Pauleta
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Pauleta é o melhor marcador de sempre da Selecção Nacional - Clube Portugal (©FPF)
PAULETA 1973-…
O instinto do Açor
Nome: Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes
Data de nascimento: 28-04-1973
Naturalidade: Ponta Delgada
Posição: Avançado
Clubes principais: Corunha, Bordéus, Paris Saint-Germain
Jogos pela Selecção Nacional: 88/47 golos
Estreia: 20-08-1997, em Setúbal, frente à Arménia (3-1)
Último jogo: 08-07-2006, em Estugarda, frente à Alemanha (1-3)
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Pauleta é o melhor marcador de sempre da Selecção Nacional - Clube Portugal (©FPF)
PAULETA 1973-…
O instinto do Açor
Nome: Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes
Data de nascimento: 28-04-1973
Naturalidade: Ponta Delgada
Posição: Avançado
Clubes principais: Corunha, Bordéus, Paris Saint-Germain
Jogos pela Selecção Nacional: 88/47 golos
Estreia: 20-08-1997, em Setúbal, frente à Arménia (3-1)
Último jogo: 08-07-2006, em Estugarda, frente à Alemanha (1-3)
Quando ultrapassou Eusébio no topo da tabela dos goleadores da Selecção Nacional, no dia 12 de Outubro de 2005, num jogo frente à Letónia, Pauleta sabia que tinha garantido a entrada na história do Futebol Português.
Mesmo assim, o ‘ciclone dos Açores’ com a humildade que o caracteriza, afirmou que nada poderia ensombrar a imagem do “pantera negra”. Só os grandes sabem lembrar os outros quando atingem enormes feitos individuais.
Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes estreou-se com a Camisola das Quinas numa partida frente à Arménia, no Estádio do Bonfim, em Setúbal, era então Artur Jorge o Seleccionador Nacional de uma equipa que acabaria por falhar a fase final do Mundial de 1998, em França. A partir desse encontro, seguiram-se 87 internacionalizações, que deixaram o atleta açoriano na sexta posição da lista de jogadores que mais vezes representaram o nosso País.
O primeiro golo ao serviço da nossa Selecção aconteceu na impressionante goleada imposta pela “Equipa das Quinas” ao Azerbaijão, no Municipal de Guimarães. Portugal venceu por 7-0 e Pauleta marcou dois golos.
Depois dessa noite, muitas mais equipas sentirem na pele o exímio sentido de oportunidade e talento e instinto goleador do avançado português. Desde o Brasil à Rússia, da Holanda à Escócia, de Inglaterra à Suécia, só para nomear algumas.
Mas a carreira do primeiro açoriano que representou a Selecção Nacional vai muito para além dos 47 golos e das excelentes que fez com a camisola das Quinas. Pauleta foi o melhor marcador do campeonato espanhol e francês, conquistou troféus nestes dois países, tendo sido considerado, por duas vezes, o melhor jogador da Liga gaulesa.
Sem nunca ter jogado no principal campeonato português, o maior goleador da história da Selecção entrou, por direito próprio, num restrito lote de atletas cujo carácter e sentido de liderança lhes valeram a nomeação como capitão da “equipa de todos nós”.
Pauleta pôs fim à carreira como internacional após o Campeonato do Mundo de 2006 mas o profissionalismo, o empenho e o orgulho que sempre demonstrou em representar o nosso país fazem dele um símbolo da Selecção Nacional.
Source - PORTUGOAL.net

Player profile: Pedro Pauleta
Full name: Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes
Position: Forward
Date of Birth: 28 April 1973
Birthplace: Ponta Delgada, Azores

Player profile: Pedro Pauleta
Full name: Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes
Position: Forward
Date of Birth: 28 April 1973
Birthplace: Ponta Delgada, Azores
Pedro Pauleta is Portugal’s all-time record goalscorer, having scored 47 goals in 89 appearances for his country. The feat is made all the more remarkable when it is considered that Pauleta has never played a single match in the top flight of Portuguese football.
Pauleta was raised in the Atlantic islands of the Azores, and signed his first professional contract in in 1994 with local side Uniao Micaelense. After a year in Portugal’s second tier with Estoril-Praia, where he was the league’s top goalscorer, he made the move to Salamanca in the Spanish second division in 1996.
During a two-year spell with the club, Pauleta helped Salamanca to promotion in his first season, before finding the net 15 times in his first campaign in La Liga. His goals in the top flight attracted the attention of Deportivo La Coruna, and a spell in Galicia ended with Pauleta part of the Depor side that won their first ever league title in 2000.
Goal machine in France
He was not always a first choice at Deportivo, and was tempted into moving again when Bordeaux took him to French football, where he has enjoyed his best years. A hat-trick on his debut against Nantes marked the beginning of a hugely successful three-year spell in Aquitaine, during which he picked up two ‘Ligue 1 Footballer of the Year’ awards.
His time at Bordeaux saw him gain the status as the most feared striker in Ligue 1, and his intelligent movement off the ball and wide range of finishing, including a deadly reputation in the air and from free-kicks, has seen the Portuguese regularly topping the goalscoring charts during his time in France.
He was soon nicknamed ‘L’Aigle des Açores’ (The Eagle of the Azores) as his famous goal celebration - in which he stretches out both arms in imitation of the Açor bird (goshawk) after which his home isles are thought to be named - became a familiar sight to French football observers.
A €12m move to Paris Saint-Germain came in 2003, and although his own performances remained at a high standard, Pauleta has often been credited with carrying an underachieving PSG side throughout his tenure in the French capital.
Typically, it was Pauleta who proved the matchwinner as PSG picked up their first trophy in six years, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 French Cup win over Chateauroux at the end of his first season. As captain of the side, Pauleta helped reclaim the trophy in 2006.
Already a cult hero amongst the Parisian fans, Pauleta gained further acclaim from his adoring supporters at the Parc Des Princes when, in the summer of 2006, he spurned the chance to move to French champions Lyon, announcing that he planned to see out the remaining two years of his contract, before retiring from the game in 2008.
International Football
Pauleta made his international debut in 1997, although he was relatively unknown in his homeland at the time due to his lack of top flight exposure in Portugal. Having been used as a substitute at Euro 2000, Pauleta was a first choice for his country at the 2002 World Cup, and again led the line in Portugal’s run to the final of Euro 2004.
His unerring consistency at hitting the back of the net made him Portugal’s automatic choice in their one-striker system for years, and it was no surprise when he became his country’s all-time record goalscorer in October 2005, before bowing out of the international setup after the World Cup 2006 in Germany.
CLUB APPEARANCES* GOALS
Estoril-Praia 30 - 19
Salamanca 71 - 34
Deportivo La Coruna 58 - 18
Bordeaux 98 - 65
Paris Saint-Germain** 108 - 53
PORTUGAL 89 - 47
* League only
** Up to July 2006
Estoril-Praia 30 - 19
Salamanca 71 - 34
Deportivo La Coruna 58 - 18
Bordeaux 98 - 65
Paris Saint-Germain** 108 - 53
PORTUGAL 89 - 47
* League only
** Up to July 2006
Source - WIKIPEDIA.org


Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, OIH (born April 28, 1973 in Ponta Delgada, Azores), nicknamed Pauleta (pron. IPA: [pau'letɐ]), is a former Portuguese professional footballer, in the striker position.
Pauleta is the leading scorer for the Portuguese national team, having scored 47 goals in 88 matches. He played for his country in Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup before retiring from international football.
Club career
Pauleta started his career at youth level playing for local clubs in the Azores, before turning professional with lower league clubs in Portugal, working his way up the ranks. He was part of F.C. Porto's 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 G.D. Estoril-Praia in 1995, scoring 19 goals in 30 league games.
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 championship in 1997, scoring a further 15 times in his first season in the first division. 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 league championship title in 1999-2000.
Pauleta joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the Ligue 1 in September 2000, and enjoyed an impressive run in his first season. He scored a debut hat-trick as Bordeaux crushed FC Nantes Atlantique 5-0 in an away match. He ended 2001-02 as the league's leading scorer with 21 goals. Subsequently, Pauleta was voted 2002 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 Footballer of the Year award.
He joined Paris Saint-Germain FC ahead of the 2003-2004 season, signing a three-year contract in a reported €12m transfer deal. He helped the capital side to its first silverware in six years, by scoring the only goal of the 2004 French Cup final against LB Châteauroux. Pauleta continued with his goal scoring exploits in the league, registering 18 goals in 37 games, as PSG finished the league in second place.
On April 2, 2006 he scored his first hat-trick for Paris Saint-Germain against former club Bordeaux, as the home side won 3-1. Despite reported interest from defending French champions Olympique Lyonnais, Pauleta stayed at Paris-Saint Germain to help them clinch the 2006 French Cup. He scored his 99th and 100th overall goals for PSG in heroic fashion, off a fantastic volley and a textbook header respectively.
After 2007-08, as PSG faced relegation until the very last matchday (eventually reaching safety at 16th), Pauleta claimed that he would retire from football in 2008, with the possible exception being if any of the Big three in Portugal came calling.
National team
Pauleta was the first Portuguese national team player to never have played in Portugal's top-flight, when he made his international 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, in a March 26, 1999 Euro 2000 qualifier.
A substitute at the Euro 2000 tournament, he led the Portuguese attack at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring a hat-trick against Poland, ending with that tally in as many games, as Portugal was ousted in the group stage.
Although he played all but one game on the road to the Euro 2004 final, Pauleta did not score in that tournament finals. However, on October 12, 2005, against Latvia, he became the national team's all-time goal scoring leader, surpassing Eusébio's previous record of 41 goals.
Pauleta was the European top scorer in the qualifying round for the 2006 World Cup and, in a friendly match against Cape Verde in May 2006, preluding the World Cup finals, Pauleta showed great form as he netted three times in a Portuguese 4-1 win. However, after scoring the first goal for Portugal in the World Cup game against Angola, he 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.
Honours
1995 Top scorer in Portuguese Second Division
1997 Top scorer in Spanish League Second Division
2000 Spanish League
2002 Top scorer in French League
2002 Ligue 1's Footballer of the Year
2002 French League Cup
2003 Ligue 1's Footballer of the Year
2004 French Cup
2004 Euro 2004 finalist
2006 French Cup
2006 Top scorer in French League
2006 Top scorer during 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2006 World Cup fourth place
2007 Top scorer in French League
2008 French League Cup
2008 French Cup finalist
1995 Top scorer in Portuguese Second Division
1997 Top scorer in Spanish League Second Division
2000 Spanish League
2002 Top scorer in French League
2002 Ligue 1's Footballer of the Year
2002 French League Cup
2003 Ligue 1's Footballer of the Year
2004 French Cup
2004 Euro 2004 finalist
2006 French Cup
2006 Top scorer in French League
2006 Top scorer during 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2006 World Cup fourth place
2007 Top scorer in French League
2008 French League Cup
2008 French Cup finalist

O Pauleta iniciou a sua carreira federada no Santa Clara



Paris Saint Germain captain Pedro Pauleta, right, holds the cup with Jerome Rothen, left, as they celebrate their 2-1 victory over Lens' during their French League Cup final soccer match at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, outskirts of Paris, Saturday, March 29, 2008.

Pedro Miguel PAULETA soulevant la Coupe de France 2006






















