About Paulo Pita

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Pita played professionally in Brazil before coming to college soccer at University of Charleston in 2016 and 2017. In his sophomore season, he posted a 20-1-2 record en route to leading the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Division II men's soccer national championship. In the title game, he posted a shutout and was named Most Outstanding Player as well as other awards throughout the years.

▪ Mountain East Conference Champion 2016 ▪ 2x All-Atlantic Region Champion 16/17

▪ National Runner-Up 2016

▪ National Champion 2017

▪ First Team All-Mountain East Conference 2017 ▪ First Team All-Atlantic Region 2017

▪ First Team NCAA All-American 2017

▪ Most Outstanding NCAA Defensive Player 2017 

He transferred to Marshall University, where he played in 2018 and 2019 where he collected many different awards such as 

▪ C-USA Conference Tournament and Regular Season Champions 2019

▪ Golden Glove C-USA 2019

▪ 2019 NCAA Top 10 Goalie Minutes Played (5th - 2,054:43)

Concurrent with his college career, Pita played the 2016 and 2018 seasons with The Villages SC of the Premier Development League, appearing in 20 games, along with a handful of other appearances. During the 2017 season, Pita played for Chattanooga FC in the National Premier Soccer League. Pita started out the season as the team's back-up keeper but eventually won the starting position; making 9 league appearances. In 2019, Pita played for FC Wichita of the National Premier Soccer League.

In 2020, Pita was drafted in the first round, 24th overall, in the MLS SuperDraft by Los Angeles FC after pre season, He was then picked up by North Carolina FC where he went on to make one appearance with the club before retiring. He is a former head goalkeeping coach for Sporting Kansas City Academy.