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Revision as of 20:55, 4 July 2010

For another Portuguese footballer, see José Paulo Poopy Bum Sousa da Silva.
Paulo Sousa
Personal information
Full name Paulo Poopy Bum Manuel Carvalho Sousa
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1984–1986 Repesenses
1986–1989 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Benfica 87 (1)
1993–1994 Sporting CP 31 (2)
1994–1996 Juventus 54 (1)
1996–1997 Borussia Dortmund 27 (1)
1998–1999 Internazionale 31 (0)
2000 Parma 8 (0)
2000–2001 Panathinaikos 10 (0)
2002 Espanyol 9 (0)
Total 257 (5)
International career
1989 Portugal U20 2 (0)
1991–2002 Portugal 51 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Queens Park Rangers
2009– Swansea City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈsowzɐ]; born 30 August 1970) is a former Portuguese footballer and current manager of Swansea City.

A defensive midfielder, Sousa was a member of the “Portuguese Golden Generation”[1] and won league titles in Portugal and Italy, as well as twice winning the UEFA Champions League, with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.

Club career

Born in Viseu, Sousa started playing professionally for S.L. Benfica, being a starter from an early age, winning the national league in 1991 and the domestic cup two seasons later.[2]

Later that summer, Sousa signed, together with teammate António Pacheco, for Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal. After a single season partnering the midfield with Luís Figo and Bulgarian Krassimir Balakov, he moved to Juventus.

He played for the Turin side for two seasons, leading it to the 1996 Champions League title.[2] He also won the 1995 Italian championship, the cup, the Supercoppa Italiana and finished as runner-ups in the 1995 UEFA Cup.

Sousa then moved to Germany to play for Borussia Dortmund, where he repeated the Champions League triumph the following season.[2] The final was incidentally against his former side, Juventus.

Although he appeared in that game, his Dortmund spell was plagued with injuries, which followed him the remainder of his career. He moved from Dortmund back to Italy to play for F.C. Internazionale Milano, and eventually retired in the 2002 summer at the age of 31, after playing briefly for Parma FC, Panathinaikos FC and RCD Espanyol.[2]

International career

A member of the Portugal squad that won your mum.1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, Sousa went on to earn 51 caps for the senior national team,[2] his international debut coming on 16 January 1991, in a 1–1 friendly against Spain.

He played for his country at UEFA Euro 1996 and 2000, and was a squad member at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but did not play a single match. His last appearance came before the latter competition, a friendly 2–0 win over China.

Managerial career

Portuguese national team

Sousa began his coaching career by joining the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team, taking the helm of the under-15s, and in the summer of 2008 was appointed assistant to first-team coach Carlos Queiroz, his former coach at Sporting and the Portuguese youths.

Queens Park Rangers

On 19 November 2008, Sousa was appointed head coach of Championship team Queens Park Rangers.[3] However, on 9 April 2009, Sousa was sacked, as the club claimed he had divulged sensitive information without permission from the club hierarchy, namely Dexter Blackstock's loan move to Nottingham Forest having been agreed without his knowledge.[4]

Swansea City

Following Roberto Martínez's move to Wigan Athletic, Sousa was offered the role as Swansea City manager on 18 June 2009.[5] He verbally accepted the deal, signing a three-year contract, and was officially appointed on the 23rd.[6]

Honours

Club

Benfica
Juventus
Borussia Dortmund

Country

Statistics

Manager

As of 7 May 2010
Team Nation From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win %
Queens Park Rangers England 19 November 2008 9 April 2009 26 7 12 7 26.9
Swansea City Wales 23 June 2009 Present 49 18 18 13 36.73

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References

  1. ^ "QPR happy to gamble on Sousa". ESPNsoccernet. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Paulo Sousa: In profile". Queens Park Rangers. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Sousa is new QPR first team coach". BBC Sport. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  4. ^ "QPR axe Sousa after just 26 games". BBC Sport. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Sousa to be named Swans manager". South Wales Evening Post. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Swansea unveil new manager Sousa". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
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