Fernando Couto
Portuguese footballer (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Portuguese Olympic athlete, see Fernando Couto (runner).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Couto.
Fernando Manuel Silva Couto OIH (Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈkotu]; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre back.
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Full name | Fernando Manuel Silva Couto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1969-08-02) 2 August 1969 (age 54) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Espinho, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1985 | Espinho | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Lourosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Porto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Porto | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Famalicão | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Académica | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1994 | Porto | 106 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Parma | 39 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Barcelona | 44 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2005 | Lazio | 145 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Parma | 63 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 438 | (36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–2004 | Portugal | 110 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Braga (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top clubs in Portugal, Spain and Italy (12 seasons in the latter country), appearing in nearly 600 competitive matches and winning the double in each country, as well as three UEFA trophies.
At international level, Couto represented the Portugal national team in 110 games, taking part in the 2002 World Cup as well as three European Championships.