João Paulo Moreira dos Santos (born 15 August 1992 in

Vale de Cambra Vale de Cambra (; ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 22,864, in an area of 147.33 km². It had 21,440 electors in 2006. The city itself has about 4,100 inhabitants and is located in the Vila Chã, Codal e Vi ...

) known as João Paulo, is a Portuguese

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who plays for

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as a

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Football career

On 30 December 2012, João Paulo made his professional debut with Oliveirense in a

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game against

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and played 12 minutes.

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* * 1992 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players U.D. Oliveirense players Footballers from Aveiro District 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-footy-midfielder-stub