fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
paulo roberto rink atlético paranaense 1989 2002 2002 -- 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 -- -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 1990 1991 1995 1997 -- 2001 1999 1989 -- 1990 atlético chapecoense -lrb- loan -rrb- bayer leverkusen → santos -lrb- loan paranaense -rrb- 1 . fc nürnberg energie cottbus olympiakos nicosia vitesse → jeonbuk hyundai motors olympiakos nicosia omonia nicosia atlético paranaense atlético mineiro -lrb- loan -rrb- → 35 21 13 13 0 88 12 19 13 14 17 11 curitiba-pr , brazil 14 14 10 1 0 29 0 3 3 9 5 1 germany 1.84 centre forward 13 1998 -- 2000 21 february 1973 paulo rink
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paulo rink

paulo roberto rink -lrb- born 21 february 1973 in curitiba -rrb- , is a brazilian-born german football centre forward , who retired in 2007 .
rink began his career playing for atlético paranaense .
after a solid career with the club , he negotiated with bayer 04 leverkusen , and was transferred for us$ 6m , the highest transfer fee paid for an atlético paranaense player at that time .
rink remained there for four years , barring a six-month break , when he was loaned out to santos fc .
he has played also for several other clubs , 1 .
fc nürnberg , fc energie cottbus , vitesse , jeonbuk hyundai motors , olympiakos nicosia and omonia nicosia .
rink ended his career in atlético paranaense , where his career started .
his honorary match took place on 24 may 2007 at the kyocera arena .
playing in `` paulo rink 's friends team '' were amongst others : oséas , his old friend , who from 1995 to 1998 acted as his striking partner at atlético paranaense .
also present was the uruguayan gustavo matosas , team-mate in 1997 and 1998 and kléberson , who played with him in 1998 .
rink , whose great-grandfather had emigrated from heidelberg to brazil in 1904 , was naturalized as a german citizen and subsequently called up to the german national team by then manager berti vogts in september 1998 .
he was the first brazilian to play for germany .
the attacker took part in friendlies against romania and malta .
a year afterwards , while still playing for bayer 04 leverkusen , he was once again called up , this time for the 1999 confederations cup in mexico .
he played for germany in the 2000 uefa european championship as well .
in total , rink was able to collect 13 international caps between 1998 and 2000 .
