Marcos Paulo (footballer, born 1988)

Marcos Paulo
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes
Date of birth	13 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Paços Ferreira
Number	17
Youth career
2006	Venda Nova
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007	Caldense
2008–2010	Le Mans B
2009–2010	Le Mans
2010–2012	União Leiria
2012–2015	Académica
2015–2019	Panetolikos
2019–2020	Académica
2020–2022	Vizela
2022–2023	Farense
2023–	Paços Ferreira
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:47, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes (born 13 July 1988), known as Marcos Paulo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Paços de Ferreira. He also holds Italian nationality.

Club career

Born in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Marcos Paulo played with Venda Nova Futebol Clube and Associação Atlética Caldense in his country. In January 2008, he was signed by Ligue 1 side Le Mans Union Club 72.^[2]

During his two-and-a-half-year spell in France, Paulo was almost exclusively associated with the club's reserve team. He made his league debut on 18 April 2009, playing 17 minutes in a game against Valenciennes FC (2–0 away win).^[3]

Marcos Paulo spent the following seasons competing in Portugal's Primeira Liga, with U.D. Leiria^[4] and Académica de Coimbra.^[5] On 29 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Super League Greece club Panetolikos F.C. for an undisclosed fee.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Marcos Paulo" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ "Transferências para o exterior" [Abroad transfers] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
^ "Le Tallec, encore" [Le Tallec, again]. Le Parisien (in French). 19 April 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ Leiria, Manuel (6 July 2010). "União de Leiria: manutenção continua a ser o objectivo" [União de Leiria: survival is still the goal]. Região de Leiria (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2019.
^ "Marcos Paulo e John Ogu oficializados" [Marcos Paulo and John Ogu made official] (in Portuguese). Académica Coimbra. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
^ Tempelis, Vasilis (29 July 2015). Στον Παναιτωλικό ο Μάρκος Πάουλο [Marcos Paulo to Panetolikos] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

CBF data at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-03-15) (in Portuguese)
Marcos Paulo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Marcos Paulo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Marcos Paulo at Soccerway

[Bio-1] "Marcos Paulo" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[2] "Transferências para o exterior" [Abroad transfers] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.

[3] "Le Tallec, encore" [Le Tallec, again]. Le Parisien (in French). 19 April 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[4] Leiria, Manuel (6 July 2010). "União de Leiria: manutenção continua a ser o objectivo" [União de Leiria: survival is still the goal]. Região de Leiria (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[5] "Marcos Paulo e John Ogu oficializados" [Marcos Paulo and John Ogu made official] (in Portuguese). Académica Coimbra. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[6] Tempelis, Vasilis (29 July 2015). Στον Παναιτωλικό ο Μάρκος Πάουλο [Marcos Paulo to Panetolikos] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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