Paulo Baier

Paulo Baier
Baier in 2022
Personal information
Full name Paulo César Baier
Date of birth (1974-10-25) 25 October 1974
Place of birth Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hercílio Luz
Youth career
1991–1993 São Luiz-RS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 São Luiz-RS
1997–1998 Criciúma 51 (7)
1998 Atlético Mineiro 16 (1)
1999–2001 Botafogo 6 (0)
1999Vasco da Gama (loan) 13 (1)
2000América Mineiro (loan) 23 (0)
2001 Atlético Mineiro 16 (0)
2001América Mineiro (loan) 4 (0)
2002 Pelotas 3 (0)
2002–2003 Criciúma 71 (22)
2004–2005 Goiás 109 (38)
2006–2007 Palmeiras 54 (14)
2007–2008 Goiás 79 (30)
2009 Sport Recife 14 (4)
2009–2013 Atlético Paranaense 173 (57)
2014 Criciúma 36 (9)
2015 Ypiranga 9 (6)
2015 Juventude 12 (2)
2016 São Luiz-RS 16 (6)
Total 701 (197)
Managerial career
2018 Toledo
2018 Próspera
2019 Brusque
2020 Toledo
2020–2021 Próspera
2021 Criciúma
2022 São José-RS
2022–2023 Botafogo-SP
2023 Figueirense
2024 Juventus de Jaraguá
2025– Hercílio Luz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo César Baier (born 25 October 1974) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Baier's 21-year career started in 1995 with São Luiz-RS, as a right back. Mainly associated to Criciúma, Goiás and Atlético Paranaense, he scored totals of 106 goals since the establishment of the round-robin format of the Série A, being the second-best in the tournament's history.