Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves

Paulo Sérgio
Personal information
Full name Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves
Date of birth (1984-01-24) 24 January 1984
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position 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 B 33 (5)
2003–2008 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2004Académica (loan) 16 (3)
2005–2006Belenenses (loan) 45 (2)
2006Estrela Amadora (loan) 7 (1)
2007Aves (loan) 14 (3)
2007–2008Portimonense (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 Brunei DPMM 40 (19)
National team
2002–2003 Portugal U19 15 (8)
2004 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal U21 11 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2016.


Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves (born 24 January 1984), known as Paulo Sérgio, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right winger.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 162 games and 13 goals over the course of eight seasons, appearing in the competition for Académica, Belenenses, Estrela da Amadora, Aves, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães and Arouca. He also competed professionally in Spain, Cyprus and Singapore, winning the S.League with Brunei DPMM.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Paulo Sérgio started his career at local Sporting Clube de Portugal, but never appeared in the Primeira Liga with the first team. 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 club, he appeared for the Lions in a 4–0 win at FC Dinamo Tbilisi for the season's UEFA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Roudolphe Douala in the 65th minute.[1]

After one season with Portimonense S.C. in the second division, Sérgio was released by Sporting and signed with Spanish side UD Salamanca,[2] appearing in roughly half of the games during the campaign as the Castile and León team finished ninth in the second level.

In the 2009 summer, Paulo Sérgio returned to his country and Algarve, signing for S.C. Olhanense who had just recently promoted to the top flight and being regularly played over the course of two seasons as the club managed to consecutively retain its division status. On 17 September 2010, he scored in a 2–0 home win against former team Portimonense, 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 and Olhanense. In March 2015, after spending the first part of the campaign as a free agent, he joined Brunei DPMM FC of the S.League, replacing injured Craig Fagan.[3] He scored a brace on his debut on 4 April, helping to a 3–2 win at Hougang United FC.[4]

In the final league game of 2015, Paulo Sérgio netted twice in a 4–0 victory against Balestier Khalsa FC, and his team won their first-ever national championship.[5] He was released at the conclusion of the following season, having scored once in every two games.

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, 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.

Club statistics

As of 27 October 2016
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2002–03[6] Portuguese Second Division 254254
2003–04[6] Portuguese Second Division 8181
Total 335335
Sporting 2003–04[6] Primeira Liga 00100010
2004–05[6] Primeira Liga 00001[lower-alpha 1]010
Total 00101020
Académica (loan) 2003–04[6] Primeira Liga 16300163
Belenenses (loan) 2004–05[6] Primeira Liga 19200192
2005–06[6] Primeira Liga 26010270
Total 45210462
Estrela Amadora (loan) 2006–07[6] Primeira Liga 711081
Aves (loan) 2006–07[6] Primeira Liga 14300143
Portimonense (loan) 2007–08[6] Segunda Liga 26251313
Salamanca 2008–09 Segunda División 20110211
Olhanense 2009–10[6] Primeira Liga 20010210
2010–11[6] Primeira Liga 24240282
Total 44250492
Vitória Guimarães 2011–12[6] Primeira Liga 180301[lower-alpha 2]0220
AEL Limassol 2012–13[7] Cypriot First Division 276719[lower-alpha 3]0437
Arouca 2013–14[6] Primeira Liga 603090
Olhanense 2014–15[6] Segunda Liga 12200122
Brunei DPMM 2015[7] S.League 2113323[lower-alpha 4]22717
2016[7] S.League 196103[lower-alpha 4]3239
Total 401942655026
Career total 3064531417535656
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance in Singapore League Cup

Honours

Player

AEL Limassol
Brunei DPMM
Portugal U19

Individual

References

  1. "Sporting frente D. Tbilissi: Um bom empregado merece os brindes" [Sporting against D. Tbilisi: A good waiter always deserves a trinket] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. "La Unión presentó a Paulo Sergio, extremo portugués" [Unión presented Paulo Sergio, Portuguese winger] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  3. "DPMM FC find Sergio to replace injured Fagan". The Brunei Times. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. "Debutant Sergio fires DPMM to victory". S.League. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  5. "Sergio stars to help Wasps clinch first-ever title". S.League. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Paulo Sérgio". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Paulo Sergio". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
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