Paulo Otávio history

Paulo Otávio was born on 23 November 1994 in Ourinhos and plays for VfL Wolfsburg. He played for Coritiba FC from 2013-2014, for EC Santo Andre from 2014-2014, for Coritiba FC from 2015-2015, for Paysandu Sport Club from 2015-2015, for Coritiba FC from 2015-2016, for Tombense FC from 2016-2016, for LASK Linz from 2016-2017, for FC Ingolstadt 04 from 2017-2019 and has played for VfL Wolfsburg since 2019.

Current season 2022/23

With five assists, the player with the shirt number 6 presently has the ninth-most in the league together with Raphaël Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Christopher Trimmel (1. FC Union Berlin), Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln), Linton Maina (1. FC Köln), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen), Patrick Wimmer, Philipp Förster (VfL Bochum 1848) and Borna Sosa (VfB Stuttgart). Paulo Otávio was in the starting line-up in all previous 16 games of the season. Of these, he won seven games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 77.8 per cent, with which the 1.73m-tall defender occupies fourth place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 53.65 per cent. With this, he occupies third place in the team-internal statistics. He has scored one own goal. Together with Evan Ndicka (Eintracht Frankfurt), Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Ozan Kabak (TSG Hoffenheim), Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen), Cristian Gamboa (VfL Bochum 1848), Erhan Mašović (VfL Bochum 1848), Joško Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) and Timo Hübers (1. FC Köln), Paulo Otávio shares second place in the league statistics for this category.

Last game

Paulo Otávio played his last game on the 19th matchday of the 2022/23 season (5 February 2023). Playing for VfL Wolfsburg, he lost against FC Bayern München 2-4. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 66 minutes. Here, Paulo Otávio provided one assist. In terms of total touches, he had 49 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 13 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, the 28-year-old was able to win five. He was additionally able to make 27 successful passes. He covered a distance of 8.5 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 29 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Paulo Otávio has played 51 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 20. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of VfL Wolfsburg.