Paulinho (footballer, born 1966)

Paulo José Ramos Mendes (born 26 May 1966), known as Paulinho, is a Portuguese football manager and a former player of Angolan descent. He was most recently the manager of B-SAD.

Paulinho

Personal information
Full name	Paulo José Ramos Mendes
Date of birth	(1966-05-26) 26 May 1966
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Estoril
1989–1990	Benfica	6	(1)
1990–1991	Nacional	38	(1)
1991–1993	Estoril	63	(6)
1993–1997	Estrela da Amadora	101	(0)
1997–2001	Salgueiros	88	(3)
International career
1989	Portugal U21	1	(0)
1992	Portugal	1	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2005	Associação Torre
2005–2009	O Elvas
2009–2010	Pero Pinheiro
2011–2012	Oeiras
2012–2015	1º de Dezembro
2015–2016	Pinhalnovense
2016	Oriental
2017	Beijing Renhe (assistant)
2017–2018	Shenzhen (athletic coach)
2020–2021	1º Dezembro
2021–2022	SOA
2022–2023	B-SAD (assistant)
2023–2023	B-SAD
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played 12 seasons and 296 games in the Primeira Liga for Estrela da Amadora, Salgueiros, Estoril, Nacional and Benfica.

Career

Paulinho made his Primeira Liga debut for S.L. Benfica on 26 August 1989 in a game against Vitória de Guimarães. He also played one game for Benfica in the 1989–90 European Cup against Derry City.

He played his only game for the Portugal national team on 12 February 1992 in a friendly game against Netherlands.

External links

• Paulinho at National-Football-Teams.com
• Paulinho national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)