Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves

For other people named Paulo Jorge, see Paulo Jorge (disambiguation).

Paulo Jorge
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves
Date of birth	(1981-05-05) 5 May 1981
Place of birth	Maia, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1995	Folgosa Maia
1995–1999	Maia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2005	Maia	61	(7)
2000–2002	→ Pedrouços (loan)
2002–2003	→ Infesta (loan)	33	(2)
2005–2006	Boavista	25	(4)
2006–2007	Benfica	14	(1)
2007–2008	→ Málaga (loan)	32	(1)
2008–2010	Marítimo	52	(1)
2010–2012	Ittihad	37	(7)
2013	Gil Vicente	8	(0)
2013–2014	Belenenses	4	(0)
Total		266	(23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves (born 5 May 1981), known as Paulo Jorge, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga seasons of 103 games and six goals during six seasons, representing in the competition Boavista, Benfica, Marítimo, Gil Vicente and Belenenses. He also played professionally in Spain and Saudi Arabia.

Club career

Paulo Jorge was born in Maia, Porto District. After six seasons in the second division with F.C. Maia (this included loan spells in the lower leagues with Pedrouços A.C. and FC Infesta), he joined Boavista F.C. for 2005–06.

After a solid Primeira Liga spell at the Axadrezados ("Chequereds"), where he scored seven goals across all competitions, clubs like Valencia CF and PSV Eindhoven showed interest in acquiring Paulo Jorge's services but, after turning down an offer from champions FC Porto, he signed for S.L. Benfica in July 2006.^[1] In his first game with the Lisbon team, he netted their only goal against AEK Athens F.C. in a pre-season 1–3 defeat, after which he started in UEFA Champions League matches against FK Austria Wien and F.C. Copenhagen, the latter in the group stage.^[2]

However, after having appeared sparingly for the Eagles during the league campaign, Paulo Jorge was loaned to Spanish side Málaga CF, which achieved La Liga promotion in 2008. He shared teams with countrymen Eliseu and Hélder Rosário during his stint.^[3]

In mid-July 2008, Paulo Jorge was definitely sold and joined fellow league club C.S. Marítimo in Madeira.^[4] He scored his first official goal on 4 January 2009 during a 4–1 home win against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, and spent most of the season as a right back.

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