Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1984)

Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves (born 24 January 1984), known as Paulo Sérgio, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or right winger.

Paulo Sérgio

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves[1]
Date of birth	(1984-01-24) 24 January 1984 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
1994–1995	Benfica
1996–1997	Vitória Lisboa
1997–1999	Oriental
1999–2002	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Sporting CP B	33	(5)
2003–2008	Sporting CP	0	(0)
2004	→ Académica (loan)	16	(3)
2005–2006	→ Belenenses (loan)	45	(2)
2006	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	7	(1)
2007	→ Aves (loan)	14	(3)
2007–2008	→ Portimonense (loan)	26	(2)
2008–2009	Salamanca	20	(1)
2009–2011	Olhanense	44	(2)
2011–2012	Vitória Guimarães	18	(0)
2012–2013	AEL Limassol	27	(6)
2013–2014	Arouca	6	(0)
2014	Olhanense	12	(2)
2015–2016	DPMM	39	(18)
2017–2018	Bhayangkara	59	(19)
2019–2020	Bali United	27	(2)
Total		393	(66)
International career
2002	Portugal U18	2	(1)
2002–2003	Portugal U19	15	(8)
2004	Portugal U20	5	(0)
2004–2005	Portugal U21	11	(4)
2005	Portugal B	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 162 matches and 13 goals over eight seasons, appearing in the competition for Académica, Belenenses, Estrela da Amadora, Aves, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães and Arouca. He also played professionally in Spain, Cyprus, Singapore and Indonesia, winning the Singapore Premier League with DPMM and repeating the feat in Liga 1 with Bhayangkara and Bali United.

Paulo Sérgio finished second at the 2003 European Under-19 Championship with Portugal, being the tournament's top scorer.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Paulo Sérgio started his career at local Sporting CP, but never appeared in the Primeira Liga with the first team.^[2] In April 2003, 10% of his economic rights were sold to an investment fund along with other youth products, and he would be loaned several times in the following years, for example spending two seasons with Lisbon neighbours C.F. Os Belenenses; on 25 November 2004, before leaving for the latter club,^[3] he appeared for the Lions in a 4–0 win at FC Dinamo Tbilisi in that season's UEFA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Roudolphe Douala in the 65th minute.^[4]

After one season with Portimonense S.C. of the Segunda Liga,^[3] Paulo Sérgio was released by Sporting and signed for Spanish side UD Salamanca.^[5] He appeared in roughly half of the games during the campaign, as the Castile and León team finished ninth in the Segunda División.^[6]

Paulo Sérgio returned to his country and Algarve in summer 2009, joining S.C. Olhanense who had just promoted to the top flight^[7] and being regularly played over the course of two seasons as the club managed to consecutively retain its status. On 17 September 2010, he scored in the 2–0 home victory over his former employers Portimonense,^[8] the first of two official goals during his tenure.

In the following years, Paulo Sérgio represented in quick succession Vitória de Guimarães, Cyprus' AEL Limassol, F.C. Arouca^[9] and Olhanense.^[10] In March 2015, after spending the first part of the campaign as a free agent, he joined DPMM FC of the Singapore Premier League, replacing injured Craig Fagan.^[11] He scored a brace on his debut on 4 April, helping to a 3–2 away defeat of Hougang United FC.^[12]

Paulo Sérgio netted twice in the 4–0 win over Balestier Khalsa FC in the final league game of 2015, and his team won their first-ever national championship.^[13]

International career

Paulo Sérgio played seven times in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, netting four goals. He was not, however, selected for the squad that appeared in the final tournament, which was held on home soil.

Previously, Paulo Sérgio appeared with the under-19s in the 2003 European Championship in Liechtenstein, scoring five times in as many matches as the national team lost in the final against Italy.^[14]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP B	2002–03[15]	Segunda Divisão	25	4	—		—		25	4
	2003–04[15]	Segunda Divisão	8	1	—		—		8	1
	Total		33	5	—		—		33	5
Sporting CP	2003–04[15]	Primeira Liga	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2004–05[15]	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Académica (loan)	2003–04[15]	Primeira Liga	16	3	0	0	—		16	3
Belenenses (loan)	2004–05[15]	Primeira Liga	19	2	0	0	—		19	2
	2005–06[15]	Primeira Liga	26	0	1	0	—		27	0
	Total		45	2	1	0	—		46	2
Estrela Amadora (loan)	2006–07[15]	Primeira Liga	7	1	1	0	—		8	1
Aves (loan)	2006–07[15]	Primeira Liga	14	3	0	0	—		14	3
Portimonense (loan)	2007–08[15]	Segunda Liga	26	2	5	1	—		31	3
Salamanca	2008–09	Segunda División	20	1	1	0	—		21	1
Olhanense	2009–10[15]	Primeira Liga	20	0	1	0	—		21	0
	2010–11[15]	Primeira Liga	24	2	4	0	—		28	2
	Total		44	2	5	0	—		49	2
Vitória Guimarães	2011–12[15]	Primeira Liga	18	0	3	0	1[b]	0	22	0
AEL Limassol	2012–13[16]	Cypriot First Division	27	6	7	1	9[c]	0	43	7
Arouca	2013–14[15]	Primeira Liga	6	0	3	0	—		9	0
Olhanense	2014–15[15]	Segunda Liga	12	2	0	0	—		12	2
DPMM	2015[16]	Singapore Premier League	20	12	4	2	3[d]	2	27	16
	2016[16]	Singapore Premier League	19	6	1	0	3[d]	3	23	9
	Total		39	18	5	2	6	5	50	25
Bhayangkara	2017[16]	Liga 1	29	9	—		—		29	9
	2018[16]	Liga 1	30	10	1	1	3[e]	0	34	11
	Total		59	19	1	1	3	0	63	20
Bali United	2019[16]	Liga 1	26	2	4	0	3[e]	0	33	2
	2020[16]	Liga 1	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		27	2	4	0	3	0	34	2
Career total			393	66	37	5	23	5	453	76

1. Appearance in UEFA Cup
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in Singapore League Cup
5. Appearances in Piala Presiden

Honours

AEL Limassol

• Cypriot Cup runner-up: 2012–13^[16]
• Cypriot Super Cup runner-up: 2012^[16]

DPMM

• Singapore Premier League: 2015^[13]
• Singapore Community Shield runner-up: 2016^[17]

Bhayangkara

• Liga 1: 2017^[3]

Bali United

• Liga 1: 2019^[18]

Portugal U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2003^[14]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorer: 2003^[14]
• Liga 1 Best Player: 2017^[19]
• Liga 1 Best XI: 2017,^[20] 2019^[21]

References

1. "Paulo Sérgio" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
2. Gouveia, Ricardo (4 August 2003). "Paulo Sérgio (Sporting) em entrevista: "Tinha Quaresma como um irmão"" [Paulo Sérgio (Sporting) in interview: "Quaresma was like a brother to me"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
3. "Paulo Sérgio diz que título de campeão da Indonésia é fruto de trabalho árduo" [Paulo Sérgio says champions title in Indonesia is the product of hard work]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
4. "Sporting frente D. Tbilissi: Um bom empregado merece os brindes" [Sporting against D. Tbilisi: A good waiter deserves a trinket]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 November 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
5. Pérez, A. (5 July 2008). "La Unión presentó a Paulo Sergio, extremo portugués" [Unión presented Paulo Sergio, Portuguese winger]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
6. Sidro, Javier (23 June 2009). "El 'proyecto Amaral' se viste de largo en Castalia" [The 'Amaral project' gets going at Castalia]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
7. "Olhanense: Paulo Sérgio (ex-Salamanca) assina por duas épocas" [Olhanense: Paulo Sérgio (ex-Salamanca) signs for two seasons] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
8. "Olhanense vence derby algarvio e sobe ao 2º lugar" [Olhanense win Algarve derby and climb to 2nd place] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
9. Frederico, Francisco (16 July 2013). "Arouca: Paulo Sérgio (ex-AEL) é reforço" [Arouca: Paulo Sérgio (ex-AEL) is an addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
10. "Oficial: Paulo Sérgio no Olhanense" [Official: Paulo Sérgio in Olhanense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
11. Thomas, Jason; Seri Begawan, Bandar (29 March 2015). "DPMM FC find Sergio to replace injured Fagan". The Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
12. Ho, Kenneth (4 April 2015). "Debutant Sergio fires DPMM to victory". Singapore Premier League. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
13. James, Dwayne (22 November 2015). "Sergio stars to help Wasps clinch first-ever title". Singapore Premier League. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
14. Gouveia, Ricardo (4 August 2003). "Paulo Sérgio em entrevista: goleador dos sub-19 quer vingar no Sporting" [Paulo Sérgio in interview: under-19 top scorer wants to make it big in Sporting] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
15. Paulo Sérgio at ForaDeJogo (archived)
16. "Paulo Sergio". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
17. Tan, Kenneth (13 February 2016). "Albirex Niigata hold off Brunei DPMM to claim 2016 Community Shield". ESPN. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
18. Antunes, Inês (7 December 2019). "Paulo Sérgio: De clube em clube, há um português a fazer história do outro lado do mundo" [Paulo Sérgio: From club to club, there's a Portuguese making history on the other side of the world] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
19. "Paulo Sérgio eleito o melhor jogador na Indonésia" [Paulo Sérgio voted best player in Indonesia]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 December 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
20. Nugho, Archie (22 December 2017). "Daftar Peraih Penghargaan Liga 1 2017" [List of 2017 Liga 1 awardees] (in Indonesian). Goal. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
21. Hidayat, Rizki (11 January 2020). "Daftar Penerima Penghargaan Indonesian Soccer Awards 2019" [List of Indonesian Soccer Awards 2019 winners] (in Indonesian). Liputan 6. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

External links

• Paulo Sérgio at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Paulo Sérgio at BDFutbol
• Paulo Sérgio national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)