Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes (born 13 July 1988), known as Marcos Paulo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 3 club Académica de Coimbra. He also holds Italian nationality.
Born in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Marcos Paulo played with Venda Nova Futebol Clube and Associação Atlética Caldense in his country. In January 2008, he joined Ligue 1 side Le Mans Union Club 72.
During his two-and-a-half-year spell in France, Paulo was almost exclusively associated with the reserve team. He made his league debut for the main squad on 18 April 2009, featuring 17 minutes of a 2–0 away win against Valenciennes FC.
Marcos Paulo spent the following seasons competing in Portugal's Primeira Liga, with U.D. Leiria and Académica de Coimbra. On 29 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Super League Greece club Panetolikos F.C. for an undisclosed fee, where he totalled 105 appearances.
In five of the next six seasons, Marcos Paulo competed in the Liga Portugal 2 with Académica, F.C. Vizela, Farense and F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He won promotion with Vizela in 2020–21, contributing 33 matches and two goals to this achievement (35 in all competitions) and subsequently agreeing to a new deal, and repeated the feat with Farense in 2022–23.
Marcos Paulo returned to Académica on 28 July 2025 aged 37, with the club now in the Liga 3.
CBF data at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-03-15) (in Portuguese)
Marcos Paulo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Marcos Paulo at ForaDeJogo (archived)