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Full name | Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | Santa Clara | ||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Santa Clara | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Operário | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | Angrense | ||||||||||||||||
1995 | Micaelense | 23 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Estoril | 29 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Salamanca | 71 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Deportivo La Coruña | 58 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Bordeaux | 98 | (65) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Paris Saint-Germain | 168 | (76) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | São Roque | 1 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 459 | (224) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1988 | Portugal U16 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1997–2006 | Portugal | 88 | (47) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes ComM OIH (born 28 April 1973), known as Pauleta (Portuguese pronunciation: [pawˈletɐ]), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.
During 18 years as a senior he never played in the Primeira Liga, having spent 12 of those campaigns in Spain and France. He had his most successful spell at Paris Saint-Germain, where he scored 109 goals across all competitions.[2] Three times the top goalscorer in Ligue 1, he was also voted twice as the division's player of the season.
Pauleta also scored 47 goals in 88 matches for Portugal, a national record at the time of his retirement. He played for his country in two World Cups and two European Championships.