Pauleta

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

Rankings

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Records

Pauleta's goal-scoring records speak for themselves. He was Portugal's all-time leading scorer at retirement with 47 goals, a mark that stood until Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed it. He is PSG's fourth-highest all-time scorer and was the club's top scorer at retirement. He is one of only a few players to win the Ligue 1 top scorer award four times. His bicycle-kick goals remain iconic in French football history.

AwardsPauleta won four Ligue 1 Top Scorer awards and was twice named Ligue 1 Player of the Year. He won the Portuguese Golden Ball in 2002 and was France Football's French Player of the Year in 2002. At club level, he won La Liga with Deportivo, three Coupe de France titles with PSG, and one Coupe de la Ligue.

Honours & Distinctions

PSG Hall of Fame

Paris Saint-Germain·2008

Inducted as a club legend upon retirement.

Portuguese Order of Merit (Commendation)

Portuguese Government·2006

Awarded for his services to football.

Rankings & Lists

#85

Top 100 Greatest Footballers of the 21st Century

FourFourTwo·2015

#30

Top 50 Ligue 1 Players of All Time

L'Équipe·2018

Magazine Covers

France Football

2002-05-15

Pauleta: Le Roi des Buteurs

A Bola

2006-06-01

Pauleta: O Melhor Marcador de Sempre

Records & Feats

Portugal national team all-time top scorer at retirement

Career Milestone·2006

Scored 47 goals for Portugal, a national record until surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014.

PSG all-time top scorer at retirement

Career Milestone·2008

Scored 109 goals for Paris Saint-Germain, the club record until Edinson Cavani broke it in 2019.