Paulo Rink

Paulo Rink

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Roberto Rink
Date of birth	(1973-02-21) 21 February 1973
Place of birth	Curitiba-PR, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
1989–1990	Atlético Paranaense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1997	Atlético Paranaense	35	(14)
1991	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)
1995	→ Chapecoense (loan)	0	(0)
1997–2001	Bayer Leverkusen	88	(29)
1999	→ Santos (loan)	12	(0)
2002	1. FC Nürnberg	19	(3)
2002–2003	Energie Cottbus	13	(3)
2003	Olympiakos Nicosia	14	(9)
2004	Vitesse Arnhem	17	(5)
2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	11	(1)
2005	Olympiakos Nicosia	21	(14)
2005–2006	Omonia Nicosia	13	(10)
2006–2007	Atlético Paranaense	13	(1)
International career
1998–2000	Germany	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Roberto Rink (born 21 February 1973 in Curitiba), is a Brazilian-born German football centre forward, who retired in 2007.

Rink began his career playing for Atlético Paranaense. After a solid career with the club, he negotiated with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and was transferred for US$6M, the highest transfer fee paid for an Atlético Paranaense player at that time. Rink remained there for four years, barring a six-month break, when he was loaned out to Santos FC.

He has played also for several other clubs, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Energie Cottbus, Vitesse Arnhem, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Olympiakos Nicosia and Omonia Nicosia.

Rink ended his career in Atlético Paranaense, where his career started. His honorary match took place on 24 May 2007 at the Kyocera Arena. Playing in Paulo Rink's friends team were amongst others: Oséas, his old friend, who from 1995 to 1998 acted as his striking partner at Atlético Paranaense. Also present was the Uruguayan Gustavo Matosas, team-mate in 1997 and 1998 and Kléberson, who played with him in 1998.

Rink, whose great-grandfather had emigrated from Heidelberg to Brazil in 1904, was naturalized as a German citizen and subsequently called up to the German national team by then manager Berti Vogts in September 1998. He was the first Brazilian to play for Germany. The attacker took part in friendlies against Romania and Malta. A year afterwards, while still playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he was once again called up, this time for the 1999 Confederations Cup in Mexico. He played for Germany in the 2000 UEFA European Championship as well. In total, Rink was able to collect 13 international caps between 1998 and 2000.

External links

• Paulo Rink – FIFA competition record
• Paulo Rink profile at Fussballdaten
• Paulo Rink at National-Football-Teams.com
• Leverkusen who's who
• CBF (Portuguese)
• Atlético Paranaense who's who (Portuguese)
• Paulo Rink – K League stats at kleague.com