Paulo Victor (footballer, born 1987)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mileoand the second or paternal family name is Vidotti.

Paulo Victor

Paulo Victor in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Victor Mileo Vidotti [1]
Date of birth	(1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37) [1]
Place of birth	Assis, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1995–2004	Assisense
2004–2007	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2017	Flamengo	94	(0)
2008	→ America-RJ (loan)	0	(0)
2017	→ Gaziantepspor (loan)	14	(0)
2017–2021	Grêmio	108	(0)
2021–2022	Marítimo	30	(0)
2022–2024	Al-Ettifaq	64	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2023

Paulo Victor Mileo Vidotti (born 12 January 1987), known as Paulo Victor Vidotti or simply Paulo Victor, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Career

Flamengo

The young Paulo Victor started his career in the city of Assis, the career of Paulo Victor began in school football Peraltinha, at the time directed by the coach Roberto Carlos Amoriélli, the “Mé”. In the professional, in 2004 Paulo Victor defended the colors of Assisense championship Campeonato Paulista da Segunda Divisão that year the team just did not rise to Campeonato Paulista Série A3 by two goals, ^[2] he arrived at Flamengo in 2004, with 17 years old. ^[3] Since then he won many titles with club's the youth team, such as youth Campeonato Carioca de Juniores, three times (2005, 2006 and 2007), Torneio Octávio Pinto Guimarães twice (2006, 2007) and Copa Record Rio de Futebol (2005), marking the debut for the club professional, even if only on the bench.

Promoted from the youth team in the beginning of 2007 by the coach Ney Franco. In 2008 Paulo had his first chance at professional level playing, on loan, 13 matches for America-RJ in the Campeonato Carioca.

Paulo Victor became the team's second choice as goalkeeper after Bruno and Diego left the club in 2010.

In the last match of the 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Paulo Victor had his first chance in the club's professional team in a match against Santos at Vila Belmiro, the match ended 0x0. ^[4]

He became the club's first string goalkeeper after Marcelo Lomba transferred from Flamengo in 2011.

Gaziantepspor (loan)

On January 26, 2017 Gaziantepspor signed Paulo Victor on loan until the end of the 2017-18 season. He debuted at the Turkish league three days later against Trabzonspor in a 4-0 loss. ^[5] Despite having a long loan contract with the Turkish club, Paulo Victor re-signed with Gaziantepspor due to wage arrears. ^[6]

Grêmio

From 2017 to 2021, Paulo Victor played for Brazilian club Grêmio, featuring in a total of 108 games for the side and winning the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana. On August 3, 2021, Paulo Victor terminated his contract with the club making him a free agent. ^[7]

Marítimo

On August 6, 2021 Portuguese club Marítimo signed Paulo Victor on a free transfer, with a one-year contract agreed. ^[8]

Al-Ettifaq

On 8 July 2022, Paulo Victor joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq on a one-year deal with an option to extend for a further year. ^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 December 2023 ^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [lower-alpha 1]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	2007	Série A	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008		0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2009		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2010		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011		3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	2012		19	0	—		2	0	5 [lower-alpha 2]	0	26	0
	2013		13	0	2	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	16	0
	2014		29	0	6	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	38	0
	2015		24	0	5	0	—		15 [lower-alpha 2]	0	44	0
	2016		5	0	4	0	1	0	19 [lower-alpha 3]	0	29	0
	2017		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		94	0	17	0	4	0	43	0	158	0
America-RJ (loan)	2008	State	—		—		—		13 [lower-alpha 2]	0	13	0
	Total		—		—		—		13	0	13	0
Gaziantepspor (loan)	2016-17	Süper Lig	14	0	0	0	—		0	0	14	0
	Total		14	0	0	0	—		0	0	14	0
Grêmio	2017	Série A	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	2018		20	0	1	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 4]	0	24	0
	2019		28	0	6	0	12	0	10 [lower-alpha 4]	0	56	0
	2020		10	0	2	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	14	0
	2021		1	0	2	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	4	0
	Total		69	0	11	0	12	0	16	0	108	0
Marítimo	2021-22	Primeira Liga	30	0	0	0	—		0	0	30	0
Al-Ettifaq	2022–23	Saudi Pro League	30	0	1	0	—		—		31	0
	2023–24		15	0	2	0	—		—		17	0
	Total		45	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	48	0
Career total			252	0	31	0	16	0	72	0	371	0

1. Includes Copa do Brasil, King Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
3. Fifteen appearances in Campeonato Carioca, four appearances in Primeira Liga.
4. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho

Honours

Flamengo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2009
• Copa do Brasil: 2013
• Campeonato Carioca: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014

Grêmio

• Copa Libertadores: 2017
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2018
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Recopa Gaúcha: 2019, 2021

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Grêmio FBPA" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
2. Assis Notícias Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
3. Diário de Assis ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Santos e Flamengo ficam no zero. (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com.br. December 4, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2010
5. "Emprestado pelo Fla, Paulo Victor estreia na Turquia, mas time é goleado". globoesporte.com. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
6. "Após calote na Turquia, PV retorna ao Brasil e vai se reapresentar ao Fla". globoesporte.com. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
7. "Após meses de conversa, Grêmio e Paulo Victor acertam rescisão de contrato". globo.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
8. "Paulo Victor confirmado por uma época". A Bola. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
9. "باولو فيكتور.. تلميذ جروهي.. وخليفة مبولحي في الاتفاق".
10. "Paulo Victor Vidotti". Soccerway.

External links

• Paulo Victor at Soccerway