Paulo Sousa

**Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa**, <small>CavIH</small> (; born 30 August 1970) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional player. He is the head coach of the Poland national team.

He played for Benfica and Sporting in Portugal. He then went to Juventus and after to Borussia Dortmund. He won the UEFA Champions League in both of these clubs.

Sousa was a member of Portugal's "Golden Generation". and appeared with the national team at the 2002 World Cup and two European Championships.

He started coaching in the late 2000s, managing clubs in several countries and winning national championships with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Basel.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Benfica|1989–90|Primeira Liga|2|0|1|0|0|0|3|0||
|1990–91|36|0|3|0|2|0|41|0||||
|1991–92|23|1|5|0|3|0|31|1||||
|1992–93|25|0|4|1|6|0|35|1||||
|Sporting CP|1993–94|Primeira Liga|31|2|6|0|6|0|43|2||
|Juventus|1994–95|Serie A|26|1|6|0|10|0|42|1||
|1995–96|28|0|0|0|8|1|36|1||||
|Borussia Dortmund|1996–97|Bundesliga|11|1|0|0|4|0|15|1||
|1997–98|16|0|2|1|5|0|23|1||||
|Inter Milan|1997–98|Serie A|11|0|0|0|0|0|11|0||
|1998–99|10|0|4|0|3|0|17|0||||
|1999–2000|10|0|0|0|0|0|10|0||||
|Parma (loan)|1999–2000|Serie A|8|0|0|0|2|0|10|0||
|Panathinaikos|2000–01|Alpha Ethniki|6|0|3|0|4|1|13|1||
|2001–02|4|0|5|0|7|0|16|0||||
|Espanyol|2001–02|La Liga|9|0|0|0|0|0|9|0||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Portugal|1991|5|0|
|1992|0|0|||
|1993|8|0|||
|1994|4|0|||
|1995|6|0|||
|1996|5|0|||
|1997|5|0|||
|1998|2|0|||
|1999|8|0|||
|2000|5|0|||
|2001|2|0|||
|2002|1|0|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=8|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Queens Park Rangers|align=left|19 November 2008|align=left|9 April 2009|||
|align=left|Swansea City|align=left|23 June 2009|align=left|4 July 2010|||
|align=left|Leicester City|align=left|7 July 2010|align=left|1 October 2010|||
|align=left|Videoton|align=left|1 June 2011|align=left|7 January 2013|||
|align=left|Maccabi Tel Aviv|align=left|11 June 2013|align=left|28 May 2014|||
|align=left|Basel|align=left|28 May 2014|align=left|17 June 2015|||
|align=left|Fiorentina|align=left|21 June 2015|align=left|6 June 2017|||
|align=left|Tianjin Quanjian|align=left|6 November 2017|align=left|5 October 2018|||
|align=left|Bordeaux|align=left|8 March 2019|align=left|10 August 2020|||
|align=left|Poland|align=left|21 January 2021|align=left|29 December 2021|||
|align=left|Flamengo|align=left|29 December 2021|align=left|9 June 2022|||
|align=left|Salernitana|align=left|15 February 2023|align=left|10 October 2023|||
|align=left|Shabab Al Ahli|align=left|30 June 2024|align=left|present|||

### Player

**Benfica**
- Primeira Divisão: 1990–91
- Taça de Portugal: 1992–93
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1989

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 1994–95
- Coppa Italia: 1994–95
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1995
- UEFA Champions League: 1995–96

**Borussia Dortmund**
- DFB-Supercup: 1996
- UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
- Intercontinental Cup: 1997

**Portugal U20**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship third place: 2000

**Individual**
- Guerin d'Oro: 1995

### Manager

**Videoton**
- Ligakupa: 2011–12
- Szuperkupa: 2011, 2012

**Maccabi Tel Aviv**
- Israeli Premier League: 2013–14

**Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2014–15

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paulo Sousa
- **image**: Football against poverty 2014 - Paulo Sousa (cropped) - 2.jpg
- **caption**: Sousa in 2014
- **fullname**: Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa
- **birth place**: Viseu, Portugal
- **height**: 1.77 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: Shabab Al Ahli Club, Shabab Al Ahli (manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1984–1986
- **youthclubs1**: Repesenses
- **youthyears2**: 1986–1989
- **youthclubs2**: S.L. Benfica (youth), Benfica
- **years1**: 1989–1993
- **clubs1**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps1**: 86
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1993–1994
- **clubs2**: Sporting CP
- **caps2**: 31
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 1994–1996
- **clubs3**: Juventus FC, Juventus
- **caps3**: 54
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 1996–1997
- **clubs4**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps4**: 27
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 1998–2000
- **clubs5**: Inter Milan
- **caps5**: 31
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2000
- **clubs6**: → Parma Calcio 1913, Parma (loan)
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2000–2001
- **clubs7**: Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2002
- **clubs8**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps8**: 9
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 256
- **totalgoals**: 5
- **nationalyears1**: 1987
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-16 football team, Portugal U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1987–1988
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1989
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1989–1991
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 9
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 1991–2002
- **nationalteam5**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps5**: 51
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2005–2008
- **managerclubs1**: Portugal national under-16 football team, Portugal U16
- **manageryears2**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs2**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **manageryears3**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs3**: Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City
- **manageryears4**: 2010
- **managerclubs4**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **manageryears5**: 2011–2013
- **managerclubs5**: Fehérvár FC, Videoton
- **manageryears6**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs6**: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv
- **manageryears7**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs7**: FC Basel, Basel
- **manageryears8**: 2015–2017
- **managerclubs8**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **manageryears9**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs9**: Tianjin Tianhai F.C., Tianjin Quanjian
- **manageryears10**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs10**: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- **manageryears11**: 2021
- **managerclubs11**: Poland national football team, Poland
- **manageryears12**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs12**: CR Flamengo, Flamengo
- **manageryears13**: 2023
- **managerclubs13**: US Salernitana 1919, Salernitana
- **manageryears14**: 2024–
- **managerclubs14**: Shabab Al Ahli Club, Shabab Al Ahli