Marco Paulo Paiva Rocha (born 7 February 1973), known as Paiva, is a Portuguese retired football defensive midfielder and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Paulo Paiva Rocha | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Funchal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1990 | Marítimo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Marítimo | 95 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Famalicão | 28 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Farense | 62 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Vitória Guimarães | 116 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | Santa Clara | 94 | (2) |
| 2004 | Maia | 14 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | União Madeira | 53 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Machico | 66 | (2) |
| Total | 528 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 1998 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Machico | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editBorn in Funchal, Madeira, Paiva came through the ranks of his hometown team C.S. Marítimo. He totalled 337 Primeira Liga games and six goals for them, S.C. Farense, Vitória de Guimarães and C.D. Santa Clara.
In the second tier, Paiva added 72 appearances and one goal in service of F.C. Famalicão, Santa Clara and F.C. Maia.
International career
editPaiva earned one senior cap for Portugal on 19 August 1998, in a 2–1 friendly win over Mozambique at the Estádio de São Miguel in the Azores. He came on as a substitute for double goalscorer Rui Costa with five minutes of the 2–1 win remaining.[1]
References
edit- ^ Goncalves, Alex (7 August 2019). "One cap club: squad of players who have only played for Portugal once". Tuga Scout. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
External links
edit- Marco Paiva at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Marco Paiva manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Marco Paiva national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Marco Paiva at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marco Paiva at EU-Football.info
