Domestic-league season · Leixoes.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Segunda Liga | 29 | 0 | 0 | 758 | 6.46 |
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).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Leixoes · 7th | 29 | 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 |
| 2020/21 | AEK Athens FC · 4th | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 4 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Paulinho is a 35-year-old central defender at Leixoes, rated 10 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 101st of 108 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 20th of 25 of the 25 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, 23rd of 25 of the 25 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 29 appearances.
With a Rating of 10, Paulinho carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Segunda Liga of 25 — though on just 29 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.
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.
No transfer news found for this player.
