João Paulo Azevedo Barbosa (born 12 February 1981), simply known as João Paulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Nacional-AM as a goalkeeper.
Club career Born in Limeira, São Paulo, João Paulo made his senior debuts with União São João in 2000. After subsequently playing for lower teams in the same state, he joined América-RN in 2007.
On 12 February 2008, after appearing with Rio Branco-ES, João Paulo signed for Metropolitano.Chegou João Paulo, o novo goleiro contratado (Arrived João Paulo, the new signed goalkeeper) ; Metropolitano's official website, 12 February 2008 He left the club in the following year, but after playing for Brasil de Pelotas,Goleiro João Paulo deve ser titular do Brasil-Pe na Série C (Goalkeeper João Paulo may be the starter of Brasil-Pe in Série C); Clic RBS. Retrieved on 18 April 2015 returned to Metrô in 2010.
João Paulo moved back to his native state on 2 October 2010, after agreeing to a deal with Mogi Mirim.Mogi Mirim contrata goleiro do Metropolitano-SC para Paulistão (Mogi Mirim signs goalkeeper of Metropolitano-SC for the Paulistão); Futebol Interior, 2 October 2010 On 15 April of the following year he joined Grêmio Barueri in Série B,Dois jogadores deixam o Mogi Mirim e vão para time da Série B (Two players leave Mogi Mirim and go to a Série B club); Futebol Interior, 15 April 2011 making his debut in the category on 20 May 2011, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Goiás.
On 16 May 2012, after impressing with Grêmio Catanduvense in Campeonato Paulista (despite appearing in only three matches), João Paulo signed for Bragantino.Bragantino apresenta mais cinco para o Brasileiro da Série B (Bragantino presents further five to Brasileiro Série B); Bragantino's official website, 16 May 2012 After making no appearances for Braga, he moved to Icasa shortly after.
On 2 January 2013 João Paulo was announced at Joinville.Joinville apresenta novos reforços (Joinville presents new additions); Joinville's official website, 2 January 2013 On 13 May he joined Cuiabá,Cuiabá apresenta goleiro e meia armador (Cuiabá presents goalkeeper and playmaker); Cuiabá's official website, 13 May 2013 but returned to Metropolitano on 12 November.Metropolitano acerta retorno do goleiro João Paulo (Metropolitano completes return of goalkeeper João Paulo) ; Metropolitano's official website, 12 November 2013
On 27 June 2014, João Paulo agreed a contract with Blumenau,Blumenau acerta contratação do goleiro João Paulo, ex-Metropolitano (Blumenau completes signing of goalkeeper João Paulo, former Metropolitano player); Jornal de Santa Catarina, 27 June 2014 but on 2 July joined Atlético Sorocaba.João Paulo desiste do Blumenau e assina com Atlético Sorocaba (João Paulo gives up on Blumenau and signs with Atlético Sorocaba); Redação Em Campo, 2 July 2014 On 3 November he moved to CSA,Goleiro João Paulo é o novo reforço do CSA (Goalkeeper João Paulo is the new addition of CSA) ; CSA's official website, 3 November 2014 but rescinded his link on 19 February 2015.
Hours after rescinding with CSA, João Paulo signed a three-month deal with Série A club Chapecoense.Goleiro João Paulo pede desligamento do CSA e acerta com Chapecoense (Goalkeeper João Paulo asks for rescision of CSA and signs with Chapecoense); Globo Esporte, 19 February 2015
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