Marco Paulo Faria Lemos

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Marco Paulo
Personal information
Full nameMarco Paulo Faria de Lemos
Date of birth (1973-05-28) 28 May 1973 (age 45)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1985 Benfica
1985–1987 Dramático Cascais
1987–1988 Sintrense
1988–1991 Estoril
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1999 Estoril 186 (10)
1991–1992O Elvas (loan) 31 (4)
1999–2001 Paços Ferreira 64 (2)
2001–2005 Belenenses 110 (5)
2005–2006 Estoril 33 (0)
2006–2009 Estrela Amadora 48 (1)
2009–2010 Mafra 21 (0)
Total493(22)
National team
1993–1994 Portugal U21 10 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2006 Estoril (interim)
2012 Belenenses
2013 Belenenses (youth)
2013–2014 Belenenses
2018 1º Dezembro
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marco Paulo Faria de Lemos (born 28 May 1973), known as Marco Paulo, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is a manager.

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Playing career

Born in Lisbon, Marco Paulo spent seven of his first eight years as a senior with local G.D. Estoril Praia, playing his first two seasons in the Primeira Liga and a further five in the second division. After two years with F.C. Paços de Ferreira, one in each major level, he returned to the capital and joined C.F. Os Belenenses. [1]

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Primeira Liga top division in Portuguese football

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With Belenenses, Marco Paulo was regularly used during his four-season spell, inclusively serving as team captain. Aged 32, he returned to division two and Estoril, acting as interim player-coach during five games and achieving only one draw, after which he returned to the top flight with C.F. Estrela da Amadora.

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After 21 league appearances in his debut campaign, veteran Marco Paulo was sparingly used in the following two, with Estrela also being relegated in 2009 due to financial irregularities. He closed out his career at 37 after one year with another club in the Lisbon area, C.D. Mafra, amassing top division totals of 244 matches and nine goals.

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C.D. Mafra association football club

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Coaching career

Marco Paulo was appointed director of football at former team Belenenses in early April 2010. [2] On 17 February 2012, with the side ranking 11th in the second tier, he replaced José Mota as head coach, [3] eventually leading them to the fifth position.

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The 2011–12 Liga de Honra, also known as Liga Orangina due to sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season of the second-tier of football in Portugal. A total of 16 teams contested the league, 12 of which already had contested it in the 2009–10, and two of which were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division, and two of which were relegated from the 2010–11 Primeira Liga.

With the club again in the top division, Marco Paulo replaced Mitchell van der Gaag after the latter stepped down early in the season due to health problems. He was relieved of his duties in March 2014, due to poor results. [4]

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References

  1. "Marco Paulo: Gosto de jogar no meio-campo" [Marco Paulo: I like to play in midfield]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 2 September 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. "Marco Paulo é o novo diretor-desportivo" [Marco Paulo is the new sporting director]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 April 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. "Marco Paulo, de diretor desportivo a treinador" [Marco Paulo, from sporting director to manager] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. "Marco Paulo deixa o comando do Belenenses" [Marco Paulo no longer at the helm of Belenenses] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2017.