Paollo Madeira Oliveira
Personal information
Full name Paollo Madeira Oliveira
Date of birth (1996-07-08)8 July 1996
Place of birth Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 12 August 2023(2023-08-12) (aged 27)
Place of death Chư Pưh, Gia Lai, Vietnam
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Imortal D.C.
2013 Imortal U-19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Quarteirense
2015 Imortal
2019–2022 Farense[1] 13 (2)
2020Estrela Amadora (loan) 11 (3)
2022Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh (loan) 25 (8)
2023 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 15 (6)
Total 64 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paollo Madeira Oliveira (8 July 1996 – 12 August 2023), or simply Paollo, was a Portuguese-Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Early life

Paollo was born on 8 July 1996 in Brazil. When Paollo was 8, he moved to Portugal. Before playing in Vietnam, he had played for several clubs in Portugal.

Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh

Paollo joined V.League 1 club Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh, on loan from S.C. Farense before 2022 season. He made 25 appearances and scored 8 goals, help his team safe from relegation.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

Due to not being able to find a common voice in the contract of 2023 season, Paollo left for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai on trial. In this season, he played 15 matches and scored 6 goals.

Death

After the final match of 2023 season against Sông Lam Nghệ An at Vinh Stadium, the team was allowed to relax. However, on the way back from Buôn Ma Thuột to Pleiku (running on National Highway 14, from Đắk Lắk to Gia Lai), when passing at Chư Pưh district, suddenly, the car was hit hard by a truck from behind, forcing another truck in front. It was located between two trucks, flattened and severely damaged. Three deceased members of the team (including doctor Đào Trọng Trí, assistant coach Dương Minh Ninh and Paollo himself) were trapped in the vehicle, the truck driver had to back out, break the door and get them out.[2]

It is known that after the match against Song Lam Nghe An, due to not being able to find a direct flight back to Pleiku, the team was forced to fly back to Buôn Ma Thuột. Here, he and two other members of the team returned to Pleiku when they had a traffic accident and could not survive.[3]

Hoang Anh Gia Lai had helped to Paollo's family transporting his body back to his final resting place in his hometown in Portugal.[4][2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Farense U23 ? Liga Revelacão U-23 7272
Estrela Amadora (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 4073113
Farense 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 501060
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh 2022 V.League 1 23820258
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2023 V.League 1 156156
Career total541693106419

References

  1. Including the U-23 team
  2. 1 2 "Ba thành viên CLB HAGL tử vong do tai nạn giao thông". Vietnamnet.
  3. "Portuguese forward dies in Vietnam car-truck collision - VnExpress International". VnExpress International.
  4. "Hoàng Anh Gia Lai hoàn tất thủ tục đưa tiền đạo Paollo về Bồ Đào Nha". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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