Marco Paulo Faria Lemos

Marco Paulo

Personal information
Full name	Marco Paulo Faria Lemos
Date of birth	28 May 1973 (1973-05-28) (age 38)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Estoril
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1999	Estoril	186	(10)
1991–1992	→ O Elvas (loan)	31	(4)
1999–2001	Paços Ferreira	64	(2)
2001–2005	Belenenses	110	(5)
2005–2006	Estoril	33	(0)
2006–2009	Estrela Amadora	48	(1)
2009–2010	Mafra	21	(0)
Total		493	(22)
Teams managed
2005–2006	Estoril (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Paulo Faria Lemos (born 28 May 1973), known as Marco Paulo, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Football career

Born in Lisbon, Marco Paulo spent seven of his first eight years as a senior with local G.D. Estoril Praia, playing his first two seasons in the first division and a further five in the second. After two years with F.C. Paços de Ferreira, one in each major level, he returned to the capital and joined Belenenses.

With Belenenses, Paulo was regularly used during his four-season spell, inclusively serving as team captain. Aged 32, he returned to the second division and Estoril, acting as interim player-coach during five games, achieving only one draw, and returned to the top flight after one season, with C.F. Estrela da Amadora.

After 21 league games in his first season, veteran Marco Paulo was sparingly used in the following two, with Estrela also being relegated in 2009 due to financial irregularities. He closed out his career at 37 after one year with another club in the Lisbon area, C.D. Mafra, amassing top division totals of 243 games and nine goals.

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• 2007–08 Portuguese League profile (Portuguese)

Persondata
Name	Lemos, Marco Paulo Faria
Alternative names	Marco Paulo
Short description	Portuguese footballer
Date of birth	28 May 1973
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death