
28 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Dinamo Zagreb → Without Club
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2016
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — GNK Dinamo Zagreb, GNK Dinamo Zagreb II
33 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — GNK Dinamo Zagreb, GNK Dinamo Zagreb II
44 matches · 2 G · 10 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — GNK Dinamo Zagreb
45 matches · 4 G · 8 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Olympiacos → Dinamo Zagreb
14/15 · Transfer · €1.80m
Sep 2013
Injury: unknown
20 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — Olympiacos Piraeus
25 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2012
Transfer: Toulouse → Olympiacos
12/13 · Transfer · €2.70m
Jul 2012
12/13 — Olympiacos Piraeus
42 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — FC Toulouse
25 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — FC Toulouse
33 matches · 4 G · 5 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC Toulouse
42 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: FC Porto → Toulouse
09/10 · Transfer · €3.50m
Jun 2009
Transfer: Saint-Étienne → FC Porto
08/09 · Return from loan
Jul 2008
08/09 — AS Saint-Étienne
46 matches · 4 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: FC Porto → Saint-Étienne
08/09 · Loan
Jun 2008
Transfer: Leixões → FC Porto
07/08 · Return from loan
Jul 2007
07/08 — Leixões SC
26 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: FC Porto → Leixões
07/08 · Loan
Jun 2007
Transfer: Leiria → FC Porto
06/07 · Return from loan
Jul 2006
06/07 — UD Leiria
27 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: FC Porto → Leiria
06/07 · Loan
Jun 2006
Transfer: CF Estrela → FC Porto
05/06 · Return from loan
Aug 2005
Transfer: FC Porto → CF Estrela
05/06 · Loan
Jul 2005
05/06 — Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora
26 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Nov 2004
Transfer: FC Porto B → FC Porto
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — FC Porto
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: FC Porto U19 → FC Porto B
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2003
03/04 — FC Porto
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2003
Transfer: FC Porto U17 → FC Porto U19
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 2001
Transfer: FC Porto U15 → FC Porto U17
01/02 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €4.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1546 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 20/21. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.23/90
58
Assists1 total · 0.23/90
67
G+A2 total · 0.45/90
62
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
96
13,518 min
Minutes played by club
Leixões SC 9.2%
Mumbai City FC 10.6%
Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 5.2%
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 31.7%
GNK Dinamo Zagreb II 0.0%
Olympiacos Piraeus 13.5%
FC Toulouse 14.0%
AS Saint-Étienne 11.1%
UD Leiria 0.0%
Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora 4.7%
FC Porto 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Leixões SC 2 07/08 20/21 41 3 3 1,245
Mumbai City FC 2 18/19 19/20 29 3 5 1,428
Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 1 17/18 17/18 28 5 4 697
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3 14/15 16/17 117 7 21 4,286
GNK Dinamo Zagreb II 2 15/16 16/17 5 0 0 0
Olympiacos Piraeus 2 12/13 13/14 67 6 5 1,823
FC Toulouse 3 09/10 11/12 100 14 6 1,898
AS Saint-Étienne 1 08/09 08/09 46 4 6 1,499
UD Leiria 1 06/07 06/07 27 0 2 0
Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora 1 05/06 05/06 26 2 0 642
FC Porto 2 03/04 04/05 4 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€1.1M6€2.3M9€3.4M12€4.5M05/06 — 2 goals (Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora)205/0606/07 — 2 assists206/0707/08 — 2 goals (Leixões SC)07/08 — 2 assists407/0808/09 — 4 goals (AS Saint-Étienne)08/09 — 6 assists1008/0909/10 — 7 goals (FC Toulouse)09/10 — 1 assists809/1010/11 — 4 goals (FC Toulouse)10/11 — 5 assists910/1111/12 — 3 goals (FC Toulouse)311/1212/13 — 3 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)12/13 — 5 assists812/1313/14 — 3 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)313/1414/15 — 4 goals (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)14/15 — 8 assists1214/1515/16 — 2 goals (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)15/16 — 10 assists1215/1616/17 — 1 goals (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)16/17 — 3 assists416/1717/18 — 5 goals (Desportivo Aves (- 2020))17/18 — 4 assists917/1818/19 — 2 goals (Mumbai City FC)18/19 — 4 assists618/1919/20 — 1 goals (Mumbai City FC)19/20 — 1 assists219/2020/21 — 1 goals (Leixões SC)20/21 — 1 assists220/2105/06 — €600K07/08 — €900K08/09 — €2.4M09/10 — €3.2M10/11 — €4.5M11/12 — €4.5M12/13 — €4.5M13/14 — €4M14/15 — €3M15/16 — €2.5M16/17 — €1.8M17/18 — €1M18/19 — €700K19/20 — €350K20/21 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

03/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 2207/0808/09: 4408/0909/10: 7709/1010/11: 4410/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 4414/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/21

Assists by season

03/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 2207/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 5510/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 8814/1515/16: 101015/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/21
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
20/21 Liga Portugal 2 Leixões SC 14 1 1 0 0 398
20/21 Taça de Portugal Leixões SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Indian Super League Mumbai City FC 9 1 1 0 0 641
18/19 Indian Super League Mumbai City FC 18 2 4 3 0 787
18/19 ISL Play-Offs Mumbai City FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Liga NOS Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 23 4 3 5 0 360
17/18 Taça de Portugal Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 5 1 1 0 0 337
16/17 1.HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 17 0 3 1 0 0
16/17 Champions League GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Champions League Qu. GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 0 0 0 189
16/17 Hrvatski nogometni kup GNK Dinamo Zagreb 5 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Prva NL GNK Dinamo Zagreb II 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Champions League GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 1 1 0 0
15/16 Champions League Qu. GNK Dinamo Zagreb 5 0 2 2 1 0
15/16 Hrvatski nogometni kup GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 1 0 313
15/16 Prva NL GNK Dinamo Zagreb II 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 28 1 7 4 0 2,122
14/15 Champions League Qu. GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Qualifying GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 1 0 0 109
14/15 Hrvatski nogometni kup GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 1 0 497
14/15 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 29 2 6 4 0 1,056
14/15 SuperSport Super Cup GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Champions League Olympiacos Piraeus 4 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 4 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Super League 1 Olympiacos Piraeus 17 3 0 1 0 297
12/13 Champions League Olympiacos Piraeus 6 1 0 0 0 528
12/13 Europa League Olympiacos Piraeus 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 6 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Super League 1 Olympiacos Piraeus 28 2 4 1 0 998
11/12 Coupe de France FC Toulouse 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Ligue 1 FC Toulouse 24 3 0 2 0 478
10/11 Ligue 1 FC Toulouse 33 4 5 7 0 614
09/10 Coupe de France FC Toulouse 2 1 0 1 0 180
09/10 Coupe de la Ligue FC Toulouse 2 1 0 0 0 172
09/10 Europa League FC Toulouse 5 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League Qualifying FC Toulouse 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Ligue 1 FC Toulouse 32 5 1 3 0 454
08/09 Coupe de France AS Saint-Étienne 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Coupe de la Ligue AS Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Ligue 1 AS Saint-Étienne 35 3 5 1 0 842
08/09 UEFA Cup AS Saint-Étienne 8 1 1 1 0 657
07/08 Carlsberg Cup Leixões SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Liga Bwin Leixões SC 25 2 2 1 0 847
06/07 Liga Bwin UD Leiria 27 0 2 4 0 0
05/06 Liga Bwin Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora 25 2 0 4 0 642
05/06 Taça de Portugal Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Champions League FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 SuperLiga FC Porto 3 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Taça de Portugal FC Porto 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
01/02 2001-07-01 FC Porto U15 FC Porto U17 Transfer 0
03/04 2003-07-01 FC Porto U17 FC Porto U19 Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-01 FC Porto U19 FC Porto B Transfer 0
04/05 2004-11-01 FC Porto B FC Porto Transfer 0
05/06 2005-08-01 FC Porto CF Estrela Loan 600000
05/06 2006-06-01 CF Estrela FC Porto Return from loan 600000
06/07 2006-07-01 FC Porto Leiria Loan 600000
06/07 2007-06-01 Leiria FC Porto Return from loan 600000
07/08 2007-07-01 FC Porto Leixões Loan 600000
07/08 2008-06-01 Leixões FC Porto Return from loan 900000
08/09 2008-07-01 FC Porto Saint-Étienne Loan 900000
08/09 2009-06-01 Saint-Étienne FC Porto Return from loan 3200000
09/10 2009-07-01 FC Porto Toulouse Transfer 3200000 €3.50m
12/13 2012-08-14 Toulouse Olympiacos Transfer 4500000 €2.70m
14/15 2014-07-01 Olympiacos Dinamo Zagreb Transfer 3000000 €1.80m
17/18 2017-07-01 Dinamo Zagreb Without Club Transfer 1000000
17/18 2017-09-02 Without Club Desportivo Aves Transfer 1000000
18/19 2018-08-31 Desportivo Aves Mumbai City Transfer 300000
20/21 2020-08-07 Mumbai City Leixões Transfer 300000
21/22 2021-07-01 Leixões Leixões B Transfer 0
22/23 2022-07-01 Leixões B Pedrouços Transfer 0
23/24 2023-07-01 Pedrouços Career break Transfer 0
23/24 2024-01-01 Career break FC Boudry Transfer 0
24/25 2025-02-28 FC Boudry FC Saint-Paul Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 Edema in the knee 2013-09-23 2013-11-07 46 20
16/17 Knock 2016-07-28 2016-08-15 19 5
19/20 unknown injury 2019-12-20 2020-03-31 103 9
Current
Peak€4.50m
Low
Δ since start−€600k
€1.13m€2.25m€3.38m€4.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #91523 2 1 former national player
Team #23137 #6 25 0 former national player
Team #16374 #6 24 6 former national player
Team #16373 #6 9 0 former national player
Team #16372 #6 17 1 former national player
Team #3300 #20 6 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Moussa Sissoko 1 0 0
Leonardo Sigali 2 1 0
El Arbi Hillel Soudani 2 3 0
Marko Pjaca 2 3 0
Ángelo Henríquez 2 1 0
Ante Coric 2 1 0
Junior Fernandes 2 6 0
Ivo Pinto 2 0 0
Domagoj Antolic 2 1 0
Konstantinos Manolas 2 1 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
09/10 Ligue 1 FC Toulouse 5 32
10/11 Ligue 1 FC Toulouse 4 33
17/18 Liga NOS Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 4 23

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
15/16 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 7 28
14/15 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 29
08/09 Ligue 1 AS Saint-Étienne 5 35

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
08/09 2009-06-01 Saint-Étienne FC Porto Return from loan €3.20m
08/09 2008-07-01 FC Porto Saint-Étienne Loan €900k
07/08 2008-06-01 Leixões FC Porto Return from loan €900k
07/08 2007-07-01 FC Porto Leixões Loan €600k
06/07 2007-06-01 Leiria FC Porto Return from loan €600k
06/07 2006-07-01 FC Porto Leiria Loan €600k
05/06 2006-06-01 CF Estrela FC Porto Return from loan €600k
05/06 2005-08-01 FC Porto CF Estrela Loan €600k

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

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Olympique Lyonnais 14 4 2 8 12 25 -13 29%
FC Nantes 14 5 7 2 19 12 +7 36%
Montpellier HSC 14 7 2 5 15 9 +6 50%
Girondins Bordeaux 14 5 4 5 24 21 +3 36%
Olympique Marseille 14 3 4 7 11 22 -11 21%
Lille OSC 13 3 4 6 15 16 -1 23%
Stade Rennais 13 2 7 4 10 16 -6 15%
AS Monaco 13 3 5 5 12 20 -8 23%
Paris Saint-Germain 13 0 3 10 6 35 -29 0%
OGC Nice 13 5 2 6 17 14 +3 38%
Angers SCO 11 6 4 1 14 11 +3 55%
Toulouse FC 11 4 5 2 14 8 +6 36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
03/04 Senior debut season
05/06 First senior goal

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
18/19 20 787 3 0 0 0.34
17/18 28 697 5 0 0 0.65
16/17 33 189 1 0 0 0.48
15/16 44 2,435 8 0 1 0.33
14/15 45 1,662 5 0 0 0.27
13/14 25 297 1 0 0 0.3
12/13 42 1,526 1 0 0 0.06
11/12 25 478 2 0 0 0.38
10/11 33 614 7 0 0 1.03
09/10 42 806 4 0 0 0.45
08/09 46 1,499 2 0 0 0.12
07/08 26 847 1 1 0 0.21
06/07 27 0 4 0 0 0
05/06 26 642 4 0 0 0.56

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Ligue 1
124 apps
15 G
11 A
SuperLiga
103 apps
8 G
7 A
Super League 1
45 apps
5 G
4 A
SuperSport HNL
74 apps
3 G
16 A
Indian Super League
27 apps
3 G
5 A
Hrvatski nogometni kup
15 apps
2 G
0 A
Champions League Qu.
12 apps
1 G
3 A
UEFA Cup
8 apps
1 G
1 A
Liga Portugal 2
14 apps
1 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
3 apps
1 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Paulo Machado

Who is Paulo Machado?

Paulo Machado is a Portugal professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for FC Saint-Paul.

How old is Paulo Machado?

Paulo Machado is 40 years old. He was born on March 31, 1986 in Bairro do Cerco.

What position does Paulo Machado play?

Paulo Machado plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Paulo Machado play for?

Paulo Machado currently plays for FC Saint-Paul.

How many career goals has Paulo Machado scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Paulo Machado has scored 44 goals in 490 appearances.