Paulo Adriano Almeida Simoins ( port. Paulo Adriano Almeida Simões ; born March 3, 1977 , Coimbra ) is a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder .
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| Full name | Paulo Adriano Almeida Simoins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Coimbra , Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 182 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Paulo Adrian began his career in the Anadia team, with which he signed a professional contract in July 1996. In 1998, he moved to the more famous club " Academician " from his hometown . The team in the 1998/99 season flew from the country 's major league to the second division , and received a promotion only in the 2001/02 season. For this reason, Adriano made his debut in the Super League only on October 29, 2003 in a match with Benfica , which ended in the defeat of his club with a score of 1: 3 [2] . In October of the following year, the Portuguese scored his first goal in the Portuguese championship in a game with Maritimo . The goal scored was the only one in the meeting [3] . In 2005, Paulo scored in the match against Vitoria from Setubal , scoring the first goal, but in the end the teams played in a draw 3: 3 [4] . During this time, Paulo received a lot of game practice, spending more than 20 matches per season, and in the seasons 2002/03 and 2003/04 he was involved in the games of the duplicating team “Academic B”. After the 2005/06 season, the midfielder left Akademika in connection with the club’s departure from the country's top division.
In July 2006, Paulo Adriano came to Cyprus AEK from Larnaca as a free agent. Here he stayed until the winter of 2007, having played 13 matches in the Cyprus Championship and scoring 1 goal. In January 2007, the Portuguese returned to their homeland and signed a contract with the Vitoria club from Guimaraes . “Vitoria” at that time was fighting for the way out of the Ligue di Onra to the Super League and at the end of the season took second place, receiving an upgrade in class. But Adrian was able to participate in only 5 matches of the tournament. In July 2007, it was sold to the Romanian Brasov for more than 400 thousand euros. The player made his debut in the Romanian championship on August 3, 2008 in a game with Steaua [5] . In the club from Romania, Paulo played two seasons, for which he spent 60 matches and scored 2 goals.
In August 2009, Paulo Adriano, having left Steaua as a free agent, signed a contract with Vladikavkaz Alania [6] . The club performed in the First Division of Russia . The official debut of the Portuguese midfielder took place on August 31 in the game with the “ Urals ” [7] . After that, he played another 9 matches for the team, did not score a single goal, but gave two assists (in a meeting with Luch-Energiya and Shinnik ). In January 2009, he returned to Portugal, to his first club, Anadia.
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Links
- Player profile on Transfermarkt
- PAULO ADRIANO Almeida Simoes
- Player profile on Zerozero