Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves CvIH (born 10 December 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently manager of Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra.

He scored on his debut as a late replacement in a 3–0 home victory over FC Metz, but added only two more goals in his one year in Corsica.

Alves helped Portugal win the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia – in the group stage opener against Czechoslovakia, he scored a last-minute header (his strongest asset) for the game's only goal.

[10] Later in his career he also managed 13 caps for the full side, scoring seven times, mostly during the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying stage and friendlies within that period.

[11] His first goals came as a brace as a substitute on 18 December 1994 in an 8–0 qualifying win over Liechtenstein, and three more the following 15 August in a 7–0 victory in the reverse fixture, again off the bench.

[17] Due to poor results in the 2008–09 season, Alves was sacked by União de Leiria,[18] but stayed in that league by moving to F.C.

In the following summer he rejoined former Sporting teammate Oceano's coaching staff at the Portugal under-21 side, while also being charged with the under-20s;[19] after a handful of games he resigned and returned to Gil Vicente,[20] winning the 2011 second-division championship with the subsequent promotion.

[21] After three years, which also brought a runner-up place in the Taça da Liga,[22] Alves replaced former national teammate Abel Xavier at the helm of S.C. Olhanense early into the 2013–14 campaign,[23] being dismissed after less than three months in charge and with only one point won in six league matches.

[30] After a few months back in the Middle East with Ohod Club of Saudi Arabia,[31] Alves returned to the Portuguese second tier in June 2019, at Varzim SC.