Paulo Alves (footballer, born 1969)

Paulo Alves
Personal information
Full name Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves
Date of birth (1969-12-10) 10 December 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Vila Real, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
Mafra (manager)
Youth career
1982–1985 Abambres
1985–1986 Vila Real
1986–1988 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Gil Vicente 68 (16)
1991–1992 Tirsense 33 (8)
1992–1993 Marítimo 22 (4)
1993 Braga 4 (0)
1993–1995 Marítimo 50 (16)
1995–1998 Sporting CP 68 (22)
1997–1998West Ham United (loan) 4 (0)
1998–1999 Bastia 19 (3)
1999–2001 União Leiria 46 (8)
2001–2005 Gil Vicente 87 (26)
Total 401 (103)
International career
1989 Portugal U20 4 (1)
1989–1991 Portugal U21 9 (6)
1996 Portugal Olympic (O.P.) 6 (1)
1994–1996 Portugal 13 (7)
Managerial career
2006–2008 Gil Vicente
2008 União Leiria
2008–2009 Vizela
2009–2010 Portugal U20
2010–2013 Gil Vicente
2013–2014 Olhanense
2014–2015 Beira-Mar
2015 Nassaji Mazandaran
2015–2017 Penafiel
2017 União Madeira
2017–2018 Gil Vicente
2018–2019 Ohod
2019–2020 Varzim
2022–2023 Moreirense
2023–2024 Lugo
2025– Mafra
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1989 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves CvIH (born 10 December 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently manager of Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 301 matches and 78 goals over 13 seasons, mainly with Gil Vicente (five years). He also represented in the competition Marítimo, Sporting CP (three apiece) União de Leiria (two) and Braga. Internationally, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1989 and was part of the Olympic team that came fourth in 1996, also being a senior international in the mid-1990s.

Alves started coaching in 2005, and went on to be in charge of several clubs, including Gil (in several spells).[1] He managed them and Olhanense in the top-flight, and eight teams in the second tier, winning the latter with Gil and Moreirense.

  1. ^ "Paulo Alves volta a orientar Gil Vicente" [Paulo Alves back at the helm for Gil Vicente] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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