Paulinho (footballer, born January 1986)

Paulo Sérgio Betanin (born 10 January 1986), more commonly known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker. He also holds Italian passport through Venetian descent.[1][2]

For other uses, see Paulinho.

Paulinho

Paulinho playing for Livorno in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Sérgio Betanin
Date of birth	(1986-01-10) 10 January 1986
Place of birth	Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Juventude
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Juventude	9	(0)
2005–2014	Livorno	163	(52)
2007–2008	→ Grosseto (loan)	31	(2)
2009–2011	→ Sorrento (loan)	62	(39)
2014–2017	Al-Arabi	57	(24)
2017–2019	Cremonese	26	(7)
National team
000?–2005	Brazil U-20	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 December 2018

Club career

Paulinho started his career at Esporte Clube Juventude. He was signed by Livorno on loan in January 2005. He made his Serie A debut on 17 April 2005 against Fiorentina.

In 2007–08 season he left for Serie B side Grosseto[3] and in 2009–10 season left for Sorrento. His loan was extended in July 2010.[4] With Livorno, he won promotion to Serie A in 2009, only a year after the team had been relegated from the same division. Livrono promoted back to Serie A in 2013. However, the club relegated again in 2014.

In 2014 Paulinho was sold to Al-Arabi for €8 million[5][6] (€7.6 million to Livorno[5] and €400,000 as solidarity contribution.)

On 23 August 2017 Paulinho returned to Italy for Cremonese.[7] On 1 February 2019 he was released from his Cremonese contract by mutual consent.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played on 3 February 2018[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Livorno	2005–06	Serie A	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	2006–07		20	2	0	0	0	0	20	2
	2008–09	Serie B	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	2011–12		38	13	2	2	0	0	40	15
	2012–13		45	22	2	0	0	0	47	22
	2013–14	Serie A	35	15	1	0	0	0	36	15
Total			163	52	5	2	0	0	168	54
Grosseto (loan)	2007–08	Serie B	31	2	0	0	0	0	31	2
Total			31	2	0	0	0	0	31	2
Sorrento (loan)	2009–10	Lega Pro Prima Divisione	33	15	0	0	0	0	33	15
	2010–11		29	24	2	1	0	0	31	25
Total			62	39	2	1	0	0	64	40
Al-Arabi	2014–15	Qatar Stars League	23	11	0	0	0	0	23	11
	2015–16		20	12	0	0	0	0	20	12
	2016–17		14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
Total			57	24	0	0	0	0	57	24
Cremonese	2017–18	Serie B	16	5	0	0	0	0	16	5
Total			16	5	0	0	0	0	16	5
Career totals			329	122	7	3	0	0	336	125

International career

Paulinho was capped for the Brazilian under-20 team at the 2005 South American Youth Championship.[10] He played 4 games and scored once.[11]

References

1. "Il Paulinho "italiano" regala la A al Livorno". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
2. "ESCLUSIVA TMW - Paulinho porta il Livorno in A, Ricci: "Poteva andare all'Inter"". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 2 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
3. "Calciomercato: Giallombardo passa all´Ascoli". AS Livorno Calcio (in Italian). 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
4. "Schiattarella al Livorno. Paulinho in prestito al Sorrento". AS Livorno Calcio (in Italian). 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
5. A.S. Livorno Calcio S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2014 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
6. "Calciomercato: Paulinho all'Al Arabi, al Livorno 8 milioni". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
7. "Paulinho nuovo attaccante grigiorosso" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
8. "PAULINHO, RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE DEL CONTRATTO" (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 1 February 2019.
9. Paulinho at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
10. "XXII Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Sub-20 – Colombia – de 13.01 a 06.02.05" (PDF). CBF (in Portuguese). 14 December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
11. http://old.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1052&ano=2005&slangab=S%5B%5D

External links

• "Futpedia" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
• Paulinho at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• Football.it Profile (in Italian)