Paulo Alves (footballer, born 1969)
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Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves CvIH (born 10 December 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently a manager.
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Full name | Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1969-12-10) 10 December 1969 (age 54) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vila Real, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1982–1985 | Abambres | ||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Vila Real | ||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1991 | Gil Vicente | 68 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Tirsense | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Marítimo | 22 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1993 | Braga | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Marítimo | 50 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | Sporting CP | 68 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | → West Ham United (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Bastia | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | União Leiria | 46 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2001–2005 | Gil Vicente | 87 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 401 | (103) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1989 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Portugal U21 | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Portugal Olympic (O.P.) | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Portugal | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Gil Vicente | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | União Leiria | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Vizela | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Portugal U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Gil Vicente | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Olhanense | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Beira-Mar | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Nassaji Mazandaran | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Penafiel | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | União Madeira | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Gil Vicente | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Ohod | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Varzim | ||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Moreirense | ||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Lugo | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 301 matches and 78 goals over 13 seasons, mainly with Gil Vicente (five years). He also represented in the competition Marítimo, Sporting CP (three apiece) União de Leiria (two) and Braga. Internationally, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1989 and was part of the Olympic team that came fourth in 1996, also being a senior international in the mid-1990s.
Alves started coaching in 2005, and went on to be in charge of several clubs including Gil (in several spells).[1] He managed them and Olhanense in the top-flight, and eight teams in the second tier, winning the latter with Gil and Moreirense.