Paulão (footballer, born 1969)

**Paulo António Alves** (22 October 1969 – 17 August 2021), commonly known as **Paulão**, was an Angolan footballer who played as a midfielder. He made over fifty appearances for the Angola national football team from 1993 until 2001.

## International goals

- _Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each goal._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 February 1993|Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo||1–0|1–0|1994 World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|22 January 1995|Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana||1–1|2–1|1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|3|2–1|||||||||||||
|4|8 April 1995|Independence, Windhoek, Namibia||1–0|2–2|1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|5|23 April 1995|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||2–0|3–0|1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|6|16 July 1995|Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique||1–2|1–2|1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|7|30 July 1995|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||4–0|4–0|1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|8|24 January 1996|Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa||2–1|3–3|1996 Africa Cup of Nations||||||||
|9|1 June 1996|Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda||2–0|2–0|1998 World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|16 June 1996|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||1–0|3–1|1998 World Cup qualification||||||||
|11|3–1|||||||||||||
|12|6 October 1996|Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana||1–0|1–2|1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|13|10 November 1996|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||2–1|2–1|1998 World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|30 March 1997|Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique||?–?|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|15|6 April 1997|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||1–1|3–1|1998 World Cup qualification||||||||
|16|23 April 2000|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||3–0|7–1|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|17|5–0|||||||||||||
|18|16 July 2000|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola||1–0|4–1|2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|19|17 June 2001|Cabinda, Angola||1–0|2–1|2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paulão
- **fullname**: Paulo António Alves
- **birth place**: Luanda, Portuguese Angola
- **death place**: Luanda, Angola
- **height**: 1.84 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1993–1994
- **clubs1**: Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio, Primeiro de Maio
- **years2**: 1994–1995
- **clubs2**: Vitória F.C., Vitória Setúbal
- **caps2**: 19
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1995–1997
- **clubs3**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps3**: 23
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 1997–1998
- **clubs4**: Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F., Académica
- **caps4**: 13
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1998–2002
- **clubs5**: S.C. Espinho, Espinho
- **caps5**: 92
- **goals5**: 21
- **years6**: 2002
- **clubs6**: Atlético Petróleos Luanda, Petro Atlético
- **years7**: 2003–2004
- **clubs7**: Atlético Sport Aviação, ASA
- **totalcaps**: 147
- **totalgoals**: 25
- **nationalyears1**: 1993–2001
- **nationalteam1**: Angola national football team, Angola
- **nationalcaps1**: 52
- **nationalgoals1**: 19