Paulo Roberto Rink (born 21 February 1973) is a former
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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. Most commonly known for his time at
Bayer Leverkusen, the Brazilian-born player earned 13 caps representing
Germany
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. He retired in 2007.
Club career
Born in
Curitiba
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, Rink began his career playing for
Athlético Paranaense. After a solid career with the club, he negotiated with
Bayer Leverkusen, and was transferred for US$6 million, the highest transfer fee paid for an Atlético Paranaense player at that time. Rink remained there for four years, barring a six-month break, when he was loaned out to
Santos FC
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.
He played for several other clubs,
1. FC Nürnberg
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,
FC Energie Cottbus
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,
Vitesse Arnhem
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,
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup S ...
,
Olympiakos Nicosia
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and
Omonia Nicosia
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.
Rink ended his career in Athlético Paranaense, where his career started. His honorary match took place on 24 May 2007 at the
Kyocera Arena
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. Playing in ''Paulo Rink's friends team'' were amongst others:
Oséas
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Club statistics
National team statistics
Honors
Team
* Copa Libertadores Winner: Copa Libert ...
, his old friend, who from 1995 to 1998 acted as his striking partner at Atlético Paranaense. Also present was the Uruguayan
Gustavo Matosas
Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón (born 25 May 1967) is an Argentine-born Uruguayan former professional footballer.
Playing career
Club
The son of former footballer Roberto Matosas, Gustavo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1967, as his f ...
, teammate in 1997 and 1998 and
Kléberson, who played with him in 1998.
International career
Rink, whose great-grandfather had emigrated from
Heidelberg
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to Brazil in 1904, was naturalized as a German citizen and subsequently called up to the
Germany national team by then manager
Berti Vogts
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in September 1998. He was the first Brazilian to play for Germany. The attacker took part in friendlies against
Romania
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and
Malta
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. A year afterwards, while still playing for
Bayer Leverkusen, he was once again called up, this time for the
1999 Confederations Cup
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in Mexico. He played for Germany in the
2000 UEFA European Championship
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The finals tournament was ...
as well. In total, Rink was able to collect 13 international caps between 1998 and 2000.
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1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Curitiba
Brazilian people of German descent
Citizens of Germany through descent
German footballers
Germany international footballers
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
German expatriate footballers
Santos FC players
UEFA Euro 2000 players
1. FC Nürnberg players
German expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
FC Energie Cottbus players
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Olympiakos Nicosia players
German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
German people of Brazilian descent
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Eredivisie players
SBV Vitesse players
Expatriate footballers in South Korea
K League 1 players
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players
AC Omonia players
Association football forwards
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Bundesliga players
Cypriot First Division players