| Paulo Henrique | |
| Full Name: | Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Birth Date: | 13 March 1989 |
| Birth Place: | João Pessoa, Brazil |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2006 |
| Years1: | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs1: | Atlético Mineiro |
| Caps1: | 13 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2007–2010 |
| Clubs2: | Heerenveen |
| Caps2: | 55 |
| Goals2: | 18 |
| Years3: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs3: | Desportivo Brasil |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2010 |
| Clubs4: | → Palmeiras (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs5: | → Westerlo (loan) |
| Caps5: | 32 |
| Goals5: | 18 |
| Years6: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs6: | Trabzonspor |
| Caps6: | 84 |
| Goals6: | 19 |
| Years7: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Shanghai Shenhua |
| Caps7: | 24 |
| Goals7: | 12 |
| Years8: | 2015 |
| Clubs8: | → Liaoning Whowin (loan) |
| Caps8: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2016 |
| Clubs9: | → Estoril (loan) |
| Caps9: | 2 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2017 |
| Clubs10: | → Sport Recife (loan) |
| Caps10: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs11: | Akhisar Belediyespor |
| Caps11: | 23 |
| Goals11: | 6 |
| Totalcaps: | 243 |
| Totalgoals: | 77 |
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 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]
| 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 | 1 | 35 | 13 | |||
| 2009–10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 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 | 1 | 44 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2013–14 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 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 | 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 | |||
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