Pauleta (futsal player)

Pauleta
Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Vaz Mendes
Date of birth	12 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	São Domingos de Rana, Portugal
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sporting CP
Number	6
Youth career
2002–2011	Leões Porto Salvo
2011–2013	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	Belenenses
2015–2017	Leões Porto Salvo
2017–2019	AD Fundão
2019–	Sporting CP
International career‡
	Portugal U21
2018–	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Paulo César Vaz Mendes (born 12 June 1994), known as Pauleta, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for Sporting CP^[1]^[2] and the Portugal national team^[3] as a winger.

Personal life

Born in Portugal, Pauleta is of Cape Verdean descent.^[4]

Portugal

^ "Internacional Pauleta é reforço do Sporting" [International player Pauleta joins Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "Paulo César Vaz Mendes". www.sporting.pt. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
^ "Cardinal e André Galvão de volta, Pauleta e Tiaguinho estreiam-se" [Cardinal and André Galvão are back, Pauleta and Tiaguinho debut] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: Futsal Portugal - Seleção portuguesa chama Bebé para o Europeu". criolosports.com. August 12, 2023.

Pauleta national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Pauleta club profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)

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