C.D . Trofense
Which team did the player Paulinho (footballer, born November 1992) belong to from 2012 to 2013?
Paulinho ( footballer , born November 1992 ) João Paulo Dias Fernandes ( born 9 November 1992 ) , commonly known as Paulinho , is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a striker . Club career . Trofense . Born in Barcelos , Braga District , Paulinho started playing with local amateurs Santa Maria FC . In 2012 he signed with Segunda Liga club C.D . Trofense , making his debut as a professional on 29 July by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–5 away loss against C.D . Aves in the group stage of the Taça da Liga . His maiden appearance in the league took place on 12 August , in a 0–2 defeat to the same opponent where he also started . Gil Vicente . In the 2013 off-season , after scoring 11 goals during the season , Paulinho moved to the Primeira Liga with Gil Vicente FC . He made his debut in the competition on 18 August , coming on as a 49th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home win over Associação Académica de Coimbra . He netted his first goal on 24 November of the same year , but in a 2–3 loss at C.S . Marítimo . During the 2016–17 campaign , with the team again in the second tier , Paulinho scored a career-best 19 times for a runner-up position in the individual charts . Braga . On 24 May 2017 , Paulinho moved to S.C . Braga on a four-year contract . He finished his first year as team top scorer at 13 – 17 across all competitions – helping them qualify to the group phase of the UEFA Europa League after ranking fourth in the league . Paulinho was the top scorer of the 2018–19 Taça da Liga , netting braces in group stage wins against C.D . Nacional ( 5–0 at home ) and Vitória F.C . ( 4–0 away ) . In the next years edition he scored twice for the winners , including a last-minute winner over Sporting CP in the semi-final . On the league front he set a new personal best in the top flight , including a hat-trick in a 5–1 away rout of F.C . Paços de Ferreira on 10 July 2020 . On 26 November 2020 , Paulinho scored in a 3–3 home draw with Leicester City in the Europa League group stages ; in doing so he beat Alans record of 11 European goals for Braga . He scored all of his sides goals in a 3–1 victory against G.D . Estoril Praia on 17 December to make the League Cup semi-finals . Sporting CP . On 1 February 2021 , Paulinho joined Sporting on a deal running until June 2025 for a €16 million fee , reuniting with former Braga manager Rúben Amorim ; as part of the arrangement , Cristian Borja and Andraž Šporar moved in the opposite direction . On 11 May , his 36th-minute goal was the only of the home fixture against Boavista FC , and the club won the domestic league for the first time in 19 years . International career . Paulinho won his first and only cap for the Portugal under-21 team on 14 November 2012 , playing the last 18 minutes of the 3–2 friendly defeat of Scotland . In May 2018 , he was included by full side manager Fernando Santos in a preliminary 35-man squad for the upcoming edition of the FIFA World Cup in Russia , but he did not make the final cut . On 11 November 2020 , Paulinho made his senior debut in a home exhibition against Andorra , scoring twice in a 7–0 win . Honours . Braga - Taça de Portugal : 2020–21 - Taça da Liga : 2019–20 Sporting CP - Primeira Liga : 2020–21 External links . - National team data