Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carla Sofia Basilio Couto | ||
Date of birth | 12 April 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1992 | Sporting CP | ||
1992–1993 | Trajouce | ||
1993–1997 | 1º Dezembro | ||
1997–1998 | CF Benfica | ||
1998–2002 | 1º Dezembro | ||
2002 | Guangdong Haiyin | ||
2003–2011 | 1º Dezembro | ||
2011–2012 | Lazio | 24 | (4) |
2012–2014 | Valadares Gaia | ||
International career | |||
1993–2012 | Portugal | 145 | (29) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Carla Sofia Basilio Couto is a Portuguese former football striker who played for several clubs in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. In season 2011–12 she represented SS Lazio in Italy's Serie A.[1][2]
A member of the Portugal national team since 1993,[3] Couto retired from the national team in July 2012. She scored 29 goals in her record 145 caps.[4]
Couto retired from football in 2014, after two seasons with Valadares Gaia. She spent a total of 14 years with 1º Dezembro and won 11 League titles and six Portuguese Women's Cups.[5]