Paulo Amaral

{{Short description|Brazilian footballer and coach (1923–2008)}}

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{{Portuguese name|Lima|Amaral}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Paulo Amaral

| image= Juventus FC 1963-64 - Paulo Amaral (cropped).jpg

| caption = Amaral at Juventus in 1963

| fullname = Paulo Lima Amaral

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|10|18|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|05|01|1923|10|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| height =

| position =

| years1= 1942–1945 | clubs1= Flamengo{{cite news|url=http://www.flaestatistica.com/pauloamaral.htm|publisher=FlaeStatistica.com|title=Paulo Lima Amaral|date=22 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208052026/http://www.flaestatistica.com/pauloamaral.htm|archive-date=8 February 2012}}

| caps1= 18 |goals1= 1

| years2= 1946–1948 | clubs2= Botafogo

| manageryears1 = 1959–1961 | managerclubs1 = Botafogo

| manageryears2 = 1961–1962 | managerclubs2 = Vasco da Gama

| manageryears3 = 1962–1963 | managerclubs3 = Juventus

| manageryears4 = 1964 | managerclubs4 = Corinthians

| manageryears5 = 1964 | managerclubs5 = Genoa

| manageryears6 = 1966 | managerclubs6 = Atlético Mineiro

| manageryears7 = 1966 | managerclubs7 = Brazil {{small|(assistant)}}

| manageryears8 = 1967–1968 | managerclubs8 = Bahia

| manageryears9 = 1969–1971 | managerclubs9 = Fluminense

| manageryears10 = 1971 | managerclubs10 = Vasco da Gama

| manageryears11 = 1971–1972 | managerclubs11 = Porto

| manageryears12 = 1973 | managerclubs12 = Botafogo

| manageryears13 = 1973 | managerclubs13 = Paraguay

| manageryears14 = 1974–1975 |managerclubs14 = America (RJ)

| manageryears15 = 1976 |managerclubs15 = Botafogo

| manageryears16 = 1976–1977 |managerclubs16 = Remo

| manageryears17 = 1978 |managerclubs17 = Al-Hilal

| manageryears18 = 1978 |managerclubs18 = Guarani

}}

Paulo Lima Amaral (18 October 1923 – 1 May 2008) was a Brazilian footballer and coach. He is most famous for his time as a coach of Juventus of Italy. He was also a Fitness Coach of the Brazilian 1958 FIFA World Cup-winning team.