| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Paulo Faria de Lemos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-05-28)28 May 1973 (age 51)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sintra, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Benfica | ||
| 1985–1987 | Dramático Cascais | ||
| 1987–1988 | Sintrense | ||
| 1988–1991 | Estoril | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1999 | Estoril | 186 | (10) |
| 1991–1992 | →O Elvas (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Paços Ferreira | 64 | (2) |
| 2001–2005 | Belenenses | 110 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Estoril | 33 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Estrela Amadora | 48 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Mafra | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 493 | (22) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Estoril (interim) | ||
| 2012 | Belenenses | ||
| 2013 | Belenenses (youth) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Belenenses | ||
| 2018 | 1º Dezembro | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marco Paulo Faria de Lemos (born 28 May 1973), known asMarco Paulo, is a Portuguese retiredfootballer who played as acentral midfielder. He was also amanager.
Born inSintra,Lisbon metropolitan area, Marco Paulo spent seven of his first eight years as a senior with localG.D. Estoril Praia, playing his first two seasons in thePrimeira Liga and a further five in theSegunda Liga. After two years withF.C. Paços de Ferreira, one in eachmajor level, he returned to the capital and joinedC.F. Os Belenenses.[2]
Marco Paulo was regularly used in his four-season spell at theEstádio do Restelo,[3] inclusively serving asteam captain. Aged 32, he returned to the second division and Estoril,[4] acting as interimplayer-coach for five games and achieving only one draw, after which he returned to the top flight withC.F. Estrela da Amadora.
After 21 league appearances in hisdebut campaign, veteran Marco Paulo was sparingly used the following two, with Estrela also beingrelegated in 2009 due to financial irregularities.[5] He closed out his career at 37 after one year with another club in the Lisbon area,C.D. Mafra,[6] amassing top-tier totals of 244 matches and nine goals.
Marco Paulo was appointeddirector of football at his former side Belenenses in early April 2010.[7] On 17 February 2012, with the side ranking 11th in division two, he replacedJosé Mota as head coach,[8] eventually leading them tofifth position.[9]
With the club again in the top flight, Marco Paulo replacedMitchell van der Gaag after the latter stepped down early inthe season due to health problems. He was relieved of his duties in March 2014, due to poor results.[10]
