Paulo Roberto da Silva (born 6 March 1987), known as Paulo Roberto, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Paysandu.

Career

Born in

Lavras Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,761 inhabitants (2022). The area of the municipality is 564,495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6°C and t ...

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, Paulo Roberto made his senior debuts with

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in 2007, aged 20. In 2009, after a short stint at Brasil de Farroupilha, he joined Grêmio Osasco Audax. In April 2010, Paulo Roberto was loaned to Série A club Guarani, until December. He made his debut in the category on 9 May, starting in a 1–0 home win against

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. On 15 September 2010 Paulo Roberto scored his first goal in the main category of Brazilian football, netting his team's second in a 2–4 away loss against Cruzeiro. He finished the season with 34 appearances and two goals, as his side suffered relegation. In May 2011 Paulo Roberto moved to

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

, also on loan. After appearing in only one match he returned to Audax, winning promotion from

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. On 28 April 2013 Paulo Roberto joined Ponte Preta in a permanent deal. On 27 September, after failing to impress at ''Macaca'', he was loaned to

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. In December 2013, after ''Figueira's'' promotion to the top level, Paulo Ricardo signed permanently for the club.Rodrigo Pastana confirma Pablo, Ricardo Bueno e Paulo Roberto no Figueirense Rodrigo Pastana confirms Pablo, Ricardo Bueno and Paulo Roberto at Figueirense)
Clic RBS, 13 December 2013

Honours

Figueirense *

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: 2014, 2015 Corinthians *

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Fortaleza *

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: 2019 *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern re ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulo Roberto 1987 births Living people People from Lavras 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Minas Gerais Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Clube Atlético Juventus players Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube players Guarani FC players Club Athletico Paranaense players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Figueirense FC players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Santo André players Paysandu Sport Club players