Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo

Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo was born on the 28^th November 1972. He is an Angolan retired football player who played the role of a central midfielder for the country.

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Figueiredo most of his 17 years of professional football with the club called Santa Clara, amassing top division of Portugal’s total of 97 matches and the total of 8 goals within three seasons.

Football Career

Figueiredo was born in Malanje, Portuguese Angola to Portuguese parents. He left angola to his country at the age of 3. From the year 1992 to the year 1996, he played for three different clubs, including two stints with C.F. Os Belenenses for which he never made it to the top division football in the 1994/95 season.

In the summer of the year 1996, Figueiredo signed a deal with C.D. Santa Clara in the 2^nd level. He scored five goals for the club after playing 33 matches for the club as the club gained promotion to the top flight game of the country in his third season with the club. He played his first league match for the club on the 22^nd August 1999 in a match that finished 2-2 at home against Sporting Club de Portugal and played the total of 31 games for the club in the 1999/2000 season.

After four more seasons with the club, Santa Clara and close to 300 matches for the club, Figueiredo left the club to play in the lower leagues of Portugal, sharing the 2004/05 season with Clube Dragoes Sandinenses and S.C. Lusitania. He made a move to Sweden with the club Osters IF and the club was relegated in his first and only season with the club in the Allsvenskan.

Figueiredo played the 2007/08 season with FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt in Romania and the Portuguese side C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in Portugal. He never played any match for FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt.

In the year 2008, Figueiredo made a move to Libolo in Angola and that was the club he finished his career as a footballer with.

In the year 2003, Figueiredo was given an invitation to play for the Angolan national team at the age of 30.

He was among the national team of the country that played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying games. And in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Figueiredo played in the three group stage matches that were played by the country.

Figueiredo since his debut in the year 2003 played the total of 30 matches for the country and scored the total of 4 goals for the country.