Paulo Miranda de Oliveira (born 25 January 1974), known as Paulo Miranda is a Brazilian football manager and former professional

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who played mainly as a

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and sometimes as a

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Career

Paulo Miranda started his professional career at Paraná in 1991. With Paraná, he won the

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five times in six years and helped the club to achieve promotion to

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. In 1997, he moved to rivals

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and captained the team to the Campeonato Paranaense title in 1998. In 1999, Paulo Miranda joined

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where he played alongside teammates with international experience such as

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and

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and came to national attention. In the Rio de Janeiro club, he won titles such as 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Copa João Havelange) and

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, also playing the

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as a right-back, losing to

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in the penalty shoot-out. In 2001, he moved abroad for the first time after being bought by

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for 2,3 million Euros. He won the

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for the French side and returned to Brazil twice on loan after being overlooked by

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and

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, playing for Cruzeiro in 2003, winning the

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of that year and in 2004 to play for

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. He was later negotiated to São Caetano in the same year where he stayed until 2006, when he was loaned to Coritiba for the

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, becoming one of a few to play for the three Curitiba's big clubs. His time was plagued by injuries and his team failed to achieve promotion, while São Caetano was relegated to the 2nd division that year and he was released from his contract. Paulo Miranda joined Itumbiara in 2007 for the

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. The following year, he joined Joinville for the Campeonato Catarinense after unsuccessful negotiations with Juventus (SP). He had also a brief spell at

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, staying three months and playing 10 matches for the clu. He signed for Santa Helena for their debut season at Campeonato Goiano in 2009. He joined

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in 2010. Even with offers from Rio de Janeiro clubs such as América and Olaria, he opted to move to Venezuela citing reasons such as payment on-time and opportunity to learn Spanish and seek an agent career after retirement. At the club, he played mostly as an attacking midfielder. He also trained at Paraná in 2011, but no deal was signed. After conversations with

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and

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he pursued a career as a football manager. His first club was Oeste, from the third tier of Campeonato Catarinense. In 2014, he managed

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in the

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, later returning to Paraná state to

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and later Andraus winning the 3rd division of

International

In 1992, he played for the Brazil U-20.

Honours

Paraná *

: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Atlético Paranaense *

: 1998 Vasco da Gama * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1999 *

: 2000 * Copa Mercosur: 2000 Bordeaux *

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: 2001-02 Cruzeiro *

: 2003

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miranda, Paulo 1974 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players CR Vasco da Gama players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Men's association football midfielders Men's association football fullbacks