Paulo Sousa
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Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa, CavIH (born August 30, 1970 in Viseu; pron. IPA: ['paulu 'so(ou)zɐ]) is a former Portuguese football (soccer) defensive midfielder.
On the club level, Paulo Sousa played for Benfica (1989-93), Sporting Lisbon (1993-94), Juventus (1994-96), Borussia Dortmund (1996-98), Inter Milan (1998-99), Parma (2000), Panathinaikos (2000-01) and Espanyol (2002). He won the Champions League twice, with Juventus in 1996 and Dortmund in 1997. A member of the highly-touted squad that won the 1989 World Youth Championship, Paulo Sousa went on to earn 51 caps for the Portuguese national team, since his debut, in a 16 January 1991 friendly match with Spain (1-1) to his last appearance game, in a friendly match with China (2-0), in 2002. He played for his country at Euro 96 and Euro 2000, and was a squad member at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but did not play a game. Having suffered several serious injuries in his career, he retired soon after, aged only 31. He is now one of the assistant coaches for the Portuguese National Team.
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Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Baía | 2 J. Costa | 3 Xavier | 4 Caneira | 5 Couto | 6 Sousa | 7 Figo | 8 Pinto | 9 Pauleta | 10 Rui Costa | 11 Conceição | 12 Viana | 13 Andrade | 14 Barbosa | 15 Nélson | 16 Ricardo | 17 Bento | 18 Frechaut | 19 Capucho | 20 Petit | 21 Nuno Gomes | 22 Beto | 23 Rui Jorge | Coach: Oliveira |
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