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Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas is a Timorese football player who comes from Timor Leste[1] and plays for Lalenok United.[2]

Paulo Gali

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas
Date of birth	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 17)
Place of birth	Dili, Timor Leste
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Lalenok United
Number	21
Youth career
	SLB Laulara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	SLB Laulara
2019–	Lalenok United	7	(3)
National team‡
2017–2019	Timor Leste U16	9	(11)
2017–	Timor Leste U19	10	(12)
2021–	Timor Leste U23	6	(2)
2018–	Timor-Leste	9	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2022

International career

On 1 September 2018, Gali made his debut for the senior team in a 2018 AFF Championship qualification game against Brunei in the first-leg in a 3-1 win. On 27 January 2022, Gali scored his debut goal for the national team in a friendly match against Indonesia.

Career Statistics

International

As of match played 30 January 2022

Timor-Leste national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	3	0
2021	4	0
2022	2	1
Total	9	1

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 January 2022	Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	1–4	Friendly

Honours

Lalenok United

Copa FFTL

• 2020: Champions[3]

Individual

• AFF U-16 Youth Championship Top scorer: 2019 (7 goals)

Controversy

In 2019 Timor Leste's under 15 team for the 2019 AFF U-15 Championship were accused of fielding overage players at the tournament, with team captain Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas being one of the prominent players accused of being over age with claims that he was at least 22 years old at the time.[4] These protests lead to a formal investigation by the ASEAN Football Federation into the incident. The protests however were later dismissed with Paulo being deemed to be eligible to participate in the tournament.[5]

References

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