Paulo Jorge Sousa Vieira

Paulo Jorge Sousa Vieira (born 16 February 1982), known as Alemão ("German"), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Playing career Born in Paris, France to Portuguese parents, Alemão started his professional career with Sporting CP after emerging through the Lisbon club's youth ranks. He would only, however, appear for the reserves during his spell, meeting the same fate in 2003–04 with C.S. Marítimo – both teams operated in the third division.

In the following two and a half seasons, Alemão stayed in that tier, playing for Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco and G.D. Tourizense. In January 2007 he was signed by U.D. Leiria of the Primeira Liga, but only managed to be third choice during his tenure. starting ahead of longtime incumbent João Botelho. In the following year he had his first experience abroad, joining Cypriot Second Division side Atromitos Yeroskipou.

Coaching career Between 2014 and 2020, Alemão was a goalkeeper coach at two different football schools: at Escola Academia Sporting na Povoa de Stª Iria (2014-2017) and at Escola Futebol Benfica de Alverca (2017-2020). During the same period, he also worked for F.C. Alverca for a few years. In the summer of 2023 he was appointed goalkeeping coach at Vitória Setúbal

Honours Sporting Taça de Portugal: 2001–02