José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior (born 25 July 1988), known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as 💲 a midfielder for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.
[18] On 25 August 2015, Paulinho scored his first goal for Guangzhou with a 💲 35-yard free-kick in the first leg of a 2015 AFC Champions League knock-out stage match against Japanese side Kashiwa Reysol.
[29] 💲 On 15 January 2018, he scored the first goal in Barcelona's 4–2 win over Real Sociedad at the Anoeta Stadium 💲 that ended the club's 10-year long victory drought at the stadium.
[49] In the final, Brazil outclassed Spain, beating the World 💲 and two-time defending European champions by a score of 3–0.
[53] Four days later, he started in the bronze medal match 💲 against the Netherlands, which ended in a 3–0 loss.[54]