 Paulinho playing for BK Häcken in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo José de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (age 39) | ||
| Place of birth | São José dos Campos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | São José | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palmeiras | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | São José | ||
| 2006 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2007 | Democrata | ||
| 2007–2010 | BK Häcken | 87 | (37) |
| 2011–2012 | Örebro | 19 | (4) |
| 2012 | São José | 4 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Bragantino | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | Paraná | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | Al Dhafra | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | XV de Piracicaba | 15 | (7) |
| 2015–2019 | BK Häcken | 98 | (60) |
| 2020 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Hammarby IF | 27 | (4) |
| 2022– | São José | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 January 2022 | |||
Paulo José de Oliveira (born 9 March 1986), commonly known asPaulinho Guerreiro or simplyPaulinho, is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forSão José.
Having previously spent ten seasons atBK Häcken in the SwedishAllsvenskan, Paulinho is the club's all-time leading scorer with 113 goals in all competitions.
In the summer of 2007, Paulinho left his native Brazil and joinedBK Häcken inSuperettan, Sweden's second tier. In 2008, his second season with the club, BK Häcken got promoted toAllsvenskan. He played for the club for two more seasons in the first division, scoring 15 goals in 50 games, before leaving at the end of 2010.[1][2]
In March 2011, Paulinho moved toÖrebro SK in Allsvenskan, after failing to secure a contract elsewhere in Europe.[3] He played 19 games for the club throughout the season, scoring four goals, but left for his native Brazil at the end of the year for personal reasons. His contract with Örebro SK was terminated in early 2012 by mutual consent.[4]
Back in Brazil, Paulinho representedSão José,Bragantino,Paraná andPiracicaba between 2012 and 2015. He also had a brief spell atAl Dhafra in theUAE Pro League.[5][1]
On 15 April 2015, at age 29, Paulinho returned toBK Häcken in Allsvenskan.[1] He immediately made an impact back at his former club, scoring 11 goals in 14 league games in the 2015 Allsvenskan.[5][2]
In 2016, Paulinho was plagued by injuries, but scored nine goals in just 11 league games.[2] He scored a penalty when BK Häcken won the2015–16 Svenska Cupen on 5 May, the club's first ever domestic title, beatingMalmö FF in the final after a 2–2 draw (5–6 on penalties).[6][7]
In 2017, Paulinho scored nine goals in 25 games, as BK Häcken finished fourth in the Allsvenskan table.[2] At the end of the season, on 21 December, he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[8]
In 2018, Paulinho was theAllsvenskan top scorer, scoring 20 goals in 27 league games, as BK Häcken finished fifth in the table.[9] At the end of the year, he was named the Most valuable player and Forward of the year in Allsvenskan.[10][11]
In 2019, Paulinho scored 11 goals in 21 league games, as the club finished sixth in the Allsvenskan table.[2] The club won the2018–19 Svenska Cupen on 30 May, beatingAFC Eskilstuna in the final after a 3–0 win.[12] On 1 September, Paulinho became BK Häcken's all-time leading scorer with 113 goals in all competitions.[13][14]
At the end of 2019, Paulinho left BK Häcken and signed a one-and-a-half-year contract withHapoel Be'er Sheva in theIsraeli Premier League.[15]
On 24 January 2020, Paulinho returned to Sweden, after terminating his contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva before making any appearances. He signed a two-year deal withHammarby IF, sought out as a replacement forNikola Đurđić.[16] In a debut season plagued by injuries, Paulinho scored just three goals in 16 league games for his side, as Hammarby disappointedly finished in eight place in Allsvenskan.[17] Paulinho scored in the first round of the2020–21 UEFA Europa League againstPuskás Akadémia (in a 3–0 win), before the club was eliminated from the tournament in the second round againstLech Poznań (in a 0–3 loss).[18][19]
On 30 May 2021, Paulinho won the2020–21 Svenska Cupen, the main domestic cup, with Hammarby through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against his former club BK Häcken in the final, where he scored his attempt.[20][21] After recovering from an injury, Paulinho featured in the second leg as the club was knocked out in the play-off round of the2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League byBasel (4–4 on aggregate) after a penalty shoot-out, in which he missed his attempt.[22][23] At the end of the year, it was announced that Paulinho would leave the club at the expiration of his contract.[24]
On 7 January 2022, Paulinho returned to Brazil, signing withSão José, making a third stint at his first professional club.[25]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| BK Häcken | 2007 | Superettan | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | ||
| 2008 | 20 | 9 | — | 20 | 9 | |||||
| 2009 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 7 | ||
| 2010 | 24 | 8 | — | 24 | 8 | |||||
| Total | 87 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 91 | 38 | ||
| Örebro | 2011 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| São José | 2012 | Paulista Série A2 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bragantino | 2013 | Série B | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Al Dhafra | 2014–15 | Arabian Gulf League | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| XV de Piracicaba | 2015 | Paulista Série A1 | 15 | 7 | — | 15 | 7 | |||
| BK Häcken | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 11 | — | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2016 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 16 | ||
| 2017 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | 10 | |||
| 2018 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 26 | ||
| 2019 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 16 | ||
| Total | 98 | 60 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 127 | 77 | ||
| Hammarby IF | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Total | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 260 | 112 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 309 | 131 | ||
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