| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (age 39)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bairro do Cerco, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2000 | Cerco do Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | →Padroense (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Porto B | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Porto | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | →Estrela Amadora (loan) | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | →União Leiria (loan) | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | →Leixões (loan) | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | →Saint-Étienne (loan) | 35 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Toulouse | 89 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Olympiacos | 45 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Dinamo Zagreb | 74 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Aves | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Mumbai City | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Leixões | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Leixões B | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Pedrouços | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 430 | (40) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Portugal U21 | 24 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U23 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Portugal | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (born 31 March 1986) is a Portuguese former professionalfootballer who played as acentral midfielder.
Formed atPorto, he amassedPrimeira Liga totals of 103 matches and eight goals over five seasons, in representation of as many clubs. He also competed professionally in France, Greece, Croatia and India, winning the national championship twice each withOlympiacos andDinamo Zagreb.
Machado won sixcaps forPortugal, making his first appearance in 2010.
Born in thePorto neighbourhood of Bairro do Cerco, where he was surrounded bydeviant behaviours from an early age, Machado joinedFC Porto's youth system at the age of 14.[2] He made his first-team debut in thesixth round of theTaça de Portugal on 21 January 2004, underJosé Mourinho; he came on as asubstitute forSérgio Conceição, who had just concluded the 4–0 win againstU.D. Vilafranquense at theEstádio das Antas.[3] In the summer of 2005 he signed an improved contract until 2010 along with teammateBruno Vale, before both went on consecutive loans toC.F. Estrela da Amadora andU.D. Leiria.[4]
Machado was loaned again in the following two years, first toLeixões S.C. and then toAS Saint-Étienne in the FrenchLigue 1. Alongside teammatesDiogo Valente andVieirinha, also loaned by Porto,[5] he was instrumental as theMatosinhos side retained theirPrimeira Liga status atthe season's close.
On 10 July 2008, Machado was loaned to the French club as part of the deal that brought ColombianFredy Guarín to Porto.[6] He adapted well, becoming an integral part of Saint-Étienne's campaign, scoring twice in his first 16 games – 12 as a starter – and only missing three league matches as theynarrowly avoided relegation.[7][8]
On 2 July 2009,Toulouse FC signed Machado to a four-year deal.[9] In August 2012, after three seasons in which he averaged 30 appearances and four goals, he joinedOlympiacos F.C. in Greece for€2,700,000 on a three-year contract.[10][11] He scored his first goal for his new team on 3 November, also providing anassist toKostas Mitroglou in a 2–0 home victory overOFI Crete FC.[12]
Machado joinedGNK Dinamo Zagreb on 4 June 2014, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[13][14] He won aleague andcupdouble in hisfirst season, equalising in a 2–1 home defeat ofHNK Rijeka in thesemi-finals on 8 April,[15] followed by the winning attempt in thepenalty shootout at the end of the goallessfinal againstRNK Split on 20 May.[16]
On 28 July 2015, during aUEFA Champions Leagueplay-off round againstMolde FK atStadion Maksimir, club fans booed Machado as he walked off the pitch while being replaced after a poor performance. In return, he made several obscene gestures for which he received a straightred card,[17] being subsequently suspended until further notice.[18] Sharing teams with compatriotsEduardo andGonçalo Santos, he won a second consecutive double, starting in the2–1 cup final win overNK Slaven Belupo on 10 May.[19]
On 2 September 2017,free agent Machado signed with recently promotedC.D. Aves until the end ofthe season.[20] On 31 August 2018, he joinedIndian Super League franchiseMumbai City FC;[21] after suffering an injury in the second half of the match againstJamshedpur FC on 19 December 2019, he was ruled out for the rest ofthe campaign.[22]
Machado returned to Leixões following 12 years away in September 2020.[23] In hisone season back at theEstádio do Mar, he played just under half the fixtures and scored an added-time winner as a late substitute againstAcadémico de Viseu F.C. on 28 February.[24]
In June 2021, Machado retired from playing. He went immediately into being assistant manager at his final club's under-23 team.[25]
Machado was part of thePortugal under-21 team at the2007 UEFA European Championship.[26] Previously, he won theUnder-17 European Championships in2003.[27]
On 30 September 2010, Machado was called up for the first time to thesenior side by newly appointed coachPaulo Bento. He did not make his debut in either of the twoUEFA Euro 2012qualifiers that were scheduled, but later spoke of his smooth integration into the squad and his ambition to eventually earn a regular place in the national team.[28] He made his debut on 17 November, coming on forNani in the dying minutes of a 4–0friendly victory againstSpain, inLisbon.[29]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto | 2003–04 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Estrela Amadora (loan) | 2005–06 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |
| União Leiria (loan) | 2006–07 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| Leixões (loan) | 2007–08 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | 3 | |
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | 46 | 4 |
| Toulouse | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6[a] | 0 | 42 | 7 |
| 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 89 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 14 | ||
| Olympiacos | 2012–13 | Super League Greece | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | 42 | 3 |
| 2013–14 | Super League Greece | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| Total | 45 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 67 | 6 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2014–15 | Croatian Football League | 29 | 2 | 7[d] | 1 | 9[e] | 1 | 45 | 4 |
| 2015–16 | Croatian Football League | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11[c] | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | Croatian Football League | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 29 | 1 | |
| Total | 74 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 117 | 7 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 2015–16 | Second Football League | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Second Football League | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Aves | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Mumbai City | 2018–19 | Indian Super League | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||||
| Career total | 380 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 479 | 44 | ||
| Portugal[32] | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Olympiacos
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