Paulo Roberto Bacinello (born 29 September 1959), commonly known as Paulinho Cascavel, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, primarily with Vitória de Guimarães and

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

.Paulinho Cascavel
Glórias do Passado, 24 January 2007

Club career

Born in

Cascavel Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 364.104 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2024 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers b ...

, Paraná, Cascavel (whose

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stemmed from his birthplace) started his career with local amateurs Cascavel Clube Recreativo, then played for Criciúma Esporte Clube,

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and

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. He made five appearances in the 1983 edition of the

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with Criciúma, and was top scorer of the following year's

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with 27 goals while with Joinville. Cascavel moved to Portugal in December 1984, signing with

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club

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, but only played one game there. In the following season he joined

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' Vitória SC, and scored 22 times in his

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– top scorer in the competition – as the

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side finished in third place and qualified for the

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.Paulinho Cascavel: «Em Guimarães até Moët & Chandon me deram» (Paulinho Cascavel: "I was even given Moët & Chandon in Guimarães")
Mais Futebol, 11 May 2017 Cascavel was acquired by

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for 1987–88 and scored 24 goals during that campaign, but the

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-based team finished fourth. He added six in as many matches in their quarter-final run in the

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. Cascavel's numbers reduced significantly the following years, and he retired in June 1991 while still in Portugal with Gil Vicente FC.

Personal life

Cascavel's son,

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, also nicknamed Cascavel, was also a footballer and a striker. Born in Portugal, he too played mostly in the country, mainly in its Segunda Liga.

Honours

Joinville *

: 1984 Fluminense *

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: 1984 Porto *

: 1984–85 Sporting CP *

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Individual *Primeira Liga top scorer: 1986–87, 1987–88Top Goal Scorers – Portugal
at Sports Records *

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top scorer

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cascavel, Paulinho 1959 births Living people Footballers from Cascavel Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Joinville Esporte Clube players Fluminense FC players Primeira Liga players FC Porto players Vitória S.C. players Sporting CP footballers Gil Vicente F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen