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Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (born 31 March 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Paulo Machado

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado[1]
Date of birth	(1986-03-31) 31 March 1986 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Bairro do Cerco, Portugal[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–2000	Cerco do Porto
2000–2004	Porto
2001–2002	→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Porto B	22	(2)
2004–2009	Porto	4	(0)
2005–2006	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	25	(2)
2006–2007	→ União Leiria (loan)	26	(0)
2007–2008	→ Leixões (loan)	25	(2)
2008–2009	→ Saint-Étienne (loan)	35	(3)
2009–2012	Toulouse	89	(12)
2012–2014	Olympiacos	45	(5)
2014–2017	Dinamo Zagreb	74	(3)
2016–2017	Dinamo Zagreb II	5	(0)
2017–2018	Aves	23	(4)
2018–2020	Mumbai City	29	(3)
2020–2021	Leixões	15	(1)
Total		417	(37)
National team
2005–2006	Portugal U20	9	(0)
2006–2008	Portugal U21	24	(6)
2009–2010	Portugal U23	2	(1)
2010–2013	Portugal	6	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European U17 Championship Winner 2003 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Formed at Porto, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 103 matches and eight goals over five seasons, in representation of as many clubs. He also competed professionally in France, Greece, Croatia and India, winning the national championship twice each with Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb.

Machado won four caps for Portugal, making his first appearance in 2010.

Club career

Porto

Born in the Porto neighbourhood of Bairro do Cerco, where he was surrounded by deviant behaviours from an early age, Machado joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of 14.[2] He made his first-team debut in the sixth round of the Taça de Portugal on 21 January 2004, under José Mourinho; he came on as a substitute for Sérgio Conceição, who had just concluded the 4–0 win over U.D. Vilafranquense at the Estádio das Antas.[3] In the summer of 2005 he signed an improved contract until 2010 along with teammate Bruno Vale, before both went on consecutive loans to C.F. Estrela da Amadora and U.D. Leiria.[4]

Machado was loaned again in the following two years, first to Leixões S.C. and then to Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne. Alongside teammates Diogo Valente and Vieirinha, also loaned by Porto,[5] he was instrumental as the Matosinhos side retained their Primeira Liga status at the season's close.

On 10 July 2008, Machado was loaned to the French club as part of the deal that brought Colombian Fredy Guarín to Porto.[6] He adapted well, becoming an integral part of Saint-Étienne's campaign, scoring twice in his first 16 games – 12 as a starter – and only missing three league matches as they narrowly avoided relegation.

Toulouse and Olympiacos

On 2 July 2009, Toulouse FC signed Machado to a four-year deal.[7] In August 2012, after three seasons in which he averaged 30 appearances and four goals, he joined Olympiacos F.C. in Greece for €2,700,000 on a three-year contract.[8][9] He scored his first goal for his new team on 3 November, also providing an assist to Kostas Mitroglou in a 2–0 home win against OFI Crete FC.[10]

Dinamo Zagreb

Machado joined GNK Dinamo Zagreb on 4 June 2014, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[11][12] He won a league and cup double in his first season, equalising in a 2–1 home win over HNK Rijeka in the semi-finals on 8 April,[13] followed by the winning attempt in the penalty shootout at the end of the goalless final against RNK Split on 20 May.[14]

On 28 July 2015, during a UEFA Champions League play-off round against Molde FK at Stadion Maksimir, club fans booed Machado as he walked off the pitch while being substituted after a poor performance. In return, he made several obscene gestures for which he received a straight red card,[15] being subsequently suspended until further notice.[16] Sharing teams with compatriots Eduardo and Gonçalo Santos, he won a second consecutive double, starting in the 2–1 cup final win over NK Slaven Belupo on 10 May.[17]

Later years

On 2 September 2017, free agent Machado signed with recently promoted C.D. Aves until the end of the season.[18] On 31 August 2018, he joined Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC;[19] after suffering an injury in the second half of the match against Jamshedpur FC on 19 December 2019, he was ruled out for the rest of the campaign.[20]

Machado returned to Leixões following 12 years away in September 2020.[21] In his one season back at the Estádio do Mar, he played just under half the fixtures and scored an added-time winner as a late substitute against Académico de Viseu F.C. on 28 February.[22]

In June 2021, Machado retired from playing. He went immediately into being assistant manager at his final club's under-23 team.[23]

International career

Machado was part of the Portugal under-21 team at the 2007 UEFA European Championship. Previously, he won the Under-17 European Championships in 2003.

On 30 September 2010, Machado was called up for the first time to the senior side by newly appointed coach Paulo Bento. He did not make his debut in either of the two UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers that were scheduled, but later spoke of his smooth integration into the squad and his ambition to eventually earn a regular place in the national team.[24] On 17 November he finally made his debut, coming on for Nani in the dying minutes of a 4–0 friendly win over Spain, in Lisbon.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 19 December 2019[26][27]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto	2003–04	Primeira Liga	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2004–05	Primeira Liga	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Estrela Amadora (loan)	2005–06	Primeira Liga	25	2	2	0	—		27	2
União Leiria (loan)	2006–07	Primeira Liga	26	0	1	0	—		27	0
Leixões (loan)	2007–08	Primeira Liga	25	2	3	1	—		28	3
Saint-Étienne (loan)	2008–09	Ligue 1	35	3	3	0	8[lower-alpha 1]	1	46	4
Toulouse	2009–10	Ligue 1	32	5	4	2	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	42	7
	2010–11	Ligue 1	33	4	0	0	—		33	4
	2011–12	Ligue 1	24	3	1	0	—		25	3
	2012–13	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		89	12	5	2	6	0	100	14
Olympiacos	2012–13	Super League Greece	28	2	6	0	8[lower-alpha 2]	1	42	3
	2013–14	Super League Greece	17	3	4	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	25	3
	Total		45	5	10	0	12	1	67	6
Dinamo Zagreb	2014–15	First Football League	29	2	7[lower-alpha 4]	1	9[lower-alpha 5]	1	45	4
	2015–16	First Football League	28	1	4	1	11[lower-alpha 3]	0	43	2
	2016–17	First Football League	17	0	5	0	7[lower-alpha 3]	1	29	1
	Total		74	3	16	2	27	2	117	7
Dinamo Zagreb II	2015–16	Second Football League	1	0	—				1	0
	2016–17	Second Football League	4	0	—				4	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Aves	2017–18	Primeira Liga	23	4	5	1	0	0	28	5
Mumbai City	2018–19	Indian Super League	20	2			0	0	20	2
	2019–20	Indian Super League	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	Total		29	3			0	0	29	3
Career total			380	34	46	6	53	4	479	44

International

As of matches played on 18 March 2020[28]

Portugal
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	3	0
2012	1	0
2013	1	0
Total	6	0

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2012–13, 2013–14[29]
• Greek Football Cup: 2012–13

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian First Football League: 2014–15,[14] 2015–16[17]
• Croatian Football Cup: 2014–15,[14] 2015–16[17]

Aves

• Taça de Portugal: 2017–18

International

Portugal

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2003[2]

References

External links

• Paulo Machado at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Paulo Machado at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• Paulo Machado at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Paulo Machado

Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (* 31. März 1986 in Bairro do Cerco, einem Stadtviertel Portos) ist ein ehemaliger portugiesischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Paulo Machado

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[es] Paulo Machado

Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (Cerco, Portugal, 31 de marzo de 1986) es un exfutbolista[1] portugués que jugaba de centrocampista.

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[fr] Paulo Machado

Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado est un ancien footballeur international portugais né le 31 mars 1986 à Cerco (quartier de Porto) qui évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain.

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[it] Paulo Machado

Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (Bairro do Cerco, 31 marzo 1986) è un ex calciatore portoghese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Машаду, Паулу

Па́улу Маша́ду (порт. Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado; 31 марта 1986, Порту, Португалия) — португальский футболист полузащитник индийского клуба «Мумбаи Сити».

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