União Micaelense (Portugal), Estoril-Praia (Portugal), UD
Salamanca (Spain), Deportivo de La Coruña (Spain), Girondins de
Bordeaux (France), Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Honours
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Biography
Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes (born April 28, 1973 in Ponta
Delgada, Azores), nicknamed Pedro Pauleta (pron. IPA: /paw.'le.tɐ/),
is a Portuguese football player. He is a striker who plays for
the French club Paris Saint-Germain and the Portuguese national
team.
Pedro Pauleta started his career at youth level playing for local
clubs in the Azores, before turning professional with lower
league clubs and working his way up the ranks. Pedro Pauleta joined
Girondins de Bordeaux in the top French division, Ligue 1, in
September 2000 from the Spanish top flight club Deportivo de La
Coruña, and enjoyed an impressive run with Girondins Bordeaux in
his first season. He became Ligue 1's leading scorer with 21
goals in the 2001/2002. Subsequently, Pedro Pauleta was voted the best
player in Ligue 1 in the 2001/2002 season by fellow players and
coaches.
Pedro Pauleta is the first Portuguese international to never have
played in Portugal's top division, the SuperLiga. He has been
one of the most prolific goal scorers in the Portuguese national
team, and on 12 October 2005, against Latvia, he became the
national team's all-time goal scoring leader, surpassing
Eusébio's previous record of 41 goals. Pedro Pauleta played for his
country in Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup, and Euro 2004, and
helped Portugal qualify for the upcoming 2006 World Cup in
Germany.
