Mauro Couto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Meireles Couto | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Paredes, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP B | ||
| Number | 78 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2014 | FC Cête | ||
| 2014–2018 | Penafiel | ||
| 2018–2020 | Dragon Force | ||
| 2020–2021 | Padroense | ||
| 2021–2022 | Paços de Ferreira | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Paços de Ferreira | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | →Sporting CP B (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2024– | Sporting CP B | 15 | (2) |
| 2024– | Sporting CP | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | Portugal U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Mauro Meireles Couto (born 15 November 2005) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP B as a winger.
Career
[edit]Couto is a youth product of the academies of FC Cête, Penafiel, Dragon Force, Padroense and Paços de Ferreira.[1] He made his senior and professional debut with Paços de Ferreira as a substitute in a 3–2 Primeira Liga loss to Casa Pia on 11 September 2022. On 31 January 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Paços de Ferreira until 2025.[2] For the 2023–24 season he was loan to Sporting CP B, and he was formally signed to Sporting on 9 January 2024.[3]
International career
[edit]Couto is a youth international for Portugal. In March 2023, he was first called up to the Portugal U18s for a set of friendlies.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mauro Couto e a estreia em Alvalade: «Sonho realizado, quero sentir de novo»". Maisfutebol.
- ^ "Mauro Couto assina contrato profissional - FCPF". web.archive.org. 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Mauro Couto já assinou novo contrato e agora é "leão em definitivo"". oprogressodePAREDES. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Mauro Couto "muito feliz" com a perspetiva de se estrear na Seleção Nacional Sub18 - Imediato - Jornal Regional". 21 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Mauro Couto at Soccerway
- FPF Profile
Categories:
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paredes, Portugal
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Sporting CP B players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Men's association football wingers