José Paulo Sousa da Silva
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José Paulo Sousa da Silva, known as Paulo Sousa (born 13 May 1975 in Lousada
Lousada
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), is a retired Portuguese
Portugal
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footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
During his career, Sousa played for S.C. Freamunde
S.C. Freamunde
Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese football team based in Freamunde, Porto District. Founded in 1933, it currently plays in the Portuguese second division, holding home games at Campo SC Freamunde, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators....
, F.C. Penafiel and F.C. Paços de Ferreira, also having an unsuccessful spell with Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
' APOP Kinyras Peyias FC
APOP Kinyras Peyias FC
APOP Kinyras Peyias is a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower division outfits APOP Peyias FC and Kinyras Empas FC...
, from August–December 2007, returning to Paços and re-joining central midfield teammate Pedrinha
Pedrinha
Pedro Ricardo Marques Pereira Monteiro , aka Pedrinha, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Penafiel as a central midfielder.-Football career:...
, with whom he shared nine professional seasons.
In June 2011, after two injury-ravaged seasons with Paços, Sousa retired from football at the age of 36, amassing Portuguese top division totals of 182 games and three goals for the club.