Philippe Coutinho

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Philippe Coutinho
20180610 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil Philippe Coutinho 850 1692.jpg
in the jersey of the national team (2018)
Personnel
Surname Philippe Coutinho Correia
birthday June 12, 1992
place of birth Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
size 172 cm
position Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years station
2003-2009 CR Vasco da Gama
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2008-2010 CR Vasco da Gama 19 0(1)
2010-2013 Inter Milan 28 0(3)
2012 →  Espanyol Barcelona  (loan) 16 0(5)
2013-2018 Liverpool FC 152 (41)
2018– FC Barcelona 52 (14)
2019-2020 →  FC Bayern Munich  (loan) 23 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2009 Brazil U17 7 0(3)
2011 Brazil U20 7 0(3)
2010– Brazil 61 (17)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 24, 2020

2 As of November 19, 2019

Philippe Coutinho Correia (born June 12, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian football player . The attacking midfielder comes from the youth of CR Vasco da Gama and moved to Inter Milan in 2010 when he was 18 . After a loan to Espanyol Barcelona , he played for Liverpool from 2013 . He has been under contract with FC Barcelona since January 2018 . In the 2019/20 season he was on loan at FC Bayern Munich .

At club level he won the Italian Supercup (2010) and the Italian Cup ( 2011 ) with Inter Milan , with Barcelona he was twice Spanish champion ( 2018 , 2019 ), cup winner 2018 and Supercup winner 2018 , with Bayern he won the triple (2020) from the German championship , cup and the Champions League .

Coutinho won the Junior World Grand Prix with the U15 (2007) and U17 (2009) and the U-20 World Cup 2011 . In 2010 he made his debut for the national team , winning twice the Superclásico de las Américas ( 2014 , 2018 ) and the Copa America ( 2019 ).

Career

societies

Beginnings

In early childhood, he was distinguished by his talent in indoor football, futsal . He started out at the Clube dos Subtenentes e Sargentos do Exército . In 1999 he played in the local selection of the Mangueira district in northern Rio. In the same year he was invited to test by CR Vasco da Gama and also made his first games for the club. In 2000, Coutinho officially joined the club and won various youth championships with it in the years that followed. In 2003, on the recommendation of his coach, he switched to full-field football. Initially called up as a striker, he was withdrawn into offensive midfield in 2006.

In September 2008 he signed his first professional contract with Vasco and began to train regularly with the professional team. Previously, in July 2008, he signed a contract with Inter Milan, valid from 2010, for a transfer fee of 3.8 million euros .

Shortly after his 17th birthday, he made his debut in Série B 2009 on June 19, 2009 and rose to Série A as champions of the second division with Vasco .

Change to Europe

Coutinho at Inter Milan (2011)

After taking part in the Rio State Championship with Vasco in the first half of 2010 and playing in the national cup and championship competitions, he was officially accepted into Inter Milan in July.

He played his first league game for Inter on August 30 in a 0-0 draw against FC Bologna when he came on for Goran Pandev in the 61st minute . He made his debut in the Champions League on September 14, 2010 in the away game against Twente Enschede . On May 8, 2011, he scored his first goal in the shirt of Inter with a directly converted free kick in a 3-1 win against Fiorentina .

On January 30, 2012 he was loaned to the Spanish first division club Espanyol Barcelona until the end of the 2011/12 season to collect more match practice. After the loan period expired, Coutinho returned to Inter, where he played a good preparation and made regular appearances at the start of the 2012/13 season. At the end of October 2012, Coutinho was injured in a Europa League match against Partizan Belgrade , after which he was out for several weeks. He was then mainly used as a substitute.

Liverpool FC

Coutinho at Liverpool FC (2016)

On January 30, 2013, the Brazilian moved to Liverpool FC in the English Premier League , where he scored his first goal in his second game against Swansea City . Because of his technical skills, he was nicknamed the Little Magician by fans and fellow players . Coutinho was voted Premier League Team of the Year after the 2014-15 season . In the 2016/17 season , Coutinho injured his right ankle in a game against AFC Sunderland on November 26, 2016 and was out for several weeks. On January 25, 2017, the association announced a contract extension until 2022.

FC Barcelona

Coutinho at FC Barcelona against Valladolid (2018)

On January 6, 2018, Coutinho moved to FC Barcelona, ​​with whom he signed a contract dated June 30, 2023. His release clause is 400 million euros. British and Spanish media estimated his transfer fee to be at least 120 million euros. However, through success-related payments it could rise to up to 160 million euros, which would make Coutinho the second most expensive player to date after his compatriot Neymar . Coutinho scored 14 goals in 52 league games in Barcelona and 21 goals in 72 games in all official games with the club. He won two championships with FC Barcelona, ​​a Supercopa de España and a Copa del Rey.

Triple winner at FC Bayern

In mid-August 2019, Coutinho moved to the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich on loan for 8.5 million euros until the end of the 2019/20 season . Then the German record champions would have had the option to sign the player for 120 million euros, but did not take this option, according to CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge . He made his competitive debut on August 24, 2019 (2nd matchday) in a 3-0 win in the away game against FC Schalke 04 with the substitution for Thomas Müller in the 57th minute. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on September 21, 2019 (5th matchday) in a 4-0 win in the home game against 1. FC Köln with the goal to make it 3-0 with a penalty in the 62nd minute. Since the end of the season had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Coutinho's loan contract was extended until August 31, so that he could play the cup final (July 4) and the 2019/20 Champions League season (August) . In addition to the championship, he won the DFB Cup and the Champions League with FC Bayern Munich this season.

Return to Barça

For the 2020/21 season , Coutinho returned to FC Barcelona.

National team

Junior selection

Philippe Coutinho has been a regular member of Brazilian junior selection teams since 2006. In 2007 he took part with the Brazilian U-15 selection at the U-15 South American Championship and contributed three goals to winning the title. In 2009 he won the U-17 South American Championship. In the final against Argentina , he first scored the goal for the intermittent 2-0 lead. After Argentina managed to equalize, Coutinho also took on penalties, but failed with his penalty attempt. At the subsequent U-17 World Cup in Nigeria in 2009, he was eliminated from the group stage with the Brazilian selection, which was one of the favorites.

A national team

On October 7, 2010, Coutinho made his debut against Iran for the senior team and stood for the full distance of 90 minutes on the field.

He also took part in the 2011 U-20 World Cup in Colombia , which was won by the Brazilian U-20 selection. Coutinho was on the field in all his team's games, scoring three goals and preparing another. He was also nominated for the Golden Ball, but had to admit defeat to his teammate Henrique in this election .

Coutinho scored his first goal for the Brazilian senior team in a friendly against Mexico on June 7, 2015. He played three games for Brazil at the Copa América 2015 and also the Copa América Centenario 2016 . On June 8, 2016, he scored a hat trick in a 7-1 win over the Haiti national team .

In 2018 he was promoted to the squad for the 2018 World Cup . In the first two group games he scored one goal each. Coutinho was also in the squad for the 2019 Copa America. With this he was able to win the title. He was in the starting line-up in all six games and scored a total of two goals.

successes

National team

societies

Vasco da Gama

Inter Milan

FC Barcelona

FC Bayern Munich

Awards

Web links

Commons : Philippe Coutinho  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beginnings , portrait on cbf.com br. from June 15, 2019, page in portugal, accessed June 17, 2019
  2. ↑ UFFICIALE: Inter, ingaggiato Coutinho. In: tuttomercatoweb.com , July 23, 2008
  3. ^ FC Bologna 0-0 Inter Milan. In: weltfussball.de , August 30, 2010
  4. ↑ Coutinho ja és jugador de l'Espanyol ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: rcdespanyol.com , January 30, 2012
  5. ↑ Reds confirm Coutinho deal. ( Memento from January 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: liverpoolfc.com , January 30, 2013
  6. ^ Injury November 2016. In: Abendblatt.de , November 29, 2016, accessed on November 30, 2016
  7. ↑ Philippe Coutinho, new FC Barcelona player. In: fcbarcelona.com , January 6, 2018, accessed January 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ Transfer confirmed: Barça makes Coutinho the most expensive player after Neymar. In: transfermarkt.de , January 6, 2018, accessed on January 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Sport: Coutinho, más sombras que luces. August 16, 2019, accessed August 17, 2019 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ Agreement with Bayern Munich for Philippe Coutinho loan , fcbarcelona.com, August 19, 2019, accessed on August 19, 2019.
  11. ↑ “That would only trigger a debate about envy” , spiegel.de, accessed on May 23, 2020
  12. ↑ Bavaria let the purchase option for Coutinho expire , kicker.de, accessed on May 24, 2020
  13. ↑ Bavaria extends loan contracts , fussballtransfers.com, July 1, 2020, accessed on July 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ Coutinho: "Barcelona has always been the club I have dreamed of" , kicker.de, August 24, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Coutinho, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coutinho Correia, Philippe (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro