Philippe Coutinho
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Philippe Coutinho Correia | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Liverpool | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2008 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Internazionale | 28 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Espanyol (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2013– | Liverpool | 127 | (27) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Brazil U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (3) |
| 2010– | Brazil | 23 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:32, 27 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2016 |
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Philippe Coutinho Correia (Brazilian Portuguese: [fiˈlipi kowˈtʃĩj̃u]; born 12 June 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team as an attacking midfielder or winger.
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Coutinho showed prodigious talent and excelled in Vasco da Gama's youth system. He was signed by Italian side Internazionale in 2008 for €4 million and subsequently loaned back to Vasco, where he became a key player. He made his debut for Internazionale in 2010 and was seen as the "future of Inter", but struggled to establish himself in the first team and was loaned to Spanish club Espanyol in 2012.
In January 2013, he was signed by English team Liverpool for £8.5 million. He flourished at Anfield; his combination of vision, passing, dribbling and long-range strikes earned him the nickname Little Magician from Liverpool fans and teammates. After he was named in the 2015 PFA Team of the Year, Brazilian legend Pelé tipped Coutinho for a "great future".
Coutinho made his senior debut for Brazil in 2010 at the age of 18. He has since made over 20 appearances and represented the nation at the 2015 Copa América and the Copa América Centenario.
The third and youngest son of Esmerelda Coutinho and architect José Carlos Correia, Coutinho was born on 12 June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, weighing 3.1 kg (6 lbs 10 oz) as a newborn. He was raised in Rio's northern Rocha district between an old shanty town and industrial warehouses.
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