The career of 19-year-old Paulina can be called a real fast train. He started playing football at SV Odijk in his hometown. Via Zeister Jonathan he ended up in the training of FC Utrecht as an eleven-year-old. Five years later he switched to Hercules, where he made his debut in the first team as an 18-year-old. Eighteen months later, the move to Borrussia Dortmund followed, after FC Den Bosch and IJsselmeervogels, among others, had also made attempts to acquire the attacker.