Paulo Josué

Paulo Josué Stürmer dos Reis (born 13 March 1989), better known as Paulo Josué, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City which he captains. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Malaysia national team.

Career in Brazil
He had played with six different Brazilian clubs before moving abroad.

2017
On 2 June 2017, Josué joined Malaysia Premier League club Kuala Lumpur City during mid-season transfer.

He scored 6 goals from 9 league matches and helps the club to win the league as well as get promoted to the Malaysia Super League.

2018
Josué scored 7 goals during his Malaysia Super League debut. His contribution helps Kuala Lumpur maintain its super league team status.

2019
In the 2019 season, he did not manage to stop the club from being relegated as the club finished bottom of the table.

2020
For the 2020 league season, he is made the captain of the Kuala Lumpur team, which is a rare achievement for a foreign player.

2021
In 2021, Josué captained the team in the final of the Malaysia Cup. In the final game against the overwhelming favorite JDT, Kuala Lumpur City managed to beat the odds and win the game 2–0. Paulo scored the second goal to claim the cup. He also captains the team in the 2022 AFC Cup final

International career
Having played in Malaysia for the last 7 years, Josué obtained his Malaysian citizenship in early 2023, thus enabling him to be registered as a local player and getting a call-up to the Malaysia national team. He received his first national call-up on 18 March 2023 for the training camp ahead of friendly matches against Turkmenistan and Hong Kong. He made his debut for Malaysia against Turkmenistan on 23 March 2023.

He played as a false 9 in the starting line-up against Solomon Islands in a friendly and scored his first international goal on 14 June 2023. He was once again put in the same position against Papua New Guinea in an international friendly on 20 June 2023. In the match he scored his first international hat-trick where Malaysia won 10–0.

Josué also represents the nation at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup held in Qatar. On 25 January 2024, while Malaysia is losing 2–3 to South Korea, he set up the goal to Romel Morales who than scored the equaliser in the 90+15th minute stoppage time which earned Malaysia their first point of the tournament.

International

 * Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Josué goal.

1 Not FIFA 'A' International match.

Honours
Kuala Lumpur City
 * Malaysia Cup: 2021
 * Malaysia Premier League: 2017
 * AFC Cup runner-up: 2022

Individual
 * AFC Cup top goalscorer: 2022