Fernando Couto Sports manager

Fernando Manuel Silva Couto, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈko(w)tu]; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.During a 21-year professional career he played in a number of top teams in Portugal, Spain and Italy (12 seasons in the latter country), appearing in nearly 600 official games and winning the double in each country, as well as three other UEFA club trophies.At international level, Couto represented the Portuguese national team in more than 100 games, taking part in the 2002 World Cup as well as three European Championships.

Personal facts

Fernando Couto
Alias (AKA)Couto Fernando Manuel
Birth dateAugust 02, 1969
Birth place
Espinho Portugal , Portugal national football team
Height (meters)1.84

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Football manager

club
S.C. Braga
position
Defender (association football)
teams
S.S. Lazio
Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.
S.C. Braga
Parma F.C.
F.C. Porto
FC Barcelona
Portugal national under-20 football team
Portugal national football team
Lusitânia F.C.
Portugal national under-21 football team
F.C. Famalicão

Topical connections

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Ádám PintérFootball player
Édison MéndezFootball player
Ákos BuzsákyFootball player
Éric AbidalFootball player
Ádám SzalaiFootball player
Štěpán VachoušekFootball player
Đovani RosoFootball player

Fernando Couto on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20080530080252/http:/www.fcparma.com/images/105803.pdf
  2. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j784.html
  3. http://www.footballzz.co.uk/player/fernando_couto/1993_1994/profile/123/default/2089
  4. http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/player-profiles/119-players-a-c/122-player-profile-fernando-couto
  5. http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Couto_Fernando_Manuel_Silva