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Philippe Coutinho

Brazil

12 June 1992

winger

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Philippe Coutinho is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama. He is known for his combination of vision, passing, dribbling and ability to conjure curling long-range shots.

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.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Coutinho with Brazil in 2018

⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Philippe Coutinho Correia
Date of birth: (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height: 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s): Attacking midfielder, left winger

⚽ Team information:
Current team: Vasco da Gama
Number: 10

⚽ Youth career:
0000–2008: Vasco da Gama

⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013: Inter Milan 28 (3)
2008–2010: → Vasco da Gama (loan) 36 (4)
2012: → Espanyol (loan) 16 (5)
2013–2018: Liverpool 152 (41)
2018–2022: Barcelona 76 (17)
2019–2020: → Bayern Munich (loan) 23 (8)
2022: → Aston Villa (loan) 19 (5)
2022–2025: Aston Villa 22 (1)
2023–2024: → Al-Duhail (loan) 16 (3)
2024–2025: → Vasco da Gama (loan) 31 (5)
2025–: Vasco da Gama 4 (0)

⚽ International career:
2009: Brazil U17 3 (0)
2011: Brazil U20 7 (3)
2010–2022: Brazil 68 (21)