# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-paulo-sousa-da-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:03:53.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-paulo-sousa-da-silva"
name: "José Paulo Sousa da Silva"
slug: "jose-paulo-sousa-da-silva"
description: "José Paulo Sousa da Silva, known as Paulo Sousa, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder."
tagline: "Portuguese footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1975-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.92
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.602556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Paulo_Sousa_da_Silva"
    title: "José Paulo Sousa da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "باولو سوزا (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Sousa_(footballer%2C_born_1975)"
    title: "Paulo Sousa (footballer, born 1975)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Paulo_Sousa_da_Silva"
    title: "José Paulo Sousa da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B7%DB%B5)"
    title: "پائولا سوسا (بازیکن فوتبال، زاده ۱۹۷۵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Sousa_(football%2C_1975)"
    title: "Paulo Sousa (football, 1975)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Sousa_(calciatore_1975)"
    title: "Paulo Sousa (calciatore 1975)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Sousa_(ur._1975)"
    title: "Paulo Sousa (ur. 1975)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2730968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump