Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes

Marco Paulo

Personal information
Full name	Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes
Date of birth	6 June 1976 (1976-06-06) (age 35)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	Alverca	36	(5)
1997–1998	SL Olivais
1998–2000	Dragões Sandinenses
2001–2004	Estoril	92	(33)
2004–2006	Laval	57	(13)
2006–2007	Ionikos	7	(0)
National team
2004–2005	Angola	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes (born 6 June 1976), known as Marco Paulo, is a retired Portuguese-Angolan footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Marco Paulo was born in Luanda, Angola. After unsuccessfully emerging through S.L. Benfica's youth system, he made his senior debuts with F.C. Alverca, in the second division, as this club's was then Benfica's farm team. Subsequently, he moved to the lower leagues, where he represented three teams, helping G.D. Estoril Praia return to the second level in 2003 with a career-best 17 goals in 36 games.

Paulo then moved abroad, where he would represent Stade Lavallois (France, Ligue 2) and Ionikos FC (Greece). With the latter, he would have his only top flight experience, in which he played in less than one third of the league's games, with his team ranking in last position; he retired from football in June 2007, aged 31.

International career

Marco Paulo opted to represent Angola internationally, going on to gain four caps. Three of those came during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, against Zimbabwe (twice) and Gabon, scoring against the latter in a 2–2 away draw.^[1]

References

1. ^ Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes – FIFA competition record

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Marco Paulo French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Paulo Rebelo Lopes, Marco
Alternative names	Paulo, Marco
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	6 June 1976
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Date of death
Place of death