Paulo Henrique Athanazio, commonly referred to as Dodô, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Braz ...

Career

Dodô came through the youth ranks at Comercial-SP, signing for

in 2018 and playing in the Under 20 Campeonato Paulista and

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 associ ...

in 2019. His performance in a friendly between the U20 and Senior teams at Botafogo-SP in April 2019 earned him a call into the senior squad. He made his national league debut in

2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. The competition started on 26 April and ended on 30 November 2019. Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning fro ...

as a substitute against Vila Nova on 18 May 2019, but a contractual issue prevented him making more appearances and he returned to work with the U20 side.

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* Living people 2000 births Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-stub