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| 2009 season stats |
| GP | Goals | Assists |
| 27 | 4 | 2 |
name: Paulo Nagamura
position: M
height: 5-8 weight:154
Birthdate: March 02, 1983
Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
last club: Toronto FC (MLS)
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| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Chivas USA | 27 | 25 | 2,263 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 1 |
| Career | 131 | 123 | 10,897 | 8 | 13 | 111 | 43 | 215 | 180 | 35 | 2 |
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A clever and aggressive holding midfielder who played his way onto the club after a solid pre-season in 2005. Despite his small stature, quickly gained respect from forwards throughout MLS for his physical play.
A product of the fabled Sao Paulo youth program who most recently spent three seasons as an understudy at British Premiership side Arsenal.
MLS Experience
2005: Emerged as one of the leaders in the Galaxy's midfield even though the 2005 season was his first in Major League Soccer. Played in 25 regular season games - 24 as a starter - and registered two assists. Alternated with fellow Brazilian Marcelo Saragosa as the club utilized two holding midfielders, joining with captain Peter Vagenas.
Other Pro Experience
2003-04: A member of Arsenal's reserve side for the second consecutive season - played in 15 games for the Gunners and scored two goals.
2002-03: In his first campaign with the Arsenal reserve team, he participated in 10 matches, despite missing nearly three months with a severely sprained right ankle.
2001-02: Played outside of the Sao Paulo system for the first time after being sold to Arsenal, and was a assigned to the U-19 team. Helped lead the team to the English u-19 championship, hitting home in a 5-1 thrashing of Liverpool in the final at Anfield.
1994-2001: Played in various levels of the Sao Paulo system; a member of the same class as world-renowned players such as Kaká and Kleber as well as Galaxy midfielder Marcelo Saragosa.
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