Paulinho
Paulinho is a diminutive name in the Portuguese language.
It is frequently used as a nickname of various people named Paulo (Paul -inho, the little Paul). In this case it is often combined with an epithet, sometimes a demonym referring to their place of origin, to distinguish them from other people with the same nickname, as shown in several of the following examples:
Music
- Paulinho Da Costa, Brazilian percussionist
- Paulinho da Viola, Brazilian sambista
- Paulinho Moska, Brazilian composer
- Paulinho Nogueira, Brazilian guitarist
Portuguese sportsmen
Cycling
- Sérgio Paulinho, Portuguese cyclist, real name Sérgio Miguel Moreira
Football
- Paulo Dinarte, real name Paulo Dinarte Gouveia Pestana, footballer born in Madeira
- Paulinho Santos, real name João Paulo Maio dos Santos, Portuguese footballer
Futsal
Brazilian sportsmen
Football
- Paulinho Ferreira, footballer born 1940, played for Palmeiras and the Brazil Olympic team
- Paulinho (footballer, born 1958), played for Vasco da Gama and Grêmio
- Paulinho Cascavel, footballer born 1959, played for Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Paulinho Criciúma, footballer born 1961, played for Criciúma and several clubs in Korea and North America
- Paulinho McLaren, footballer born 1963, played for numerous clubs in Brazil including Santos and Sport Club Internacional
- Paulinho Kobayashi, footballer born 1970, played for numerous clubs in Brazil and Greece, including for Ionikos and Panachaiki
- Paulinho (footballer, born 1975), played for a number of clubs in Brazil, including Flamengo
- Paulinho Guará, footballer born 1979, played for Örgryte and Hammarby
- Paulinho (footballer, born 1982), played for Atlético Mineiro, Kyoto Sanga and Ventforet Kofu
- Paulinho (footballer, born January 1983), footballer born 1983, representing Hong Kong, and played for Olímpia, Kitchee and Citizen
- Paulinho (footballer, born August 1983), played for a number of clubs in Portugal, Brazil and Cyprus
- Paulinho (footballer, born January 1986), played for Livorno and Al-Arabi
- Paulinho (footballer, born April 1986), for BK Häcken
- Paulinho (footballer), footballer born 1988, played for Brazil, Corinthians and Tottenham Hotspur
- Paulinho (footballer, born June 1988), played for Flamengo
- Paulinho Dias, footballer born 1988, played for a number of clubs, including Chapecoense and Atlético Paranaense
- Paulinho Le Petit, footballer born 1989, played for Miami FC/Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- Paulo Victor de Menezes Melo, footballer born 1993, known as Paulihno
- Paulinho Moccelin, footballer born 1994, played for Grêmio and Juventude
Basketball
- Paulinho Boracini, basketball player born 1984
Others
- Paulinho Paiakan, Brazilian indigenous leader
See also
- All pages beginning with "Paulinho"
- Paul (disambiguation)
- Paulo
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