My Take
Ganso is one of those players who makes you fall in love with football all over again — not through brute force or pace, but through sheer elegance and vision. Growing up in Ananindeua, Pará, he came through Santos as a teenager and immediately looked like the next great Brazilian playmaker, the kind of attacking midfielder who seems to have an extra second on the ball that nobody else has. That 2010-11 Santos side was something special, and Ganso's role in winning the Copa Libertadores in 2011 alongside a young Neymar was genuinely magical. His career took him through São Paulo and eventually to France with Fluminense stints bookending everything, and while he never quite hit the peak people dreamed for him early on, I'd take twenty minutes of peak Ganso over a full season of workhorse midfielders any day.
Overview
Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima (born 12 October 1989), known as Paulo Henrique Ganso or just Ganso (lit. "goose"), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fluminense as an attacking midfielder. A Santos youth graduate, Ganso was a part of the club's 2010 squad which earned many plaudits due to its playing style, and lifted a number of trophies with the club which included the 2011 Copa Libertadores.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paulo Henrique Ganso
- Name (Japanese)
- パウロ・エンリケ・シャガス・ジ・リマ
- Reading
- ぱうろ・えんりけ・しゃがす・じ・りま
- Born
- October 12, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.