Paulo Sousa, Portugal footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

: Sousa in 2014
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa
Date of birth: (1970-08-30) 30 August 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Height: 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s): Defensive midfielder
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Shabab Al Ahli (manager)
⚽ Youth career:
1984–1986: Repesenses
1986–1989: Benfica
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993: Benfica 86 (1)
1993–1994: Sporting CP 31 (2)
1994–1996: Juventus 54 (1)
1996–1997: Borussia Dortmund 27 (1)
1998–2000: Inter Milan 31 (0)
2000: → Parma (loan) 8 (0)
2000–2001: Panathinaikos 10 (1)
2002: Espanyol 9 (0)
Total: 256 (6)
⚽ International career:
1987: Portugal U16 8 (0)
1987–1988: Portugal U18 4 (0)
1989: Portugal U20 2 (0)
1989–1991: Portugal U21 9 (1)
1991–2002: Portugal 51 (0)
⚽ Managerial career:
2005–2008: Portugal U16
2008–2009: Queens Park Rangers
2009–2010: Swansea City
2010: Leicester City
2011–2013: Videoton
2013–2014: Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–2015: Basel
2015–2017: Fiorentina
2017–2018: Tianjin Quanjian
2019–2020: Bordeaux
2021: Poland
2021–2022: Flamengo
2023: Salernitana
2024–: Shabab Al Ahli