Paulo Henrique (footballer, born March 1989)

Paulo Henrique
Paulo Henrique in 2013
Personal information
Full name Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho
Date of birth (1989-03-13) 13 March 1989
Place of birth João Pessoa, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
2004–2006 Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Atlético Mineiro 13 (3)
2007–2010 Heerenveen 55 (18)
2010–2011 Desportivo Brasil 0 (0)
2010 → Palmeiras (loan) 5 (0)
2010–2011 → Westerlo (loan) 32 (18)
2011–2014 Trabzonspor 84 (19)
2014–2017 Shanghai Shenhua 24 (12)
2015 → Liaoning Whowin (loan) 5 (1)
2016 → Estoril (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → Sport Recife (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 Akhisar Belediyespor 23 (6)
Total 243 (77)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho (born 13 March 1989), known simply as Paulo Henrique, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Paulo Henrique made his professional debut and scored his first professional goal for Atlético Mineiro in a 1–0 away win against São Paulo in the Campeonato Brasileiro on 10 June 2007.[1] On 21 August 2007, Paulo Henrique signed a 3+2-year deal with SC Heerenveen, in the Eredivisie.[2] He scored on his debut for SC Heerenveen, scoring two goals in the 5–1 away victory at NAC Breda on 15 December 2007.[3] In February 2009 he scored the first two Heerenveen goals in a 3–2 win at PSV Eindhoven. He was released by Heerenveen at the end of March 2010 because of conflict on terms to re-new his contract.

Paulo Henrique was immediately signed by third-party owner Traffic Group in a four-year contract, via a proxy subsidiary club Desportivo Brasil. He then joined Brazilian Série A club Palmeiras in a temporary deal until 31 December 2011.[4] In August 2010 he returned to Europe for Belgian side Westerlo in another loan.

Paulo Henrique signed for Turkish club Trabzonspor from Desportivo Brasil in July 2011 for €4 million transfer fee. He signed a four-year contract worth an average of €900,000 a season.[5]

On 2 July 2014, Paulo Henrique transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua for €4 million transfer fee.[6][7] On 16 July 2015, Henrique was loaned to fellow Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin until 31 December 2015.[8] On 15 July 2016, Henrique was loaned to Primeira Liga club Estoril.[9] On 20 January 2017, he was loaned to Sport Recife.[10]

On 21 July 2017, Paulo Henrique returned to Turkey and joined another Süper Lig side Akhisar Belediyespor on free transfer.[11] On 10 May 2018, Henrique helped Akhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.[12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalAppsGoalss
Atlético Mineiro2007Série A 13300——133
Heerenveen2007–08Eredivisie 1350000—135
2008–09Eredivisie 2610326[a]1—3513
2009–10Eredivisie 163107[b]11[c]0254
Total 551842132107322
Palmeiras (loan)2010Série A 5020—0070
Westerlo (loan)2010–11Belgian Pro League 321874——3922
Trabzonspor2011–12Süper Lig 3222010[d]1—443
2012–13Süper Lig 204711[a]0—285
2013–14Süper Lig 32131013[a]8—4621
Total 8419101249—11829
Shanghai Shenhua2014Chinese Super League 13600——136
2015Chinese Super League 11600——116
Total 241200——2412
Liaoning Kaixin (loan)2015Chinese Super League 5100——51
Estoril (loan)2016–17Primeira Liga 2000—1[e]030
Sport Recife (loan)2017Série A 00201[f]09[g]2112
Akhisarspor2017–18Süper Lig 23630——266
Career total 24377287381111231997
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  4. ↑ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, Three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Taça da Liga
  6. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  7. ↑ Six appearances in Campeonato Pernambucano, Two appearances in Copa do Nordeste

Honours

Heerenven

Akhisarspor

References

  1. ↑ (in Portuguese) Paulo Henrique pode trocar o Atlético-MG pelo Heerenveen-HOL
  2. ↑ Heerenveen heeft Paulo Henrique binnen Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, sc-heerenveen.nl (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ (in Portuguese) Atlético-MG tenta concretizar venda de Paulo Henrique, 18, para o Heerenveen
  4. ↑ Update: Henrique tekent verbintenis voor twee jaar bij Palmeiras, voetbalzone.nl (in Dutch)
  5. ↑ TRABZONSPOR 31 MAYIS 2011 TARĠHĠNDE SONA EREN YILA AĠT FĠNANSAL TABLOLARA ĠLĠġKĠN DĠPNOTLAR (in Turkish)
  6. ↑ 绿地申花官方宣布签两名外援 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. ↑ TRABZONSPOR 01HAZİRAN 2014-28 ŞUBAT 2015 YÖNETİM KURULU FAALİYET RAPORU (in Turkish)
  8. ↑ 申花官方宣布恩里克加盟辽足 at sports.sohu.com 16 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-17 (in Simplified Chinese)
  9. ↑ PAULO HENRIQUE REFORÇA ATAQUE Archived 3 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine(in Portuguese)
  10. ↑ Paulo Henrique é oficializado como novo reforço rubro-negro Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Sport Recife. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-25 (in Portuguese)
  11. ↑ Paulo HENRİQUE Akhisarspor'umuzda Archived 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Akhisar Belediyespor. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-24 (in Turkish)
  12. ↑ "Kupa tarihinin 15. şampiyonu oldu!".
  13. ↑ Paulo Henrique at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2018.