Completed Event: Men's Soccer at Rutgers on August 21, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 1
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Jersey Number 23
Paulo Lima
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Lisbon, Portugal
Bio
Honors & Awards
•Preseason All-BIG EAST (2021)
•All-BIG EAST First Team (2021)
•United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Second Team (2021)
•BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11, 2021)
•MLS College Showcase Participant (2021)
•All-BIG EAST First Team (2020-21)
•Preseason All-BIG EAST Team (2020-21)
• Karl Anderson Offensive Most Valuable Player Award (2019)
• United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Second Team (2019)
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (2019)
• All-BIG EAST Second Team (2019)
2021: Started in all 21 games for Providence… Tallied 12 points on four goals and four assists… Named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team and concluded the season as a member of the All-BIG EAST First Team… Selected to United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Second Team… Was selected to participate in the MLS College Showcase… Drafted in the second round as the 32nd overall pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by the Houston Dynamo FC
2020-21: Fall 2020 season was moved to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Started each of the eight games he appeared in for the Friars… Tallied two points on one goal… Scored the game-winning goal against UConn on a penalty kick (Feb. 27)… Recorded a 0.429 shots on goal percentage... Named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team… Selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team
2019: Started in all 22 games he played for the Friars… Totaled 18 points on eight goals and two assists… Led the team in goals scored… Had three game winning goals against Seton Hall (Sept. 20), Creighton (Oct. 26) and St. John’s (Nov. 6)… Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team… Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team… Selected to United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Second Team… Honored with the program’s Karl Anderson Offensive Most Valuable Player Award
2018: Did not play in a game for the Friars
BEFORE PROVIDENCE: Attended Escola Secundaria Stuart Cavalhais for two years... Competed for Real Sport Club for six years and Sporting Clube de Portugal for four years... Won a U-19 National Championship and a U-16 National Championship with Sporting
PERSONAL: Son of Antonio and Angela Lima … Has one sister, Claudia … Favorite athletes are Ronaldo and Pogba … Favorite movie is Black Panther … Favorite foods are meatloaf and sweet potato … Social Science major
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