Philippe Coutinho

Philippe Coutinho
Coutinho with Brazil in 2018
Personal information
Full name Philippe Coutinho Correia[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Vasco da Gama
(on loan from Aston Villa)
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2008 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Inter Milan 28 (3)
2008–2010Vasco da Gama (loan) 36 (4)
2012Espanyol (loan) 16 (5)
2013–2018 Liverpool 152 (41)
2018–2022 Barcelona 76 (17)
2019–2020Bayern Munich (loan) 23 (8)
2022Aston Villa (loan) 19 (5)
2022– Aston Villa 22 (1)
2023–2024Al-Duhail (loan) 16 (3)
2024–Vasco da Gama (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2009 Brazil U17 3 (0)
2011 Brazil U20 7 (3)
2010–2022 Brazil 68 (21)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Copa América
Winner 2019 Brazil
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2011 Colombia
South American U-17 Championship
Winner 2009 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Philippe Coutinho Correia (born 12 June 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa. He is known for his combination of vision, passing, dribbling and ability to conjure curling long-range shots.[4]

Coutinho showed prodigious talent and excelled in Vasco da Gama's youth system. He was signed by Serie A club Inter Milan in 2008 for €4 million and subsequently loaned back to Vasco, where he became a key player. He made his debut for Inter Milan in 2010, and was later loaned to La Liga club Espanyol in 2012. In January 2013, Coutinho joined Premier League club Liverpool. He flourished at Liverpool, being named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2015, and being named Liverpool's fans' and players' player of the year in 2015 and 2016. In January 2018, Coutinho signed for Barcelona and won two La Liga titles with the club. He was loaned to German club Bayern Munich for the 2019–20 season, being part of the team that won a treble of Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League. He went on loan to Aston Villa in January 2022 before signing permanently for them in the summer.

Coutinho made his senior international debut for Brazil in 2010. He was part of the squad at the 2015 Copa América and the Copa América Centenario in 2016, and made his FIFA World Cup debut at the 2018 World Cup, in which he scored two goals. He was also a member of the Brazil team that won the 2019 Copa América on home soil.

  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2021/22 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Philippe Coutinho: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. ^ Carroll, James (30 April 2014). "Video: Get to know Philippe Coutinho". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2015.