Paulo Graça (born September 13, 1978) is a former Portuguese
beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
player who represented
Portugal
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in international competitions. His role was a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
. He retired in 2013 following injury.
PAULO GRAÇA
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
Honours
Beach soccer
Country
* Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the ''Beach Soccer World Champions ...
third place: 2008, 2009
** Euro Beach Soccer League winner: 2008, 2010
** Euro Beach Soccer League runner-up: 2009
** Euro Beach Soccer League third place: 2011
**Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the ''European Pro Beach Soccer Championships'' until 2004, was a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Socce ...
runner-up: 2010
**Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the ''European Pro Beach Soccer Championships'' until 2004, was a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Socce ...
third place: 2009
** Euro Beach Soccer League Italian Event runner-up : 2010
** Euro Beach Soccer League Netherlands Event winner : 2011
** Euro Beach Soccer League German Event runner-up : 2011
** Euro Beach Soccer League Spain Event third place : 2012
**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier is a beach soccer championship that takes place to determine the nations who will represent Europe at the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It is contested between the senio ...
runner-up : 2008, 2011
**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier is a beach soccer championship that takes place to determine the nations who will represent Europe at the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It is contested between the senio ...
fourth place : 2009
** Mundialito winner: 2008, 2009, 2012
** Mundialito runner-up: 2010, 2011
Individual
*FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Europe qualifier is a beach soccer championship that takes place to determine the nations who will represent Europe at the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It is contested between the senio ...
Best Goalkeeper : 2011
* Euro Beach Soccer League Italian Event Best Goalkeeper: 2010
* Mundialito Best Goalkeeper: 2011
* Mundialito Best Goalkeeper: 2012
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Portuguese beach soccer players
Beach soccer goalkeepers
1978 births
Living people