| Paulinho | |
| Upright: | 0.6 |
| Fullname: | Paulo Victor de Menezes Melo |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1993 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Currentclub: | Chungbuk Cheongju |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2013 |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Corinthians |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → América-RN (loan) |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2015 |
| Clubs3: | → Rio Claro (loan) |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2015 |
| Clubs4: | → Portuguesa (loan) |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | Zorya Luhansk |
| Caps5: | 40 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs6: | Levski Sofia |
| Caps6: | 87 |
| Goals6: | 22 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | Khor Fakkan |
| Caps7: | 22 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Chungbuk Cheongju |
| Caps8: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 17:47, 21 March 2023 (UTC) |
Paulo Victor de Menezes Melo (born 29 May 1993), commonly known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for South Korean K League 2 club Chungbuk Cheongju as a left winger.
Paulinho began his professional career at Corinthians in 2013. After loan spells at América-RN, Rio Claro and Portuguesa he signed for Ukrainian Premier League club Zorya Luhansk in January 2016.
After spending more than two years with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia, in January 2021, Paulinho joined Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates for a season and a half.[1]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Corinthians | 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| América-RN | 2014 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Rio Claro | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Portuguesa | 2015 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| Zorya Luhansk | 2015–16 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 48 | 4 | ||||
| Levski Sofia | 2017–18 | 16 | 8 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 8 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 30 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 36 | 9 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 87 | 22 | — | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 97 | 23 | ||||
| Khor Fakkan | 2021–22 | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | — | — | ? | ? | ||||
| Chungbuk Cheongju FC | 2023 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Career total | 152 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 31 | ||
Runner-up 2015–16