Paulo Sousa

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Carvalho and the second or paternal family name is Sousa.

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Paulo Sousa
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Sousa in 2014
Personal information
Full name Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa
Date of birth (1970-08-30) 30 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Viseu, Portugal
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina (coach)
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)
1998–2000 Internazionale 31 (0)
2000 → Parma (loan) 8 (0)
2000–2001 Panathinaikos 10 (0)
2002 Espanyol 9 (0)
Total 257 (5)
International career
1989 Portugal U20 2 (0)
1989–1991 Portugal U21 9 (1)
1991–2002 Portugal 52 (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– Fiorentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈso(w)zɐ]; born 30 August 1970) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current coach of Italian club ACF Fiorentina.

He was a member of the "Portuguese Golden Generation".[1] Starting his career at Benfica, he also represented Sporting in his country where he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 117 games and six goals in five years, and appeared with the national team in one World Cup and two European Championships.

From there onwards Sousa competed mainly in Italy and in Germany, winning the Champions League with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund and the Intercontinental Cup with the latter. His later career was severely hindered by injuries.[2]

In the late 2000s Sousa took up coaching, managing several clubs in England, Wales and other countries and winning national championships with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Basel.

Playing career

Portugal

Born in Viseu, Sousa started playing professionally for S.L. Benfica, being a starter from an early age, winning the national championship in 1991 and the domestic cup two years later.[3]

Later that summer, Sousa signed, together with teammate António Pacheco, for Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal. After a single season, where he partnered Luís Figo and Krassimir Balakov in midfield and the Lions came out empty in silverware, he joined Juventus FC.

Abroad

Sousa played for the Turin side for two seasons, leading it to the 1995–96 conquest of the UEFA Champions League.[3] He also won the previous year's Serie A, adding that year the domestic cup and supercups and also finishing as runner-up in the UEFA Cup.[2]

Sousa then moved to Germany to play for Borussia Dortmund, where he repeated the Champions League triumph the following season.[3] The final was against his former club Juventus and, although he appeared in that game, his Dortmund spell was plagued with injuries, which followed him the remainder of his career.[2]

Sousa subsequently returned to Italy to play for Internazionale, and eventually retired in the 2002 summer at the age of 31, after briefly representing Parma FC (loan),[4] Panathinaikos F.C. and RCD Espanyol.[3]

International career

A member of the Portugal squad that won the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship,[5] Sousa went on to earn 51 caps for the senior national team,[3] his international debut coming on 16 January 1991 in a friendly against Spain that ended in a 1–1 draw.[6]

He played for his country at UEFA Euro 1996,[7] and 2000,[6] and was a squad member at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but did not play a single match.[2] His last appearance came shortly before the latter competition, a 2–0 friendly win over China.[8]

Style of play

Although Sousa was not particularly known for his pace, he was a hard-working, intelligent and versatile player, who was effective both offensively and defensively. Although he was usually classified as a hard-tackling defensive midfielder, he also possessed excellent vision and control, and was often deployed as a deep-lying playmaker throughout his career due to his passing accuracy, technique and ability to control the tempo of his teams' play; his playing style drew comparisons with Paulo Roberto Falcão throughout his career.

In addition to his skill and creative abilities, Sousa was also renowned for his leadership.[6][9][10]

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 boss at Sporting and the Portuguese youths.

Queens Park Rangers

On 19 November 2008, Sousa was appointed head coach of Championship team Queens Park Rangers.[11] However, on 9 April 2009, he 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.[12]

Swansea City

Following Roberto Martínez's move to Wigan Athletic, Sousa was offered the role as Swansea City manager on 18 June 2009.[13] He verbally accepted the deal, signing a three-year contract, and was officially appointed on the 23rd.[14]

During the league campaign, Sousa led Swansea to its highest league finish for 27 years (7th), just outside the play-offs.[15] On 4 July 2010 he departed the club by mutual consent, set to take the vacant managerial post at Leicester City.[16]

Leicester City

On 7 July 2010, Sousa became the new manager of Leicester City. Club owner Milan Mandarić stated that he was delighted to "acquire a manager of such great calibre", adding he was "the right man to take our club forward".[17]

On 1 October, after less than three months in charge, Sousa was fired by Leicester, after a poor start to the season, with the team having won only once in his first nine league games.[18]

Videoton

On 15 May 2011, Sousa signed a three-year contract with newly crowned Hungarian champions Videoton FC.[19] He made his official debut in the Champions League qualifying round against Austria's SK Sturm Graz, in a 0–2 away loss,[20] followed by an insufficient 3–2 home win.[21]

On 30 August 2012, the day of his 42nd birthday, Videoton hosted Trabzonspor for the season's Europa League last qualifying round. After the 4–2 penalty shootout win (0–0 after 120 minutes), he stated: "The qualification was the most beautiful birthday of my life".[22]

On 7 January 2013, Videoton announced that they had agreed to terminate Sousa's contract due to family reasons.[23] That same day, it was reported that he would become the new manager of the New York Red Bulls,[24] but nothing came of it.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 12 June 2013, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. officially appointed Sousa as its head coach.[25] He won the Israeli Premier League in his first and only season in charge.

Basel

On 28 May 2014 Sousa changed clubs and countries again, signing a three-year contract with FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.[26] He left on 17 June of the following year, after again winning the national championship.[27]

Fiorentina

On 21 June 2015, Sousa joined Serie A club ACF Fiorentina.[28]

Statistics

Club

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Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Europe Total
1989–90 Benfica Primeira Liga 2 0
1990–91 36 0
1991–92 24 1
1992–93 25 0
1993–94 Sporting Primeira Liga 31 2
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1994–95 Juventus Serie A 26 1
1995–96 28 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1996–97 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 11 1
1997–98 16 0
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1997–98 Internazionale Serie A 11 0
1998–99 10 0
1999–2000 10 0
1999–2000 Parma Serie A 8 0
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2000–01 Panathinaikos Alpha Ethniki 6 0
2001–02 4 0
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
2001–02 Espanyol La Liga 9 0
Country Portugal 118 3
Italy 93 1
Germany 27 1
Greece 10 0
Spain 9 0
Total 257 5

International

Portugal
Year Apps Goals
1991 5 0
1992 0 0
1993 8 0
1994 5 0
1995 6 0
1996 5 0
1997 5 0
1998 2 0
1999 8 0
2000 5 0
2001 2 0
2002 1 0
Total 52 0

Managerial statistics

As of 9 January 2016
Team Nat. From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
Queens Park Rangers England 19 November 2008 9 April 2009 26 7 12 7 23 24 −1 26.9
Swansea City Wales 23 June 2009 4 July 2010 49 18 18 13 45 39 +6 36.7
Leicester City England 7 July 2010 1 October 2010 12 4 2 6 18 27 −9 33.3
Videoton Hungary 1 June 2011 7 January 2013 88 52 17 19 140 63 +77 59.1
Maccabi Tel Aviv[30] Israel 11 June 2013 28 May 2014 49 31 10 8 91 45 +46 63.3
Basel Switzerland 18 June 2014 17 June 2015 50 32 7 11 112 60 +52 64.0
Fiorentina Italy 21 June 2015 Present 26 15 3 8 48 26 +22 57.7
Total 294 154 68 72 463 283 +180 52.4

Honours

Player

Club

Benfica[31]
Juventus[31]
Borussia Dortmund[31]

Country

Manager

Videoton[33]
Maccabi Tel Aviv[33]
Basel[33]

Individual

References

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  15. ↑ Paulo Sousa backed to succeed as new manager of Leicester City; This Is Leicestershire, 6 July 2010
  16. ↑ Paulo Sousa departs as Swansea City manager; BBC Sport, 5 July 2010
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