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 Couto
Couto in 2011
Personal information
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
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up
2004 Portugal
2000 Belgium-Netherlands
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner
1989 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Fernando Manuel Silva CoutoOIH (Portuguese:[fɨɾˈnɐ̃duˈkotu]; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre back.
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.
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caps in June 2016. The only other players with a century of caps are FernandoCouto, Nani, João Moutinho, Pepe and Rui Patrício; Patrício is also the most...
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são Yan Couto e Carlos Augusto, convocados por Fernando Diniz para a seleção brasileira" (in Portuguese). globo.com. 6 October 2023. Yan Couto at Soccerway...
in 2001. It gained city status on 2 July 1993. The present Mayor is FernandoCouto Cepa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday...
GK 1 Vítor Baía (c) 89' RB 14 Abel Xavier CB 2 Jorge Costa CB 5 FernandoCouto LB 13 Dimas Teixeira CM 17 Paulo Bento CM 4 José Luís Vidigal AM 10 Rui...
over Bulgaria in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France. He played alongside FernandoCouto as the team reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2000 in Belgium and...
Bento was dismissed following a defeat to Albania and was replaced by Fernando Santos in September 2014. After qualifying for the finals, Portugal finished...
after appeals. He was the second Lazio player suspended in 2001, after FernandoCouto. In his last season at the club, he won the Coppa Italia. Stam joined...
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GK 1 Luca Bucci CB 5 Luigi Apolloni 16' CB 6 FernandoCouto CB 4 Lorenzo Minotti (c) RWB 2 Antonio Benarrivo 8' LWB 3 Alberto Di Chiara CM 7 Gabriele...
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