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Paulinho Paula

Paulinho Paula

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Age29
CitizenshipBrazil
Height1.73 m
Footright
BornJanuary 8, 1997
at Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 1,033 days · joined 2023-07-26
👕100+ Apps
Market value €1.00m
Rating · 22/23 6.4 Solid
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

6
clubs played for
17/18
debut season
0.08
goals / match
Boavista FC
top club · 59 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#332
goals rank
#1445
assists rank
16
season goals
15
season assists

Among 2,901 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.60m
peak value · 2022
€1.20m
top transfer fee · 23/24
6
best season · 22/23
int'l / penalties
196Appearances
16Goals
15Assists
55Yellow cards
2Red cards
72Full matches (90′)
Full namePaulinho Paula
Name in home countryPaulo Lucas Santos de Paula
Date of birth1997-01-08 (29 yrs)
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height173.00 m
Current clubClube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Joined2023-07-26
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentFatto Gestão
Aug 2025
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2025
2025 — Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
23 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2025
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2024
2024 — Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2024
Injury: unknown
55 games missed
Jul 2023
Transfer: Al-Shabab → Vasco da Gama
23/24 · Transfer · €1.20m
Jul 2023
2023 — Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama
21 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2023
Transfer: Al-Fayha → Al-Shabab
22/23 · Return from loan
Jul 2022
Transfer: Al-Shabab → Al-Fayha
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
22/23 — Al-Fayha FC
31 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Boavista → Al-Shabab
21/22 · Transfer · €1.00m
Jul 2021
21/22 — Al-Shabab FC, Boavista FC
29 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — Boavista FC
33 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Boavista FC
25 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Fluminense U20 → Boavista
19/20 · Transfer
Jun 2019
Transfer: Sporting CP U23 → Fluminense U20
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: Fluminense U20 → Sporting CP U23
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Sporting CP U23
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2018
Transfer: Sporting B → Fluminense U20
17/18 · Return from loan
Aug 2017
Transfer: Fluminense U20 → Sporting B
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Sporting CP B
27 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2017
Transfer: Fluminense U17 → Fluminense U20
16/17 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.60m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2113 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals6 total · 0.81/90
93
Assists1 total · 0.14/90
53
G+A7 total · 0.95/90
86
Yellow cards8 total · 1.08/90
6
6,436 min
Minutes played by club
Al-Fayha FC 10.3%
Boavista FC 20.9%
Al-Shabab FC 29.3%
Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 31.5%
Sporting CP U23 0.0%
Sporting CP B 8.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Al-Fayha FC 1 22/23 22/23 31 6 1 666
Boavista FC 3 19/20 21/22 59 2 6 1,344
Al-Shabab FC 1 21/22 21/22 28 2 4 1,885
Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 3 2023 2025 48 2 3 2,029
Sporting CP U23 1 18/19 18/19 3 0 0 0
Sporting CP B 1 17/18 17/18 27 4 1 512

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€400K4€800K5€1.2M7€1.6M17/18 — 4 goals (Sporting CP B)17/18 — 1 assists517/1818/1919/20 — 2 assists219/2020/21 — 2 goals (Boavista FC)20/21 — 4 assists620/212023 — 1 goals (Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama)2023 — 2 assists320232025 — 1 goals (Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama)2025 — 1 assists2202521/22 — 2 goals (Al-Shabab FC)21/22 — 4 assists621/2222/23 — 6 goals (Al-Fayha FC)22/23 — 1 assists722/2317/18 — €25K18/19 — €650K19/20 — €400K20/21 — €1M21/22 — €1M22/23 — €1.6MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

17/18: 4417/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 2220/212023: 1120232024: 0020242025: 11202521/22: 2221/2222/23: 6622/23

Assists by season

17/18: 1117/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 4420/212023: 2220232024: 0020242025: 11202521/22: 4421/2222/23: 1122/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 King's Cup Al-Fayha FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Saudi Pro League Al-Fayha FC 28 5 1 6 0 488
22/23 Saudi Super Cup Al-Fayha FC 2 1 0 1 0 178
21/22 AFC Champions League Al-Shabab FC 3 1 0 0 0 239
21/22 Allianz Cup Boavista FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 King's Cup Al-Shabab FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 Saudi Pro League Al-Shabab FC 23 1 3 7 1 1,646
2025 Campeonato Carioca Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 7 1 1 2 0 343
2025 Copa do Brasil Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Copa Sudamericana Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 7 0 0 3 0 0
2025 Série A Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 8 0 0 2 0 0
2024 Campeonato Carioca Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Série A Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 2 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Série A Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 21 1 2 6 0 1,686
20/21 Liga NOS Boavista FC 31 2 4 8 0 1,344
20/21 Taça de Portugal Boavista FC 2 0 0 2 0 0
19/20 Allianz Cup Boavista FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Liga NOS Boavista FC 24 0 2 8 1 0
18/19 Liga Revelação Sporting CP U23 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 U-23 Cup Portugal Sporting CP U23 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Ledman LigaPro Sporting CP B 27 4 1 9 0 512
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
16/17 2017-01-01 Fluminense U17 Fluminense U20 Transfer 0
17/18 2017-08-16 Fluminense U20 Sporting B Loan 0
17/18 2018-06-30 Sporting B Fluminense U20 Return from loan 650000
18/19 2018-07-21 Fluminense U20 Sporting CP U23 Loan 650000
18/19 2019-06-30 Sporting CP U23 Fluminense U20 Return from loan 650000
19/20 2019-07-01 Fluminense U20 Boavista Transfer 650000
21/22 2021-07-27 Boavista Al-Shabab Transfer 1000000 €1.00m
22/23 2022-07-31 Al-Shabab Al-Fayha Loan 1600000
22/23 2023-06-30 Al-Fayha Al-Shabab Return from loan 1000000
23/24 2023-07-26 Al-Shabab Vasco da Gama Transfer 1000000 €1.20m
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
23/24 Cruciate ligament injury 2024-01-28 2024-11-29 307 55
24/25 Virus 2025-06-01 2025-07-14 44 3
25/26 Lumbar vertebra problems 2025-08-21 2025-09-12 23 5
Current€1.00m
Peak€1.60m
Low€25k
Δ since start+€975k
€25k€419k€813k€1.21m€1.60m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €25k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Chidozie Awaziem 1 0 0
Husein Al-Shuwaish 1 0 0
Nuno Santos 1 0 0
Hussain Al-Qahtani 2 0 0
Hattan Bahebri 2 0 0
Cristian Devenish 1 0 0
Moteb Al-Harbi 2 1 0
Vladimir Stojkovic 1 0 0
Sultan Mandash 1 1 0
Fawaz Al-Sqoor 2 0 0
Gustavo Sauer 1 0 0
Bandar Nasser 1 1 0
Show 1 0 0
Víctor Ruiz 1 1 0
Angel Gomes 1 1 0
Alberth Elis 1 2 0
Reggie Cannon 1 1 0
Mohammed Al-Baqawi 1 0 0
Yusupha Njie 1 0 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 Saudi Pro League Al-Fayha FC 5 28
17/18 Ledman LigaPro Sporting CP B 4 27
20/21 Liga NOS Boavista FC 2 31

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
20/21 Liga NOS Boavista FC 4 31
21/22 Saudi Pro League Al-Shabab FC 3 23
19/20 Liga NOS Boavista FC 2 24

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
22/23 2023-06-30 Al-Fayha Al-Shabab Return from loan €1.00m
22/23 2022-07-31 Al-Shabab Al-Fayha Loan €1.60m
18/19 2019-06-30 Sporting CP U23 Fluminense U20 Return from loan €650k
18/19 2018-07-21 Fluminense U20 Sporting CP U23 Loan €650k
17/18 2018-06-30 Sporting B Fluminense U20 Return from loan €650k
17/18 2017-08-16 Fluminense U20 Sporting B Loan

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
17/18 Senior debut season
17/18 First senior goal

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 31 666 8 0 0 1.08
21/22 29 1,885 7 1 1 0.43
2025 23 343 7 0 0 1.84
2023 21 1,686 6 1 0 0.37
20/21 33 1,344 10 0 0 0.67
19/20 25 0 8 0 1 0
17/18 27 512 9 0 0 1.58

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Saudi Pro League
51 apps
6 G
4 A
Ledman LigaPro
27 apps
4 G
1 A
Liga NOS
55 apps
2 G
6 A
Série A
31 apps
1 G
2 A
Campeonato Carioca
9 apps
1 G
1 A
Saudi Super Cup
2 apps
1 G
0 A
AFC Champions League
3 apps
1 G
0 A
King's Cup
3 apps
0 G
1 A
Copa Sudamericana
7 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Paulinho Paula

Who is Paulinho Paula?

Paulinho Paula is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama.

How old is Paulinho Paula?

Paulinho Paula is 29 years old. He was born on January 8, 1997 in Rio de Janeiro.

What position does Paulinho Paula play?

Paulinho Paula plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Paulinho Paula play for?

Paulinho Paula currently plays for Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama.

How many career goals has Paulinho Paula scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Paulinho Paula has scored 16 goals in 196 appearances.

What is Paulinho Paula's market value?

Paulinho Paula's most recent reported market value is €1.00m.