Paulo Vitor Fernandes Pereira (born 24 June 1999), known as Paulo Vitor, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Novorizontino, on loan from Cruzeiro.

Club career

Born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Paulo Vitor graduated from

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...

's youth setup. He scored his first goal as professional on 12 July 2017, in the match against Vitória. On 28 August 2018, Paulo Vitor joined Spanish

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

side

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

on loan for one year, with a buyout clause. The following 30 January, after being rarely used, he moved to

Marbella FC Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Marbella, the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997 it currently plays in Tercera Federación, Te ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

on loan until June. On 2 October 2020, Paulo Vitor moved to

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

and was assigned to the reserves in the third division. He renewed his contract until 2025 on 12 January 2022, and was loaned to Portuguese

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, ...

side

Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlanti ...

on 16 July, with a buyout clause.

Personal life

Paulo Vitor's older brother Denílson is also a footballer and a forward.

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* * 1999 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players CR Vasco da Gama players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Segunda División players Grêmio Novorizontino players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Albacete Balompié players Marbella FC players Real Valladolid Promesas players Rio Ave F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub