Paulinho

Following his move to Leixoes, Paulinho's current-season form is down 53% on last season (Season 15→7), while his Rating eased 20→10. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 15).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Leixoes · 7th	9	0	0	6.46	10	7
2024/25	Academico Viseu · 10th	29	4	0	6.65	20	15
2023/24	Leixoes · 14th	14	0	0	—	18	10
2022/23	Maritimo · 16th	10	0	1	6.62	23	5
2021/22	Moreirense · 16th	29	1	2	6.75	35	13

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 11 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

Paulinho is a 35-year-old central defender at Leixoes, rated 10 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 103rd of 108 on scout potential in the Segunda Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (24.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.14 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paulinho.

Judged on this season alone, Paulinho graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 25th of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga, on 2 clean sheets and 2.137 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 15 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 10, 29th of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga. At 35 Paulinho is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent5 clubs

Current potential29th of 31 centre-backs · Segunda Liga · 9 apps Current season25th of 31 centre-backs · Segunda Liga · 9 apps 25th-best centre-back in the Segunda Liga 103rd in the Segunda Liga · potential 29th-highest potential centre-back in the Segunda Liga

Ratingi

29th of 31 centre-backs

7.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

24.8%

Minutes

limited game time

2.14

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Leixoes finished 7th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.14

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 9 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 24.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 10, Paulinho carries the 29th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Segunda Liga of 31 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %24.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.137

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.475

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 35, Paulinho sits on 0.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paulinho's projected Rating — 10 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Segunda Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles8

Interceptions8

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

LeixoesJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Academico ViseuJul 2024 – Jul 2025Free

Leixoesuntil Jul 2024

MaritimoNov 2022 – Jul 2024Free

MoreirenseAug 2021 – Nov 2022Free

GIL VicenteJan 2021 – Aug 2021Free

AEK Athens FCJul 2019 – Jan 2021

ChavesJul 2017 – Jul 2019

SC BragaJan 2017 – Jul 2017

ChavesJul 2016 – Jan 2017

UU. MadeiraJul 2015 – Jul 2016Free

MoreirenseJul 2012 – Jul 2015

Leixoesuntil Jul 2012

About Paulinho

Paulo Sérgio Mota is a 35-year-old centre-back who plays for Leixoes, born on July 13, 1991 in Porto, standing 175 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Leixoes currently sit 11th of 18 in the Segunda Liga.

This season

In the current season, Paulinho has made 29 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 758 minutes, with 9 yellow cards.

Paulinho's next match is on September 6, 2026, when Leixoes face Amarante at home in the Segunda Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Paulinho at 10 with a Season form score of 7.1, ranking 103rd of 108 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the Segunda Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, Paulinho has totalled 334 club appearances with 6 goals and 11 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 33 appearances for U. Madeira.

Paulinho's career has also included time at Academico Viseu, Maritimo, Moreirense, GIL Vicente, AEK Athens FC, Chaves, SC Braga and UU. Madeira.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Leixoes finished 7th of 18 · a mid-table side

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