Paulo Jorge Barros Pimentel Lima (born 5 June 1998) is a Portuguese

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who currently plays for Vitória Setúbal.

Career

Early career

Lima played as part of the

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academy for six years and later with

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,

for four years. At Sporting, Lima won on a U-19 National Championship and a U-16 National Championship, as well as appearing on the bench a single time with

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in 2016. After leaving Sporting, Lima played a season with Sintrense in the Campeonato de Portugal.

United States college and amateur

In 2018, Lima made the move to the United States to play

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. Here he went on to make 50 appearances for the Friars, scoring 13 goals and tallying six assists. In 2019, he was named to the All-Big East second team and was named the team's Offensive Most Valuable Player, and in his junior and senior years Lima was named to the All-Big East first team. While at college, Lima also played in the

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with Boston Bolts, where he made three appearances.

Professional

On 11 January 2022, Lima was selected 32nd overall in the

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. On 19 February 2022, Lima signed professionally with Houston's

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side Houston Dynamo 2.

References

External links

Paulo Jorge Barros Pimentel Lima
Sporting CP bio
Paulo Lima - Men's Soccer
Providence bio
Paulo Lima , MLSsoccer.com
MLS Next Pro bio {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Paulo 1998 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Boston Bolts (USL) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Houston Dynamo FC draft picks MLS Next Pro players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Portuguese men's footballers Providence Friars men's soccer players Real S.C. players Sporting CP footballers Footballers from Lisbon S.U. Sintrense players Vitória F.C. players USL League Two players Houston Dynamo 2 players 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen