Paulo Vitor (footballer, born 2001)
Brazilian footballer
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Paulo Vitor Leal Sousa Lima, known as Paulo Vitor (born 19 July 2001) is a Brazilian professional football player who plays as a centre-back.
Full name
Paulo Vitor Leal Sousa Lima
Date of birth
19 July 2001
Place of birth
Imperatriz, Brazil
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Vitor Leal Sousa Lima | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Imperatriz, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Imperatriz | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Botafogo-PB | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Nacional (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Maguary | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Nacional (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2024–2026 | Akron Tolyatti | 17 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Vitória de Guimarães (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → AVS (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2026 | |||
Career
On 17 June 2024, Paulo Vitor signed with Akron Tolyatti, recently promoted to the Russian Premier League.[1]
He made his RPL debut for Akron on 20 July 2024 in a game against Lokomotiv Moscow.[2]
On 3 July 2025, Paulo Vitor returned to Portugal and joined Vitória de Guimarães on loan.[3] After making one late substitute appearance for Vitória in the first four games of the Primeira Liga season, Paulo Vitor was loaned to AVS in the same league instead.[4]
On 7 September 2026, Paulo Vitor left Akron by mutual consent.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 March 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Imperatriz | 2021 | Série D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Botafogo | 2022 | Série C | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Nacional (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| Maguary | 2023 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Nacional | 2023–24 (loan) | Liga Portugal 2 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
| Akron Tolyatti | 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 87 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 117 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
