Paulinho Kobayashi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Paulinho Kobayashi

| image = Paulinho Kobayashi.png

| fullname = Paulo Ricardo Kobayashi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Osasco, Brazil

| height = {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}}

| currentclub =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1989–1992 | clubs1 = São Caetano

| years2 = 1993 | clubs2 = Portuguesa

| years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = Santos

| years4 = 1994 | clubs4 = Atlético Paranaense

| years5 = 1995 | clubs5 = Rio Branco-SP

| years6 = 1995 | clubs6 = Vitória

| years7 = 1995 | clubs7 = Caxias

| years8 = 1996 | clubs8 = Ponte Preta

| years9 = 1996 | clubs9 = Portuguesa Santista

| years10 = 1997 | clubs10 = Atlético Goianiense

| years11 = 1997 | clubs11 = América de Natal

| years12 = 1998 | clubs12 = Ceará

| years13 = 1998 | clubs13 = Iraklis

| years14 = 1998–1999 | clubs14 = Panachaiki

| years15 = 1999–2000 | clubs15 = Ionikos

| years16 = 2000–2002 | clubs16 = Chalkidona

| years17 = 2003 | clubs17 = Ionikos

| years18 = 2004 | clubs18 = Villa Nova

| years19 = 2005 | clubs19 = União São João

| years20 = 2005 | clubs20 = Vila Nova

| years21 = 2005–2006 | clubs21 = América de Natal

| years22 = 2006 | clubs22 = Mineiros

| years23 = 2007 | clubs23 = CRAC

| years24 = 2007 | clubs24 = Brasiliense

| years25 = 2008 | clubs25 = CRAC

| years26 = 2008 | clubs26 = América de Natal

| years27 = 2009 | clubs27 = Guaratinguetá

| years28 = 2009 | clubs28 = Bragantino

| manageryears1 = 2009 | managerclubs1 = Bahia (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2010 | managerclubs2 = Portuguesa Santista

| manageryears3 = 2010 | managerclubs3 = Francana

| manageryears4 = 2011 | managerclubs4 = Taquaritinga

| manageryears5 = 2012 | managerclubs5 = Jabaquara

| manageryears6 = 2013 | managerclubs6 = Santacruzense

| manageryears7 = 2014 | managerclubs7 = Villa Nova

| manageryears8 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs8 = Penapolense

| manageryears9 = 2017 | managerclubs9 = São José de Ribamar

| manageryears10 = 2017 | managerclubs10 = Altos

| manageryears11 = 2018 | managerclubs11 = Imperatriz

| manageryears12 = 2018 | managerclubs12 = Altos

| manageryears13 = 2019 | managerclubs13 = Floresta

| manageryears14 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs14 = Imperatriz

| manageryears15 = 2021 | managerclubs15 = Altos

| manageryears16 = 2022 | managerclubs16 = Ferroviário

| manageryears17 = 2022 | managerclubs17 = Moto Club

| manageryears18 = 2023 | managerclubs18 = Ferroviário

| manageryears19 = 2024 | managerclubs19 = Capital

| manageryears20 = 2024 | managerclubs20 = Ferroviário

| pcupdate =

}}

Paulo Ricardo Kobayashi (born 9 January 1970), known as Paulinho Kobayashi, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Kobayashi began his career with Associação Desportiva São Caetano.{{cite web|publisher=Terceirotempo.ig.com.br|title=Que Fim Levou|url=http://terceirotempo.ig.com.br/quefimlevou_interna.php?id=3700&sessao=f|language=Portuguese|accessdate=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153524/http://terceirotempo.ig.com.br/quefimlevou_interna.php?id=3700&sessao=f|archivedate=6 July 2011}} He played for Portuguesa, Santos, Vitória and América-RN in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.{{cite web|publisher=Globo Esporte|title=Futpédia: Paulinho Kobayashi (Paulo Ricardo Kobayashi)|url=http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/paulinho-kobayashi|accessdate=2009-02-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617190204/http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/paulinho-kobayashi|archivedate=2009-06-17}} He also spent three seasons with Ionikos and one season with Panachaiki in the Greek Super League.{{cite web|title=Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html|accessdate=2009-02-22}}