Paulo Alves

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Paulo Alves
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves
Date of birth	December 10, 1969 (1969-12-10) (age 38)
Place of birth	Mateus, Vila Real, Portugal
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988 – 1991 1991 – 1992 1992 – 1993 1993 1993 – 1995 1995 – 1998 1998 1998 – 1999 1999 – 2001 2001 – 2005	Gil Vicente F.C. F.C. Tirsense C.S. Marítimo S.C. Braga C.S. Marítimo Sporting Clube de Portugal → West Ham United SC Bastia U.D. Leiria Gil Vicente F.C.	68 (17) 33 (8) 23 (4) 4 (0) 50 (17) 68 (22) 4 (0) 19 (0) 46 (8) 87 (26)
National team
1994-1996	Portugal	13 (7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves, commonly shortened to Paulo Alves born December 10,1969 in Vila Real, Portugal) is a Portuguese former footballer and current manager of Gil Vicente, in the Portuguese Liga de Honra.

As a player, Alves joined Porto as a 17 year old. He was a member of the Portugal side that won the World Youth Championship in 1989. During his career, he played for Gil Vicente (twice), Tirsense, Marítimo, Sporting Braga, Sporting CP, Bastia and União Leiria. He also played in England with West Ham United on loan, but managed just four substitute appearances during his three month stay. His second spell at Gil Vicente saw him finish as the club's top scorer for the 2001-02 season, with 11 goals in 27 games. He also represented the Portuguese national team scoring 7 goals in 13 appearances, from 1994 to 1996.He scored a hat trick in a friendly for Portugal against Liechtenstein in a 8-0 win.

Persondata
NAME	Alves, Paulo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	December 10, 1969 (1969-12-10) (age 38)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vila Real, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH