Paulo Cabral

Paulo Cabral
Personal information
Full name Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral
Date of birth (1972-06-24) 24 June 1972
Place of birth Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Fullback
Youth career
1984–1987 Cerveira
1987–1989 Caçadores Torreenses
1989–1991 Vianense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Vianense
1993–1994 Joane
1994–1995 Tirsense 3 (0)
1995–1996 Vizela 27 (3)
1996–1997 Tirsense 29 (1)
1997–1998 Aves 27 (3)
1998–2001 Belenenses 90 (3)
2001–2004 Benfica 16 (0)
2004–2005 Belenenses 12 (0)
Total 204 (10)
National team
2000 Portugal 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral (born 24 June 1972) is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as either a right or left back.

Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Cabral started his senior career with local SC Vianense, promoting to the third division in his first year and playing two full seasons with the first team overall. After one year in amateur football he went straight to the top level for the 1994–95 campaign, with F.C. Tirsense, but his league input consisted of 24 minutes of action.

In the 1995 summer, Cabral returned to division three with F.C. Vizela. Subsequently, as first-choice, he spent three seasons in the second division with Tirsense, C.D. Aves and C.F. Os Belenenses, appearing in 31 matches for the latter (one goal) in 1998–99 as it achieved top flight promotion.

Cabral continued to be an undisputed starter with the Lisbon club in the following two seasons, which attracted the attention of neighbouring S.L. Benfica. He played 13 league contests in his first year with the Eagles but soon fell out of favour at the club, returning to Belenenses for a further year where he appeared sparingly due to injuries, and retiring in June 2005 at the age of 33.

International career

On 15 November 2000 Cabral gained his first – and only – cap for the Portugal national football team, coming on as a substitute for Carlos Secretário for the final ten minutes of a 2–1 friendly win with Israel.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Portugal-Israel, 2–1: A noite de todas as prendas numa vitória «quanto baste»" [Portugal-Israel, 2–1: Night of all gifts in «just barely» win] (in Portuguese). Record. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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