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Fernando Manuel Silva Couto is a Portuguese association football player who competed as a centre-back. Born in Espinho on August 2, 1969, he represented Portugal in international competitions including the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004, UEFA Euro 2000, and UEFA Euro 1996. His professional career spanned from 1988 to 2008.
During his playing career, Couto was a member of several clubs, including FC Barcelona, SS Lazio, Parma Calcio 1913, and Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. He speaks and writes in Portuguese, which is also his native language.
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Key facts
- 1988
- Porto
- 1989
- Portugal U20
- Full name
- Fernando Manuel Silva Couto
- Date of birth
- ( 1969-08-02 ) 2 August 1969 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Espinho, Portugal
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Centre back
- 1980 1985
- Espinho
- 1985 1986
- Lourosa
- 1986 1988
- Porto
- Years
- Team
- 1988 1989
- Famalicão
- 1989 1990
- Académica
- 1990 1994
- Porto
- 1994 1996
- Parma
- 1996 1998
- Barcelona
- 1998 2005
- Lazio
- 2005 2008
- Parma
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fernando
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Espinho
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Portugal men's national football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 81
- Image
- FCouto.JPG
- Height
- 184
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1969-08-02
- Commons category
- Fernando Couto
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- birth name
- Fernando Manuel Silva Couto
- name in native language
- Fernando Couto
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Fernando Manuel Silva Couto OIH ( Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈkotu]; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fernando Couto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.