| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Paulo Paiva Rocha | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-02-07) 7 February 1973 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Funchal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1990 | Marítimo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Marítimo | 95 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Famalicão | 28 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Farense | 62 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Vitória Guimarães | 116 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | Santa Clara | 94 | (2) |
| 2004 | Maia | 14 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | União Madeira | 53 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Machico | 66 | (2) |
| Total | 528 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 1998 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Machico | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marco Paulo Paiva Rocha (born 7 February 1973), known as Paiva, is a Portuguese retired football defensive midfielder and manager.
Club career
Born in Funchal, Madeira, Paiva came through the ranks of his hometown team C.S. Marítimo. He totalled 337 Primeira Liga games and six goals for them, S.C. Farense, Vitória de Guimarães and C.D. Santa Clara.
In the second tier, Paiva added 72 appearances and one goal in service of F.C. Famalicão, Santa Clara and F.C. Maia.
International career
Paiva earned one senior cap for Portugal on 19 August 1998, in a 2–1 friendly win over Mozambique at the Estádio de São Miguel in the Azores. He came on as a substitute for double goalscorer Rui Costa with five minutes of the 2–1 win remaining.
References
- Goncalves, Alex (7 August 2019). "One cap club: squad of players who have only played for Portugal once". Tuga Scout. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
External links
- Marco Paiva at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Marco Paiva manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Marco Paiva national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Marco Paiva at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marco Paiva at EU-Football.info
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Funchal
- Men's association football midfielders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- S.C. Farense players
- Vitória S.C. players
- C.D. Santa Clara players
- F.C. Maia players
- C.F. União players
- Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
- Portugal men's international footballers
- Portuguese football managers