Paulo Henrique (footballer, born March 1989)


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In this Portuguese name, "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

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

Paulo Henrique
Personal information
Full name Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho
Date of birth 13 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth João Pessoa, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) 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 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]

As of match played on 4 March 2018[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Mineiro 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 13 3 0 0 0 0 13 3
Heerenveen 2007–08 Eredivisie 13 5 0 0 0 0 13 5
2008–09 26 10 3 2 6[a] 1 35 13
2009–10 16 3 1 0 8[b] 1 25 4
Total 55 18 4 2 14 2 73 22
Palmeiras (loan) 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
Westerlo (loan) 2010–11 Belgian Pro League 32 18 7 4 0 0 39 22
Trabzonspor 2011–12 Süper Lig 32 2 2 0 10[c] 1 44 3
2012–13 20 4 7 1 1[a] 0 28 5
2013–14 32 13 1 0 13[a] 8 46 21
Total 84 19 10 1 24 9 118 29
Shanghai Shenhua 2014 Chinese Super League 13 6 0 0 0 0 13 6
2015 11 6 0 0 0 0 11 6
Total 24 12 0 0 0 0 24 12
Liaoning Kaixin (loan) 2015 Chinese Super League 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
Estoril (loan) 2016–17 Primeira Liga 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Sport Recife (loan) 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 0 0 2 0 9[d] 2 11 2
Akhisarspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 23 6 3 0 0 0 26 6
Career total 243 77 29 7 47 13 319 97
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Europa League, One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  3. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, Three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Six appearances in Campeonato Pernambucano, Two appearances in Copa do Nordeste, One appearance in Copa Sudamericana

Heerenven

Akhisarspor

  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, 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.