Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves (born 24 January 1984), known as Paulo Sérgio, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or right winger.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 162 matches and 13 goals over eight seasons, appearing in the competition for Académica, Belenenses, Estrela da Amadora, Aves, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães and Arouca. He also played professionally in Spain, Cyprus, Singapore and Indonesia, winning the Singapore Premier League with DPMM and repeating the feat in Liga 1 with Bhayangkara and Bali United.
Paulo Sérgio finished second at the 2003 European Under-19 Championship with Portugal, being the tournament's top scorer.
Club career Born in Lisbon, Paulo Sérgio started his career at local Sporting CP, but never appeared in the Primeira Liga with the first team. In April 2003, 10% of his economic rights were sold to an investment fund along with other youth products, and he would be loaned several times in the following years, for example spending two seasons with Lisbon neighbours Belenenses; on 25 November 2004, before leaving for the latter club, he appeared for the Lions in a 4–0 win at Dinamo Tbilisi in that season's UEFA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Roudolphe Douala in the 65th minute.
After one season with Portimonense of the Segunda Liga, Paulo Sérgio was released by Sporting and signed for Spanish side Salamanca. He appeared in roughly half of the games during the campaign, as the Castile and León team finished ninth in the Segunda División.
Paulo Sérgio returned to his country and Algarve in summer 2009, joining Olhanense who had just promoted to the top flight and being regularly played over the course of two seasons as the club managed to consecutively retain its status. On 17 September 2010, he scored in the 2–0 home victory over his former employers Portimonense, the first of two official goals during his tenure.
In the following years, Paulo Sérgio represented in quick succession Vitória de Guimarães, Cyprus' AEL Limassol, Arouca and Olhanense. In March 2015, after spending the first part of the campaign as a free agent, he joined DPMM of the Singapore Premier League, replacing injured Craig Fagan. He scored a brace on his debut on 4 April, helping to a 3–2 away defeat of Hougang United.
Paulo Sérgio netted twice in the 4–0 win over Balestier Khalsa in the final league game of 2015, and his team won their first-ever national championship.
International career Paulo Sérgio played seven times in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, netting four goals. He was not, however, selected for the squad that appeared in the final tournament, which was held on home soil.
Previously, Paulo Sérgio appeared with the under-19s in the 2003 European Championship in Liechtenstein, scoring five times in as many matches as the national team lost in the final against Italy.
Career statistics ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSporting CP B2002–03Segunda Divisão254——2542003–04Segunda Divisão81——81Total335——335Sporting CP 2003–04Primeira Liga001000102004–05Primeira Liga00001010Total00101020Académica (loan)2003–04Primeira Liga16300—163Belenenses (loan)2004–05Primeira Liga19200—1922005–06Primeira Liga26010—270Total45210—462Estrela Amadora (loan)2006–07Primeira Liga7110—81Aves (loan)2006–07Primeira Liga14300—143Portimonense (loan)2007–08Segunda Liga26251—313Salamanca 2008–09Segunda División20110—211Olhanense 2009–10Primeira Liga20010—2102010–11Primeira Liga24240—282Total44250—492Vitória Guimarães2011–12Primeira Liga1803010220AEL Limassol2012–13Cypriot First Division2767190437Arouca2013–14Primeira Liga6030—90Olhanense2014–15Segunda Liga12200—122DPMM2015Singapore Premier League2012423227162016Singapore Premier League1961033239Total391852655025Bhayangkara2017Liga 1299——2992018Liga 1301011303411Total591911306320Bali United2019Liga 126240303322020Liga 110——10Total2724030342Career total3936637523545376
Honours AEL Limassol Cypriot Cup runner-up: 2012–13 Cypriot Super Cup runner-up: 2012
DPMM Singapore Premier League: 2015 Singapore Community Shield runner-up: 2016
Bhayangkara Liga 1: 2017
Bali United Liga 1: 2019
Portugal U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2003
Individual UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorer: 2003 Liga 1 Best Player: 2017 Liga 1 Best XI: 2017, 2019
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