Fernando Couto
Couto in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Manuel Silva Couto | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Espinho, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | Lourosa | ||
| 1986–1988 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988 | Porto | 1 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Famalicão | 0 | (0) |
| 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 | 421 | (35) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 1990–2004 | Portugal | 110 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2014 | Braga (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Fernando Manuel Silva Couto, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈko(w)tu]; born 2 August 1969) is a retired Portuguese 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 110 games, taking part in the 2002 World Cup as well as three European Championships.
Born in Espinho near Porto, Couto joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of 17. On 2 June 1988 he made his first-team – and Primeira Liga – debut, playing 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Académica de Coimbra in what would be his only appearance of the season for the national champions. He was then released by the club, playing one year apiece with F.C. Famalicão and Académica.
Couto returned to Porto in 1990, being an instrumental defensive unit in the conquest of six titles during his four-year spell. He subsequently moved to Italy with Parma AC, scoring a career-best four goals in 27 games in his first season and adding the campaign's UEFA Cup, in a 2–1 aggregate win against fellow Serie A side Juventus FC.
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