Paulo Machado

For the Brazilian swimmer, see Paulo Machado (swimmer).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ribeiro de Jesus and the second or paternal family name is Machado.

Paulo Machado

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado[1]
Date of birth	(1986-03-31) 31 March 1986 (age 38)[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)
2021	Leixões B	5	(1)
2022	Pedrouços	8	(2)
Total		430	(40)
International career
2005–2006	Portugal U20	9	(0)
2006–2008	Portugal U21	24	(6)
2009–2010	Portugal U23	2	(1)
2010–2013	Portugal	6	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European U17 Championship Winner 2003 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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 six 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 against 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 AS Saint-Étienne in the French Ligue 1. 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.[7][8]

Toulouse and Olympiacos

On 2 July 2009, Toulouse FC signed Machado to a four-year deal.[9] 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.[10][11] He scored his first goal for his new team on 3 November, also providing an assist to Kostas Mitroglou in a 2–0 home victory over OFI Crete FC.[12]

Dinamo Zagreb

Machado joined GNK Dinamo Zagreb on 4 June 2014, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[13][14] He won a league and cup double in his first season, equalising in a 2–1 home defeat of HNK Rijeka in the semi-finals on 8 April,[15] followed by the winning attempt in the penalty shootout at the end of the goalless final against RNK Split on 20 May.[16]

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 replaced after a poor performance. In return, he made several obscene gestures for which he received a straight red card,[17] being subsequently suspended until further notice.[18] 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.[19]

Later years

On 2 September 2017, free agent Machado signed with recently promoted C.D. Aves until the end of the season.[20] On 31 August 2018, he joined Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC;[21] 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.[22]

Machado returned to Leixões following 12 years away in September 2020.[23] 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.[24]

In June 2021, Machado retired from playing. He went immediately into being assistant manager at his final club's under-23 team.[25]

International career

Machado was part of the Portugal under-21 team at the 2007 UEFA European Championship.[26] Previously, he won the Under-17 European Championships in 2003.[27]

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.[28] He made his debut on 17 November, coming on for Nani in the dying minutes of a 4–0 friendly victory against Spain, in Lisbon.[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 19 December 2019[30][31]

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[a]	1	46	4
Toulouse	2009–10	Ligue 1	32	5	4	2	6[a]	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[b]	1	42	3
	2013–14	Super League Greece	17	3	4	0	4[c]	0	25	3
	Total		45	5	10	0	12	1	67	6
Dinamo Zagreb	2014–15	Croatian Football League	29	2	7[d]	1	9[e]	1	45	4
	2015–16	Croatian Football League	28	1	4	1	11[c]	0	43	2
	2016–17	Croatian Football League	17	0	5	0	7[c]	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

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Includes appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

Portugal[32]
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	3	0
2012	1	0
2013	1	0
Total	6	0

Honours

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2012–13, 2013–14[33]
• Greek Football Cup: 2012–13[31]

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian Football League: 2014–15,[16] 2015–16[19]
• Croatian Football Cup: 2014–15,[16] 2015–16[19]

Aves

• Taça de Portugal: 2017–18[31]

Portugal

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

References

1. "Paulo Machado" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
2. Almeida, Isaura (6 August 2018). "Paulo Machado: "Via pessoas ao meu lado a fumar e a injetar-se. O futebol ajudou-me"" [Paulo Machado: "I saw people next to me smoking and shooting up. Football helped me"]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. "Paulo Machado: "O profissionalismo está acima do portismo"" [Paulo Machado: "Professionalism comes ahead of being a Porto fan"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
4. "Porto put faith in young pair". UEFA. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
5. "Saída e entrada de jogadores para a nova época" [Ins and outs for new season]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
6. "Porto acquire St-Étienne's Guarín". UEFA. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
7. Léger-Moëc, Aurélien (6 December 2008). "La révélation inattendue de l'ASSE prête à rempiler" [ASSE's unexpected revelation about to get started] (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
8. Lopes, Pierre (7 June 2009). "ASSE: Machado n'ira pas à Toulouse" [ASSE: Machado will not go to Toulouse] (in French). Maxi Foot. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
9. "Toulouse plump for Paulo Machado". UEFA. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
10. "Portugal playmaker Machado joins Olympiakos". Al-Ahram. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
11. "Machado with Olympiacos". Olympiacos F.C. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
12. "Olympiacos – OFI 2–0". Olympiacos F.C. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
13. "Επίσημα στην Ντιναμό ο Μασάντο" [Machado officially to Dinamo] (in Greek). Sport FM. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
14. "Paulo Machado: "Dínamo Zagreb fez-me sentir muito desejado"" [Paulo Machado: "Dinamo Zagreb made me feel very wanted"]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 June 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
15. "Dinamo edge towards Croatian cup final, Hajduk held". Eurosport. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
16. "Croácia: Penálti de Paulo Machado vale Taça ao Dínamo Zagreb" [Croatia: Paulo Machado penalty worth Cup for Dinamo Zagreb]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
17. "VIDEO: Incident zbog kojeg su tribine podivljale: Machado pokazao srednji prst!" [VIDEO: Incident for which the stands went crazy: Machado shows middle finger!]. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
18. "Machado udaljen iz prve momčadi" [Machado ousted from first team] (in Croatian). Dinamo Zagreb. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
19. "Portugueses do Dínamo Zagreb fazem a "dobradinha"" [Dinamo Zagreb's Portuguese do the "double"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
20. Lima, Fábio (2 September 2017). "Paulo Machado é reforço" [Paulo Machado is an addition]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
21. "ISL: Mumbai City FC rope in Portuguese international Machado". Outlook. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
22. V. Easwar, Nisanth (30 December 2019). "Mumbai City's Jorge Costa rules Paulo Machado out for the season". Goal. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
23. Matos, Diogo (9 September 2020). "Paulo Machado: "Venho para dar experiência ao plantel"" [Paulo Machado: "I'm coming to give experience to the squad"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
24. "Paulo Machado marca ao cair do pano e dá vitória ao Leixões em Viseu" [Paulo Machado scores at the death and gives victory to Leixões in Viseu]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
25. Mesquita, Filipa (24 June 2021). "Paulo Machado termina carreira e passa a adjunto nos sub-23 do Leixões" [Paulo Machado ends career and becomes assistant as Leixões under-23]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
26. "Moutinho, Nani e Hugo Almeida convocados" [Moutinho, Nani and Hugo Almeida called]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 23 May 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
27. Soares, Ana (17 May 2003). "Sub-17 campeões europeus: Portugal vence Espanha (2–1)" [Under-17 European champions: Portugal beat Spain (2–1)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
28. "Paulo Machado: "I spent three thousand euros on tickets"". PortuGOAL. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
29. Godinho, João Paulo; Santiago, Eduardo (18 November 2010). "A 'faena' de sonho para João Moutinho e Ronaldo" [Dream 'faena' for João Moutinho and Ronaldo] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
30. Paulo Machado at ForaDeJogo (archived)
31. "Paulo Machado". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
32. "Paulo Machado". European Football. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
33. "E agora algo surpreendente: OLYMPIAKOS É CAMPEÃO" [And now for something surprising: OLYMPIAKOS ARE CHAMPIONS] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

External links

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