Pedro Paulo Saraiva António (21 November 1973 – 23 February 2000), known as Pedro Paulo, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder in the Primeira Divisão and the UEFA Cup for Marítimo. He also appeared in the second tier for

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and Esposende, in the third tier for Vasco da Gama (Sines),

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and

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, and in the English

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(fourth tier) for

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. He began his football career in the junior teams of

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and then Sporting CP, before making his senior debut with Vasco da Gama in the

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. He was also on the books of

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, and spent time with English

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(third-tier) club Birmingham City without playing first-team football for them. Pedro Paulo was born in Luanda, Angola. He died in a car crash near

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, Portugal, in February 2000 at the age of 26. He was married with a young son.

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1973 births 2000 deaths Footballers from Luanda Portuguese men's footballers Angolan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players Birmingham City F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players C.F. União de Lamas players C.S. Marítimo players A.D. Esposende players Segunda Divisão players English Football League players Liga Portugal 2 players Primeira Liga players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Road incident deaths in Portugal {{Portugal-footy-midfielder-stub