Paulo Assunção
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Assunção in action for Atlético Madrid in 2010
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Full name | Paulo Assunção da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Várzea Grande, Brazil | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Palmeiras | 0 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Porto B | 36 | (4) |
2001–2002 | Palmeiras | 24 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Nacional | 50 | (2) |
2004–2008 | Porto | 73 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → AEK Athens (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2008–2012 | Atlético Madrid | 97 | (1) |
2012 | São Paulo | 11 | (0) |
2013 | Deportivo La Coruña | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2013 |
Paulo Assunção da Silva (born 25 January 1980), known as Assunção, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
He is best known for his positioning and tackling, and also holds a Portuguese passport due to the many years in spent in the country,[1] mainly at the service of Porto. He also played four years in La Liga with Atlético Madrid, winning two Europa League trophies.
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Football career
Early years / Porto
Assunção was born in Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso. After first appearing professionally for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras he emigrated to Portugal, having a short stint with F.C. Porto's B-team and returning shortly to Palmeiras. In the 2002–03 season he joined Madeira's C.D. Nacional, and made his Portuguese first division debut on 26 January 2003 in a 0–0 home draw against Vitória de Guimarães.
After two highly successful individual campaigns, Assunção was purchased again by Porto, but would be loaned for 2004–05 to AEK Athens FC, managed by former Porto coach Fernando Santos. In July 2005 he returned to Porto, going on to be an instrumental element in the side's midfield (alongside Raul Meireles and Lucho González),[2] as it eventually won three consecutive league championships.
Atlético Madrid
In early July 2008, after buying out the remainder of his contract, Assunção joined Atlético Madrid.[3] He adjusted quickly with the capital club, playing in all La Liga matches safe four and helping it repeat the fourth-place finish, with a subsequent qualification to the UEFA Champions League.
Defensive-minded Assunção scored his first goal for the Colchoneros on 17 January 2010, during the team's 3–2 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[4] whilst continuing as the undisputed first-choice at holding midfielder. He lost that position midway through the 2010–11 season, to newly signed Mario Suárez.
In the 2011–12 campaign Assunção was only fourth-choice in his position, after Suárez, Gabi and Tiago. He did contribute with six games – four starts – as Atlético reached and won the UEFA Europa League final.
São Paulo / Deportivo
After more than one decade in European football, Assunção returned to his country to play for São Paulo FC. The deal was confirmed on 21 July 2012[5] but, on 28 December, it was rescinded by mutual consent,[6] with the player returning to Spain and joining Deportivo de La Coruña.[7]
Honours
- Porto
- Primeira Liga: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Taça de Portugal: 2005–06
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005
- Atlético Madrid
- UEFA Europa League: 2009–10, 2011–12
- UEFA Super Cup: 2010
- Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2009–10
- São Paulo
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Paulo Assunção's Porto pride; UEFA.com, 22 November 2005
- ↑ Atlético sign Coupet and Paulo Assunção; UEFA.com, 7 July 2008
- ↑ Forlan fires Atletico to victory; ESPN Soccernet, 17 January 2010
- ↑ São Paulo anuncia a contratação do volante Paulo Assunção (São Paulo announces signing of holding midfielder Paulo Assunção); Gazeta Esportiva, 21 July 2012 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Paulo Assunção deixa o São Paulo e deve retornar à Espanha (Paulo Assunção leaves São Paulo and must return to Spain); Blog do Birner, 28 December 2012 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Paulo Assunçao ficha por el Deportivo de la Coruña (Paulo Assunçao signs for Deportivo de la Coruña); Goal.com, 8 January 2013 (Spanish)
External links
- Paulo Assunção at footballzz.co.uk
- Paulo Assunção profile at ForaDeJogo
- Paulo Assunção profile at BDFutbol
- Paulo Assunção at Soccerway
- Articles with Portuguese-language external links
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Mato Grosso
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
- São Paulo FC players
- Primeira Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- FC Porto B players
- C.D. Nacional players
- FC Porto players
- Superleague Greece players
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Levadiakos F.C. players
- La Liga players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriates in Greece
- Brazilian expatriates in Spain