Paulo Victor de Menezes Melo (born 29 May 1993), commonly known as Paulinho, 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 for South Korean

K League 2 The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1. Hi ...

club

Chungbuk Cheongju FC Chungbuk Cheongju FC (Korean: 충북 청주 FC), formerly Cheongju FC (Korean: 청주 FC), is a South Korean football club based in the city of Cheongju that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The club was found ...

as a

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Career

Paulinho began his professional career at

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

in 2013. After loan spells at América-RN, Rio Claro and Portuguesa he signed for

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

club

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapor ...

in January 2016. After spending more than two years with Bulgarian club

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

, in January 2021, Paulinho joined

Khor Fakkan Khor Fakkan ( ar, خَوْر فَكَّان, Khawr Fakkān) is a city and exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), facing the Gulf of Oman, and geographically surrounded by the Emirate of F ...

in the United Arab Emirates for a season and a half.

Career statistics

Honours

;Corinthians * Campeonato Paulista:

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* Recopa Sudamericana:

;Zorya Luhansk *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

: ''Runner-up'' 2015–16

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
1993 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players UAE Pro League players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Rio Claro Futebol Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine FC Zorya Luhansk players Khor Fakkan Club players Ukrainian Premier League players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates K League 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub