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Pauleta
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes
Date of birth	April 28, 1973 (1973-04-28) (age 35)
Place of birth	Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	9
Youth clubs
1991 1992–1994 1994	Santa Clara, Ponta Delgada Operário, Azores Angrense, Azores
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2003 2003–	União Micaelense Estoril-Praia UD Salamanca Deportivo de La Coruña Girondins de Bordeaux Paris Saint-Germain	0 (0) 30 (19) 71 (34) 58 (18) 98 (65) 184 (101)
National team2
1997–2006	Portugal	88 (47)
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Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, OIH (born April 28, 1973 in Ponta Delgada, Azores), nicknamed Pauleta (pron. IPA: [pau'letɐ]), is a Portuguese professional football player. He is a striker who currently plays for the French club Paris Saint-Germain, where he is team captain. He is the leading scorer for the Portuguese national team, having scored 47 goals in 89 matches. Pauleta played for his country in Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Pauleta is widely regarded as one of the greatest Portuguese players of all time. The Order of Infante D. Henrique (Portuguese: Ordem do Infante D. Henrique) is a Portuguese honorific order that distinguishes relevant services for Portugal, in the country or in foreign ones, in the expansion of the Portuguese culture, its history and its values. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... This article is about a city in Sao Miguel Island, Azores. ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Soccer redirects here. ... This article is about association football players. ... Paris Saint-Germain FC, or PSG, is a French football club based in Paris. ... First international Spain 3 - 1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921) Biggest win Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994) Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) Biggest defeat Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May... The 2000 UEFA UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... 2002 World Cup redirects here. ... The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between June 12 and July 4, 2004. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...

Pauleta against Arsenal FC.

Playing style

The striker's killer instinct is married to a deft touch with either foot, impressive aerial ability and excellent mobility. "Pauleta is a fighter, very strong and completely unpredictable," said his former coach at Paris Saint-Germain FC, Vahid Halihodzic.

He is also known for his goal celebration, in which he fully extends both arms and imitates soaring like a graceful goshawk. Its purpose is out of respect for the Azores, the islands off the coast of Portugal where he was born, and named after that bird. For other uses, see Goshawk (disambiguation). ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi...

Clubs

Pauleta started his career at youth level playing for local clubs in the Azores, before turning professional with lower league clubs and working his way up the ranks. Pauleta was part of the F.C.Porto youth team for a brief stint, but left soon due to homesickness. Pauleta signed his first professional contract with União Micaelense in 1994, spending a season at the club. He then moved to Estoril-Praia in 1995, scoring 19 goals in 30 league games. Clube Desportivo União Micaelense is a Portuguese football (soccer) club from Ponta Delgada, Azores, that plays in the Portuguese Second Division at the Serie D. Category: ... Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (pron. ...

The goals continued to flow following a switch to Spanish lower-league club UD Salamanca in 1996. Pauleta struck 19 times as the Spanish club gained promotion to the top-flight Spanish La Liga championship in 1997. He scored a further 15 times in his first season in the La Liga. That scoring rate earned a move to RC Deportivo La Coruña in 1998. Pauleta enjoyed a two-year spell with the Galician team, hitting 33 goals in 92 matches, including eight from 12 starts as Deportivo won their first La Liga championship title in the 1999/2000 season. Unión Deportiva Salamanca is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca. ... In many sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions), relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the least successful team(s) of a higher division into a lower division at the end of the season. ... (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ... Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D. (popular Galician name, Deportivo da Coruña, abbreviated Depor) is a Spanish football club. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Pauleta joined Girondins de Bordeaux in the top-flight French Ligue 1 division in September 2000, and enjoyed an impressive run with Girondins Bordeaux in his first season. He scored a debut hat-trick as Bordeaux crushed FC Nantes Atlantique 5-0. He ended as Ligue 1's leading scorer with 21 goals in the 2001/2002 season. Subsequently, Pauleta was voted 2002 "Ligue 1 Footballer of the Year by fellow players and coaches. In total, he registered 65 league goals in 98 games for Bordeaux and went on to win a second "Ligue 1 Footballer of the Year" award. FC Girondins de Bordeaux is a French football team, playing in the city of Bordeaux. ... Ligue 1 (Première division or Division 1 until 2003, now called Ligue 1 Orange) is the top division of French and Monegasque football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ... In sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick, without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. ... FC Nantes Atlantique is a French football team, playing in the city of Nantes. ...

He joined Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the 2003/2004 season, signing a three-year contract in a reported €12m transfer deal. He helped the Parisians to their first silverware in six years, by scoring the only goal of the 2004 French Cup final against LB Châteauroux. Pauleta continued his goal scoring in Ligue 1, registering 18 goals in 37 games, as PSG finished the league in second place. On April 2, 2006 Pauleta scored his first hat-trick for Paris Saint-Germain against former club Girondins de Bordeaux, as Paris Saint-Germain won 3-1. Despite interest from defending French champions Olympique Lyonnais, Pauleta stayed at Paris-Saint Germain as he helped Paris clinch the 2006 French Cup title. He scored his 99th and 100th goals in heroic fashion, the 99th being a fantastic volley, and the 100th being a textbook header, they can be seen here http://youtube.com/watch?v=o5QSFYFfOlU In football (soccer), a transfer is the action taken whenever a player moves between clubs. ... For other uses, see Parisian (disambiguation). ... The Coupe de France, the French Cup is a football cup competition open to both professional and amateur clubs in France. ... La Berrichonne de Châteauroux is a French second division football team from Châteauroux, which lost the French Cup final to Paris Saint-Germain in 2004. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. ...

Pauleta has now claimed that he will retire from football in 2008. He states that he has had no regrets in his career, amidst rejecting offers from Valencia, Arsenal, and even Spanish Giants, Barcelona. Today, he is the top scorer for PSG.^[1]

National team

Pauleta was the first Portuguese national team player to never have played in Portugal's top-flight Portuguese Liga when he made his Portugal debut against Armenia in August 1997. He would have to wait 18 months for his first national team start, against the Netherlands. His first goals came a month later, when he scored two in a 7-0 rout of Azerbaijan. The Portuguese Liga (pron. ...

A substitute at the Euro 2000 tournament, he led the Portuguese attack at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Pauleta scored a hat-trick against Poland, and ended up scoring three times in as many games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Although he played all but one game on the road to the Euro 2004 final, he did not score in that tournament. Despite not scoring regularly at the big tournaments, he was one of the most prolific goal scorers in the Portuguese national team. On 12 October 2005, against Latvia, he became the national team's all-time goal scoring leader, surpassing Eusébio's previous record of 41 goals. The 2000 UEFA UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... 2002 World Cup redirects here. ... The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between June 12 and July 4, 2004. ... Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (known by the playing name of Eusébio) (born January 25, 1942 in Lourenço Marques [now Maputo], Mozambique) nicknamed The Black Pearl and The Black Panther, is a Portuguese football icon. ...

Pauleta was the European top scorer in the qualifying games for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In a friendly match against Cape Verde in May 2006, preluding the final World Cup tournament, Pauleta showed great form as he found the net three times in a Portuguese 4-1 win. He scored the first goal for Portugal in the World Cup game against Angola, but failed to find the net again during the tournament. After Portugal's defeat to Germany in the third place play-off game, Pauleta announced his international retirement. Pauleta declared that he would retire in his club PSG. 2006 World Cup redirects here. ... A friendly match is generally a match where there is no competitive value of any kind, and most times quality of play is valued over the result. ...

Honours

• 1995 Top goal scorer in Liga de Honra
• 2000 La Liga Championship
• 2002 Top goal scorer in Ligue 1 season 2001-2002
• 2002 Ligue 1's Footballer of the Year
• 2004 French Cup
• 2004 Euro Cup 2004 Finalist
• 2006 French Cup
• 2006 Top goal scorer in Ligue 1 season 2005-2006
• 2006 Top goal Scorer during the qualifications for the World Cup 2006
• 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
• 2007 Top goal scorer in Ligue 1 season 2006-2007
• 2008 French League Cup

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References

Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• (French) PSG profile
• Career stats at L'Equipe

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 V. Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 A. Xavier • 4 Caneira • 5 F. Couto • 6 P. Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 J. Pinto • 9 Pauleta • 10 Rui Costa • 11 S. Conceição • 12 H. Viana • 13 J. Andrade • 14 P. Barbosa • 15 Nélson • 16 Ricardo • 17 P. Bento • 18 Frechaut • 19 Capucho • 20 Petit • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Beto • 23 Rui Jorge • Coach: A. Oliveira

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Caneira • 4 R. Costa • 5 Meira • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 H. Viana • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Boa Morte • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 P. Santos • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari