João Paulo Candeias Brito (born 5 June 1974) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a right winger.
Os Belenenses: although not an undisputed starter he was an important attacking unit, appearing in more than 100 matches in the league alone (the Lisbon team spent the 1998–99 season in the second level).
Estrela da Amadora, going scoreless in 20 matches as they finished fourth and narrowly missed out on promotion from division two.
In the following years, Brito all but played abroad, beginning in Bulgaria with PFC CSKA Sofia for which he appeared regularly, also acquiring Bulgarian citizenship.
in Greece – after a few months at Vitória Setúbal without one single league appearance – and SSV Jahn Regensburg in Germany, before retiring as a professional in 2007 at the age of 33.