Paulo Ferreira
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| Paulo Ferreira | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira | |
| Date of birth | January 18, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Cascais, Portugal | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) 76 kg | |
| Playing position | Right Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Chelsea | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2004 2004– |
GD Estoril-Praia Vitória FC FC Porto Chelsea |
37 (2) 69 (2) 62 (0) 92 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002– | Portugal | 47 (0) |
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Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira, OIH, commonly known as Paulo Ferreira, (pron. IPA: ['paulu fɨ'ʁɐiɾɐ]) (born 18 January 1979) is a Portuguese football player. Ferreira is predominantly a right-back, but has also played at left-back and in central defence for Chelsea, his current team.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
An unspectacular but consistent performer, Paulo Ferreira was once described by Jose Mourinho as “a player who will never be man of the match but will always score 7/10 for his individual display.”
He started his career in the Portuguese Second Division for GD Estoril Praia. He then moved to Vitoria Setubal at the start of the 2001/2002 season.
[edit] Porto
Due to his excellent performances in the Portuguese Super Liga, he moved to F.C. Porto in the summer of 2002, signed by then-coach José Mourinho. Ferreira was previously a right-side midfielder until he met Mourinho at Porto.
In the following season, he won the League and Cup double domestically but the capture of the UEFA Cup over Celtic in Seville was the highlight of an exceptional season. The next season brought another Portuguese Liga title but more importantly he played every minute of FC Porto's UEFA Champions League win.
[edit] Chelsea
After playing for FC Porto for two years he joined Chelsea for £13.2 million at the beginning of the Premiership 2004-2005 season. At Stamford Bridge, Ferreira was reunited with his former manager José Mourinho and former teammate Ricardo Carvalho, both of whom were also signed by Chelsea in the offseason.
Ferreira impressed greatly in his debut season, playing 29 Premier League matches before injury ruled him out for the remainder of the campaign. He continued his fine form into the following campaign, during which he scored his first Chelsea goal in the 3-1 victory over Colchester United in the FA Cup fourth round.
Despite becoming a regular on his manager's team sheet, Ferreira suffered from a lack of confidence in the 2006/07 season, which eventually saw him lose his place to first Khalid Boulahrouz and then to midfielder Geremi. The emergence of young French midfielder Lassana Diarra furthur prevented Ferreira from featuring in first-team affairs as Mourinho saw it fit to play the French international in the full-back position. However he did play the full 120 minutes of Chelsea's 1-0 FA Cup win over Manchester United.
Ferreira was the second choice right back for Chelsea during the 2007/08 season behind Michael Essien. When played Ferreira was his usual consistent self, putting in unspectacular, workman like performances.
Ferreira signed a new 5-year deal with Chelsea on February 18, 2008 keeping him at the club until 2013.
[edit] International career
Ferreira was called up for the Portuguese Under-21 side and accumulated 27 caps.
He was called up to the national team for Portugal's Euro 2004 campaign and started their opening game against Greece, but a series of mistakes in the game saw him dropped for Miguel for the rest of the tournament. He did, however, come on in Portugal's defeat in the final following an injury to Miguel Monteiro.
Paulo made two appearances for Portugal in the 2006 World Cup. In the semi-final against France, which Portugal lost 0-1, Paulo came on in the second half for the injured Miguel. Paulo then started the third place playoff against the host country Germany, which the Germans won 3-1.
Ferreira faces competition from José Bosingwa and Miguel for the Portugal right-back slot and is often played at left-back since the retirement of Nuno Valente.
Ferreira was named in the Portguese Squad for the Euro 2008 Championship and was a starter in their first match versus Turkey, playing at left back. He also started the second match against the Czech Republic at left back.
[edit] Honours
- Porto
- Superliga: 2
- UEFA Cup: 1
- Chelsea
- FA Cup: 1
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| NAME | Ferreira, Paulo Renato Rebocho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ferreira, Paulo |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979-1-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cascais , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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