Luiz Paulo Hilário (born 16 October 1987), commonly known as Dodô, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Latvian club LiepÃÂja.
Dodô was born in Rio de Janeiro. He signed for NK Inter Zapreà ¡iàin January 2009, on recommendation by Eduardo da Silva, another football player from Rio de Janeiro who played for Inter Zapreà ¡iàearlier in his career.
Dodô came to the club during the winter break of the 2008âÂÂ09 season and since then he scored five goals in 13 league appearances for the Croatian club, including a hat-trick against Rijeka on the final day of the season, on 31 May 2009.
After scoring another four goals in the first half of the 2009âÂÂ10 season, bring his total to nine goals in 30 games for Inter, Dodô was signed by Croatian giants GNK Dinamo Zagreb. In total he spent 12 months at Dinamo, scoring three times in 20 appearances. He was loaned out to NK Lokomotiva Zagreb for the second half of the 2010âÂÂ11 season, where he scored twice in 12 appearances.
In the summer of 2011, Dodô signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FC, taking the number 77 jersey.
Dodô made his debut in the first game of the season against Baku in a 0âÂÂ0 draw on 7 August 2011. His first goal for Gabala came in the fifth minute of his second game for the club away to Sumgayit in a game that finished in a 2âÂÂ1 victory to Gabala. He ended his first season in Gabala with ten goals in all competitions. Following the departure of Deon Burton, Dodô took the number 10 jersey for his second season with Gabala, which saw him score four times in 33 appearances in all competitions to leave him in fifth place in Gabala's all time goal scorers chart with 14 goals.
During Gabala's 2âÂÂ1 victory over Simurq on 13 September 2014, Dodô scored Gabala's 400th goal. Dodô scored a brace against Super League Greece side Panathinaikos, knocking them out of the 2015âÂÂ16 UEFA Europa League at the final qualifying stage on away goals, with the tie finish 2âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
On 4 October 2015, during Gabala's 6âÂÂ0 victory over Khazar Lankaran, Dodô scored the fastest ever Azerbaijan Premier League at eight seconds.
On 3 December 2015, Dodô made his 150th appearance for Gabala, playing in the first half of their 7âÂÂ0 victory over Mil-MuÃÂan in the Azerbaijan Cup.
At the end of 2015âÂÂ16 season, Dodo left Gabala.
On 12 August 2016, AEL announced the signing of Dodo on a two-year contract. On 1 October 2016, he scored his first goal in a 1âÂÂ1 away win against Levadiakos.
Dodô joined Latvian club FK LiepÃÂja in January 2019.