[1] Patrick played in the youth academies of Portuguesa and São Paulo before he began his professional career in 2003 with Vitória.
In the summer of 2004, he moved to Mexican club Altamira,[2] but returned to Brazil in early 2005 and first played for Mogi Mirim.
[4] At Sydney, Patrick played alongside his compatriot Juninho Paulista and scored two goals in eight appearances under manager Branko Čulina at the start of the season.
[5] After Čulina's dismissal in October 2007, he lost his position in the team under his successor John Kosmina and only made a brief appearance in the play-off semifinals against Queensland Roar in late January 2008.
Later, he played at various clubs in Asia followed, among others Krabi, Thanh Hóa, Persija Jakarta, and most recently Barito Putera.