He’s Sydney FC’s newest addition to the squad and is set to be kitted out as a Sky Blue on Monday when the players return for pre-season training, so we thought we’d get to know a little bit more about Paulo Retre.

Nickname:

Paulie.

Three people you’d invite over for a party:

Dean Bouzanis, Michael Zullo and my cousin Alex.

Worst habit:

Biting my nails.

Coffee order:

Latte no sugar.

Favourite colour:

Blue.

Can you cook – what’s your specialty:

I like to cook scrambled eggs with a bit of chilli.

Ideal holiday:

I’ve always wanted to go to the Greek Islands – Mykonos, but anywhere hot weather and has great beaches.

Most used emoji:

Laughter face with the tears.

Biggest inspiration and why:

My dad Carlos for when I started in football and he took me everywhere to games and training.  He really supported me.

I used to love Cristiano Ronaldo growing up for everything he has done for the game.

Describe your game day routine:

I like to get up a bit later and have a coffee before I go to the ground to relax my thoughts.

I will have breakfast in between that and listen to music on the way to the ground to get my mind focused.  Once I’ve arrived at the ground I’m ready.

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