Palmeiras doctor gives update on Paulinho: ‘Short recovery period’

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·15 dicembre 2025

Palmeiras doctor gives update on Paulinho: ‘Short recovery period’

One of the biggest signings in Palmeiras’ history, Paulinho is looking forward to finally taking off at the club in the 2026 season. Recovering from a new surgery on his leg, the number 10 of Verdão has not yet started his physical transition.

Palmeiras shared on its social media part of the plan the club has been following with injured players, who will be working at the Football Academy until December 23. In the video, doctor Pedro Potin comments on the situation of each player and spoke about Paulinho.

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Speak up, Pedro!

In a comment on TV Palmeiras/Sportingbet, Pedro Potin said that the player is still in the early stages of his recovery.

Paulinho is currently four and a half months post-op from a revision of his fracture. This is a short period in his recovery process. We already knew, when we went into this new procedure, that it would be a longer recovery period.

Pedro also highlighted that the Palmeiras number 10 has been making excellent progress.

Fortunately, he continues to make excellent progress. The athlete is already in a recovery phase with physiotherapy, doing strengthening exercises. However, at the start of the season, we’ll still be within a window that we still consider a healing period, which will require a bit more attention.

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Remember Paulinho’s arrival

When he arrived at Palmeiras, the player was coming off a recovery after suffering a stress fracture in his leg while playing for Atlético-MG. At the start of the season, the number 10 was still able to play in some matches for Palmeiras, including a Choque-Rei, where he made his only start.

For the Club World Cup, everything changed. It was already known within Palmeiras that Paulinho would have to undergo another surgical procedure on the same leg, but by agreement, the club and the player decided to wait until after the competition in the United States for the intervention.

In the tournament, Paulinho played in all five matches for Verdão and scored two goals. One of them was the goal that secured qualification against Botafogo, one of the happiest moments for Palmeiras fans in 2025.

In the 2025 season, Paulinho played 16 matches and scored three goals wearing the shirt of the Greatest Champion of Brazil.

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