 Ganso in 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1989 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ananindeua, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Fluminense | |||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2004 | Tuna Luso | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Paysandu | |||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Santos | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Santos | 121 | (29) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | São Paulo | 159 | (17) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Sevilla | 18 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Amiens (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Fluminense | 188 | (19) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Brazil U23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Brazil | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:55, 2 June 2012 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima (born 12 October 1989), known as Paulo Henrique Ganso or just Ganso (lit. "goose" in Portuguese), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fluminense as an attacking midfielder.[3]
A Santos youth graduate, Ganso was a part of the club's 2010 squad which earned many plaudits due to its playing style, and lifted a number of trophies with the club which included the 2011 Copa Libertadores. In 2012, he moved to São Paulo, being named the best midfielder in the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A before joining Sevilla in 2016. He could not establish himself as a starter at the Spanish side, and in 2019, after a brief period on loan at Amiens, he returned to his home country with Fluminense.
In 2009, Ganso received a nomination for the Brazilian Football Confederation award for "Breakthrough Player" of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, given to the best rookie of the competition.[4]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Santos Futebol Clube – Site Oficial". Santosfc.com.br. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Brazil – Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ Adilson Barros Santos. "Globo Esporte: Ganso assina renovação, ganha aumento e é do Peixe até 2015". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.