Paulo Sousa

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Paulo Sousa
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Paulo Sousa, 2014
Personnel
Surname Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa
birthday August 30, 1970
place of birth Viseu ,  Portugal
size 177 cm
position Central midfield
Juniors
Years station
1984-1989 Benfica Lisbon
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1993 Benfica Lisbon 87 (1)
1993-1994 Sporting Lisbon 31 (2)
1994-1996 Juventus Turin 54 (1)
1996-1997 Borussia Dortmund 27 (1)
1998-1999 Inter Milan 31 (0)
2000 AC Parma 8 (0)
2000-2001 Panathinaikos Athens 10 (0)
2002 Espanyol Barcelona 9 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1991-2002 Portugal 51 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2007-2008 Portugal (assistant coach)
2008-2009 Queens Park Rangers
2009-2010 Swansea City
2010 Leicester City
2011-2013 Videoton FC
2013-2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014-2015 FC Basel
2015-2017 AC Florence
2017-2018 Tianjin Quanjian
2019-2020 Girondins Bordeaux
1 Only league games are given.

Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa (born August 30, 1970 in Viseu ) is a former Portuguese football player and current coach .

Player career

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Benfica Lisbon

Paulo Sousa started his career in 1989 at Benfica Lisbon . Previously, he had worked in the youth departments of the Portuguese club. Sousa collected their first titles with Benfica. The 1991 championship was followed by the cup win in 1993. In Lisbon, he played early on with his long-time national teammates such as Rui Costa , João Pinto and Paulo Futre . In the 1992/93 season he was used as a goalkeeper in the 3-2 away win against Boavista Porto , when Benfica had already exhausted the substitution quota and the goalkeeper was sent off.

Sousa played controlled football from a young age. This style of play drew the attention of other clubs to him.

Sporting Lisbon

In the summer of 1993, the defensive midfielder moved to city rivals Sporting Lisbon . There he played with Luís Figo . He didn't win a title and Sousa only played one season for Sporting.

Juventus Turin

In 1994 he moved to Italy for Juventus Turin . In his first season he won the championship with Juventus . As with Benfica and Sporting, Sousa was a key figure in the team that determined the game. With the victory of the Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) the double was won. 1996 met Juventus in the final of the UEFA Champions League at Ajax Amsterdam . After the score was 1: 1 after 90 minutes and overtime, the Italians won 4: 2 on penalties. Sousa was replaced by Angelo Di Livio in the 57th minute .

Borussia Dortmund

After two years in Turin, Sousa signed with the then German champions Borussia Dortmund . Under coach Ottmar Hitzfeld , he repeated the success he achieved with Juventus Turin in the Champions League triumph from the previous year, this time with BVB: In the final of the largest European competition in 1997, his former employer Juventus Turin was BVB's opponent. Borussia prevailed 3-1. In this final, unlike a year earlier with Juve, Sousa was on the field for the full playing time.

During his time in Dortmund, he was plagued more and more by injuries, especially to the patellar tendon , which kept throwing him back. In his first season he played eleven games in the league and in the second 16. Due to ongoing problems, the club decided to sell the defensive specialist.

Inter Milan and AC Parma

Sousa moved back to Italy during the winter break in 1997/98. First he signed with Inter Milan , but where he could no longer build on his achievements of recent years. After two years at Inter, he moved during the winter break in January 2000 and signed with AC Parma . There Sousa tried a fresh start, but mostly played the role of the spectator and only played eight games.

Panathinaikos Athens

After only six months at Parma, he moved to Greece to play football at Panathinaikos Athens . But even there he couldn't get beyond the role of reservist.

Espanyol Barcelona

Sousa gave himself one last chance to assert himself in European professional football at Spanish first division club Espanyol Barcelona when he came from Athens during the 2001/02 winter break. But even there he had hardly any appearances and at the end of the season he ended his career.

National team

As a member of Portugal's U-20 national team, he won the World Youth Championship in 1989 . By winning this world championship, he and his teammates at the time such as Vítor Baía and Luís Figo quickly made a name for themselves and the Portuguese federation hoped for successful times in the men's field. However, this golden generation never achieved a major title .

Paulo Sousa played 51 times for the Portuguese national soccer team . He made his debut on January 16, 1991 in a friendly against Spain , which ended in a draw. Sousa also played in the 1996 European Football Championship and was in the squad for the 2000 European Championship . He was nominated for the 2002 World Cup , but was not used. He resigned shortly after at the age of 31. He played his last game in a friendly against China .

See also:

Coaching career

After his career ended, Sousa worked as a youth coach in Portuguese football . From July 2007 to November 2008 he was assistant coach of the Portuguese national team. From November 2008 to April 2009 he was the coach of the English second division team Queens Park Rangers . From June 2009 to July 2010 he coached Swansea City . On July 7, 2010 he joined league rivals Leicester City . After a bad start in the 2010-11 Football League Championship , Sousa was sacked in late September 2010.

From July 2011 he coached the Hungarian champions of the 2010/11 season , Videoton FC from Székesfehérvár . His contract was terminated at the beginning of 2013 at his request. For the 2013/14 season, Sousa succeeded Óscar García as coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv .

For the 2014/15 season he moved to FC Basel in the Swiss Super League , succeeding Murat Yakin , who had previously won the championship twice in a row. Due to differences with the club management about the future direction of the club, the three-year contract was terminated prematurely on June 17, 2015 by mutual agreement. Four days later, on June 21, Sousa was signed as head coach of the Italian Serie A club Fiorentina, where he signed a two-year deal. The expiring contract was not extended after the end of the 2016/17 season.

In 2017 he became the head coach of the Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian . His tenure ended after the 2018 season, during which he trained Anthony Modeste , Alexandre Pato and Axel Witsel , among others .

From March 2019 to July 2020, Sousa was the head coach of Girondins Bordeaux .

successes

Web links

Commons : Paulo Sousa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note in interview in: Echt-das Europapokalmagazin, special issue 9 v. April 24, 2013, p. 25
  2. ↑ Paulo Sousa retires , kicker.de press release of July 2, 2002
  3. ↑ Paulo Sousa confirmed as Leicester City manager. Press release on the BBC Sport homepage , July 7, 2010. Accessed June 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ Paulo Sousa is leaving Videoton FC as manager. Announcement on the Videoton FC homepage, January 7, 2013. Accessed June 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ Paulo Sousa appointed as head coach. ( Memento from June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Message on the Maccabi Tel Aviv homepage, June 11, 2013. Accessed June 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ Paulo Sousa becomes the new head coach at FC Basel 1893 ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), FCB.ch from May 28, 2014
  7. ↑ FCB and Paulo Sousa decide on immediate mutual separation , FCB.ch from June 17, 2015
  8. ↑ Sousa's change: Agreement with AC Fiorentina , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of June 21, 2015
  9. ↑ transfermarkt.de: Cannavaro new coach from Guangzhou Evergrande - Sousa takes over Tianjin Quanjian accessed: January 15, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Sousa, Paulo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sousa, Paulo Manuel Carvalho (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Viseu