Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes (born 13 July 1988), known as Marcos Paulo, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays for Portuguese club

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

as a

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. He also holds

Italian nationality Italian nationality law is the law of Italy governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Italian citizenship. Like many continental European countries it is largely based on '' jus sanguinis''. It also incorporates many elements that are ...

Club career

Born in

Pedro Leopoldo Pedro Leopoldo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city is located in the Greater Belo Horizonte region. As of 2020, the estimated population was 94,712. The city is birthplace to prominent medium Chico Xavier and 197 ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

, Marcos Paulo played with Venda Nova Futebol Clube and

Associação Atlética Caldense Associação Atlética Caldense, commonly known as Caldense, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as ...

in his country. In January 2008, he was signed by

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

side

Le Mans Union Club 72 Le Mans Football Club (; commonly referred to as Le Mans FC, formerly referred as Le Muc) is a French association football club based in Le Mans. The club was founded in 1985 as a result of a merger under the name Le Mans Union Club 72. In 2010 ...

. During his two-and-a-half-year spell in France, Paulo was almost exclusively associated with the club's

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. He made his league debut on 18 April 2009, playing 17 minutes in a game against

Valenciennes FC Valenciennes Football Club (; commonly known as Valenciennes or USVA) is a French association football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1913 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Valenciennes play ...

(2–0 away win). Marcos Paulo spent the following seasons competing in Portugal's

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

, with

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

and Académica de Coimbra. On 29 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

club

Panetolikos F.C. Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

for an undisclosed fee.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcos Paulo 1988 births Living people People from Pedro Leopoldo Brazilian people of Italian descent Citizens of Italy through descent Sportspeople from Minas Gerais Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Ligue 1 players Le Mans FC players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players U.D. Leiria players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players F.C. Vizela players S.C. Farense players Super League Greece players Panetolikos F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece