Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves

Paulo Jorge
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves
Date of birth	5 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Maia, Portugal
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Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1995	Folgosa Maia
1995–1999	Maia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2005	Maia
2000–2002	→ Pedrouços (loan)
2002–2003	→ Infesta (loan)
2005–2006	Boavista
2006–2007	Benfica
2007–2008	→ Málaga (loan)
2008–2010	Marítimo
2010–2012	Ittihad FC
2013	Gil Vicente
2013–2014	Belenenses
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves (born 5 May 1981), known as Paulo Jorge, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga seasons of 103 games and six goals during six seasons, representing in the competition Boavista, Benfica, Marítimo, Gil Vicente and Belenenses. He also played professionally in Spain and Saudi Arabia.

Club career

Paulo Jorge was born in Maia, Porto District. After six seasons in the second division with F.C. Maia (this included loan spells in the lower leagues with Pedrouços A.C. and FC Infesta), he joined Boavista F.C. for 2005–06.

After a solid Primeira Liga spell at the Axadrezados ("Chequereds"), where he scored seven goals across all competitions, clubs like Valencia CF and PSV Eindhoven showed interest in acquiring Paulo Jorge's services but, after turning down an offer from champions FC Porto, he signed for S.L. Benfica in July 2006.^[1] In his first game with the Lisbon team, he netted their only goal against AEK Athens F.C. in a pre-season 1–3 defeat, after which he started in UEFA Champions League matches against FK Austria Wien and F.C. Copenhagen, the latter in the group stage.^[2]

However, after having appeared sparingly for the Eagles during the league campaign, Paulo Jorge was loaned to Spanish side Málaga CF, which achieved La Liga promotion in 2008. He shared teams with countrymen Eliseu and Hélder Rosário during his stint.^[3]

In mid-July 2008, Paulo Jorge was definitely sold and joined fellow league club C.S. Marítimo in Madeira.^[4] He scored his first official goal on 4 January 2009 during a 4–1 home win against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, and spent most of the season as a right back.