João Pedro de Lemos Paiva (born 8 February 1983) is a Portuguese football coach and a former striker. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Switzerland. Club career Born in Lisbon, Paiva played almost exclusively lower league football in his country: having been under contract with both Sporting Clube de Portugal and C.S. Marítimo, he only appeared for both clubs' reserve sides. In the 2004–05 season he competed with S.C. Espinho in the second division, but featured in less than one third of the league games and his team was also relegated after ranking 18th and last. Paiva then spent three years in Cyprus, with Apollon Limassol and AEK Larnaca FC (half a season with the latter). For 2008–09 he joined FC Luzern in Switzerland, scoring 11 goals in 23 matches in his first year as the side finished ninth in the Super League, only barely avoiding relegation. In January 2011, Paiva agreed a contract with another club in the country, Grasshopper Club Zürich, effective as of July. Coaching career Paiva was hired as the manager of Swiss club AC Bellinzona in July 2021. He left Bellinzona on 23 August 2021 by mutual consent due to "diverging technical views", with Bellinzona winning 2 out of 3 games under his management. References External links 1983 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP B players C.S. Marítimo players S.C. Espinho players Cypriot First Division players Apollon Limassol FC players AEK Larnaca FC players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players FC Luzern players Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Wohlen players FC Winterthur players Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Portuguese football managers AC Bellinzona managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland