nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
4 7 110 2012 -- 2014 2 august 1969 1986 1994 -- 1996 1996 -- 1998 1998 -- 2005 2005 -- -- 2008 1988 1989 -- 1990 1990 -- 1994 1986 -- 1988 1 0 28 106 39 44 145 63 0 0 3 19 4 0 9 1 180px 1989 1989 -- 1990 1990 -- 2004 fcouto.jpg fernando couto couto in 2011 fernando manuel silva couto espinho , portugal portugal u20 portugal u21 portugal 1.84 426 36 0 1 8 lourosa porto lourosa porto académica porto parma barcelona lazio parma centre back braga -lrb- assistant -rrb- fernando couto

fernando couto

fernando manuel silva couto , oih -lrb- ; born 2 august 1969 -rrb- is a portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender .
during a 21-year professional career he played in a number of top teams in portugal , spain and italy -lrb- 12 seasons in the latter country -rrb- , appearing in nearly 600 official games and winning the double in each country , as well as three other uefa club trophies .
at international level , couto represented the portuguese national team in 110 games , taking part in the 2002 world cup as well as three european championships .
