Paulo Rafael Pereira Araújo (born 21 September 1999) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a forward for Bandırmaspor in the TFF 1. Lig, on loan from

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

club

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening (), also known as Viborg FF or VFF for short, is a Danish professional association football, football club based in the Central Denmark Region, Central Jutland city of Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. They compete in the Danish ...

Career

Paulinho started his career at FC Ferreirense in

Braga Braga (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality ...

, and later also played for S.C. Braga, Arsenal da Devesa, Os Alegrienses, F.C. Vizela and Merelinense. As a senior, he started out at São Paio D'Arcos, where he played from 2018 until 2020. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Paulinho moved to

AD Fafe Associação Desportiva de Fafe (abbreviated as AD Fafe) is a Portuguese professional football club based in Fafe, in the district of Braga. Background AD Fafe currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores – Série A which is ...

, which at the time played in the Portuguese fourth tier, Campeonato de Portugal. At Fafe, Paulinho played 24 league games, scoring 8 goals. In June 2021, Paulinho signed a two-year deal Estrela. During his one and a half seasons at Estrela, he played 44 games and scored 19 goals. At the end of January 2023, Paulinho joined

side

, signing a deal until June 2026. After managing just 1 goal in 13 appearances in all competitions, in June 2023 he was loaned to

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

club Portimonense for the upcoming

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. After Paulinho failing to score for 9 appearances in all competitions for the

Portimão Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro (district), Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In ...

-based club, for the second half of the season, Viborg ended his spell at Portimonense and instead loaned him to

Liga Portugal 2 The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Pr ...

side Torreense, with an option-to-buy. After the loan spell, Paulinho was not involved in the pre-season in Viborg, as the club had announced that the player was not part of the plans and was exploring the possibilities of finding a new club. On 1 July 2024, Palinho was sent out on another loan spell, this time at Turkish

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side Bandırmaspor for the 2024–25 season.Paulinho på lån hos Bandirmaspor
vff.dk, 1 July 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ementa, Anosike 1999 births Living people Footballers from Braga Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards F.C. Vizela players Merelinense F.C. players AD Fafe players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Viborg FF players Portimonense S.C. players S.C.U. Torreense players Bandırmaspor footballers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Danish Superliga players TFF 1. Lig players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen