Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Paulão ya fara ne a Cruzeiro inda ya yi nasara, ya lashe gasar Campeonato Mineiro biyu a 1990 da 1992. Ya buga wasa tare da Adílson Batista, Paulo Roberto, Ademir da Ramon Menezes. Saboda wasan kwaikwayonsa a Cruzeiro, Paulo Roberto Falcão ya kira shi zuwa ƙungiyar ƙasa a 1990. Ya fara bugawa a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1990 da Spain kuma na karshe a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1992, da Jamus, yana kirga wasanni takwas a cikin shekaru biyun; har yanzu yana cikin tawagar Copa América ta 1993.
, amma ba su yi wasa ba.