Paulo Fonseca
Fonseca with Porto in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Nampula, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shakhtar Donetsk (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Galitos | ||
| 1983–1984 | UD Vila Chã | ||
| 1985–1986 | Santoantoniense | ||
| 1986–1991 | Barreirense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Barreirense | 91 | (6) |
| 1995–1998 | Porto | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | → Leça (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Belenenses (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | → Marítimo (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Vitória Guimarães | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Estrela Amadora | 72 | (4) |
| Total | 249 | (13) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2007 | Estrela Amadora (youth) | ||
| 2007–2008 | 1º Dezembro | ||
| 2008–2009 | Odivelas | ||
| 2009–2011 | Pinhalnovense | ||
| 2011–2012 | Aves | ||
| 2012–2013 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2013–2014 | Porto | ||
| 2014–2015 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2015–2016 | Braga | ||
| 2016– | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca (born 5 March 1973) is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 111 games and three goals over the course of seven seasons, most notably with Estrela da Amadora. In 2005, he became a manager.
Born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique, Fonseca played 14 years as a senior, beginning with F.C. Barreirense in the third division and moving straight to the Primeira Liga with Leça F.C. in the 1995–96 season, starting in 21 of his league appearances as the club finished 14th and narrowly avoided relegation. In the following five years he continued in the latter competition, being first-choice with C.F. Os Belenenses and C.S. Marítimo but only a backup with Vitória S.C. and C.F. Estrela da Amadora.
Fonseca retired in June 2005 at the age of 32 after a further four campaigns with Estrela, three of those spent in the second level. In the 2003–04 campaign he participated in 15 games as the Lisbon side ranked dead last in the main category, with the subsequent relegation.
Fonseca started coaching immediately after retiring, remaining two years at the helm of Estrela da Amadora's youth team. From 2007 to 2011 he was in charge of several modest teams, notably C.D. Pinhalnovense, which he led to the quarter-finals of the Taça de Portugal in both the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.
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