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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martinho and the second or paternal family name is Cabral.
Paulo Cabral
Personal information
Full name Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral
Date of birth (1972-06-24) 24 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Fullback
Youth career
1984–1987 Cerveira
1987–1989 Caçadores Torreenses
1989–1991 Vianense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Vianense 33 (3)
1993–1994 Joane
1994–1995 Tirsense 3 (0)
1995–1996 Vizela 27 (3)
1996–1997 Tirsense 29 (1)
1997–1998 Aves 27 (3)
1998–2001 Belenenses 90 (3)
2001–2003 Benfica 16 (0)
2002–2004 Benfica B 1 (0)
2004–2005 Belenenses 12 (0)
Total 238 (13)
International career
2000 Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral (born 24 June 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as either a right or left back.

Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo District, Cabral started his senior career with local SC Vianense, promoting to the third division in his first year and playing two full seasons with the first team overall. After one year in amateur football he went straight to the Primeira Liga for 1994–95, with F.C. Tirsense, but his league input consisted of 24 minutes of action.

In the summer of 1995, Cabral returned to the third level with F.C. Vizela. Subsequently, as first-choice, he spent three seasons in division two with Tirsense, C.D. Aves and C.F. Os Belenenses, appearing in 31 matches for the latter club (one goal) in the 1998–99 campaign as it achieved top-flight promotion.

Cabral continued to be an undisputed starter with the Lisbon side in the following two seasons, which attracted the attention of neighbouring S.L. Benfica. He played 13 league games in his first year but soon fell out of favour, returning to Belenenses for a further year where he featured sparingly due to injuries, and retiring in June 2005 at the age of 33.

International career

On 15 November 2000, Cabral earned his first – and only – cap for Portugal, coming on as a substitute for Carlos Secretário for the final ten minutes of a 2–1 friendly win over Israel.

References

  1. "Portugal-Israel, 2–1: A noite de todas as prendas numa vitória "quanto baste"" [Portugal-Israel, 2–1: Night of all gifts in "just barely" win]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 November 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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