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Paulo Sousa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paulo Sousa

Personal information
Full name Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa
Date of birth 30 August 1970 (age 42)
Place of birth Viseu, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club Maccabi Tel Aviv (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 Inter Milan 31 (0)
2000 → Parma (loan) 8 (0)
2000–2001 Panathinaikos 10 (0)
2002 Espanyol 9 (0)
Total 257 (5)
National team
1989 Portugal U20 2 (0)
1989–1991 Portugal U21 8 (1)
1991–2002 Portugal 51 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 Portugal U16
2008–2009 Queens Park Rangers
2009–2010 Swansea City
2010 Leicester City
2011–2013 Videoton
2013– Maccabi Tel Aviv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈsowzɐ]; born 30 August 1970) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.
He was a member of the “Portuguese Golden Generation”.[1] Starting his career at Benfica, he also represented Sporting in his country, in a five-year career, and appeared with the national team in one World Cup and two European Championships, gaining more than 50 caps in 11 years.
From there onwards Sousa played namely in Italy and in Germany, twice winning the UEFA Champions League, with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund, his later career being severely hindered by injuries.
In the late 2000s he took up coaching, managing several clubs in England and Wales.
Contents [hide]
1 Playing career
1.1 Portugal
1.2 Abroad
1.3 International career
2 Managerial career
2.1 Portuguese national team
2.2 Queens Park Rangers
2.3 Swansea City
2.4 Leicester City
2.5 Videoton
2.6 Maccabi Tel Aviv
3 Honours
3.1 Player
3.1.1 Club
3.1.2 Country
3.2 Manager
4 Statistics
4.1 Club
4.2 International
5 Managerial stats
6 References
7 External links
Playing career[edit]

Portugal[edit]
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 seasons later.[2]
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 Bulgarian Krassimir Balakov in midfield, as the Lions came out empty in silverware, he moved to Juventus FC.
Abroad[edit]
Sousa played for the Turin side for two seasons, leading it to the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League title.[2] He also won the previous year's Serie A, adding that year the domestic cup and supercups, also finishing as runner-up in the 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.
Sousa moved from Dortmund back to Italy to play for Inter Milan, and eventually retired in the 2002 summer at the age of 31, after playing briefly for Parma FC (loan),[3] Panathinaikos F.C. and RCD Espanyol.[2]
International career[edit]
A member of the Portugal squad that won the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship,[4] 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 shortly before the latter competition, a 2–0 friendly win over China.
Managerial career[edit]

Portuguese national team[edit]
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[edit]
On 19 November 2008, Sousa was appointed head coach of Championship team Queens Park Rangers.[5] 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.[6]
Swansea City[edit]
Following Roberto Martínez's move to Wigan Athletic, Sousa was offered the role as Swansea City manager on 18 June 2009.[7] He verbally accepted the deal, signing a three-year contract, and was officially appointed on the 23rd.[8]
During the league campaign, Sousa led Swansea to its highest league finish for 27 years (7th), just outside the play-offs.[9] On 4 July 2010 he departed the club by mutual consent, set to take the vacant managerial post at Leicester City.[10]
Leicester City[edit]
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".[11]
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.[12]
Videoton[edit]
On 15 May 2011, Sousa signed a three-year contract with newly-crowned Hungarian champions Videoton FC.[13] He made his official debut in the Champions League qualifying round against Austria's SK Sturm Graz, in a 0–2 away loss,[14] followed by an insufficient 3–2 home win.[15]
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".[16]
On 7 January 2013, Videoton announced that they had agreed to terminate Sousa's contract due to family reasons.[17] That same day, it was reported that he would become the new manager of the New York Red Bulls,[18] but nothing came of it.
Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]
On 12 June 2013, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. officially appointed Sousa as its head coach.[19]
Honours[edit]

Player[edit]
Club[edit]
Benfica
Portuguese Supercup: 1989
Portuguese League: 1990–91
Portuguese Cup: 1992–93
Juventus
UEFA Champions League: 1995–96
Italian League: 1994–95
Italian Cup: 1994–95
Italian Supercup: 1995
Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
Intercontinental Cup: 1997
German Supercup: 1996
Country[edit]
FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989
UEFA European Football Championship: Third-place 2000
Manager[edit]
Hungarian League Cup: 2011–12
Hungarian Super Cup: 2011, 2012
Statistics[edit]

Club[edit]
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 Inter Milan Serie A 11 0
1998/99 10 0
1999/00 10 0
1999/00 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[edit]
Portugal national team
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 stats[edit]

As of 7 January 2012
Team Nat. From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
Queens Park Rangers 19 November 2008 9 April 2009 26 7 12 7 23 24 −1 26.9
Swansea City 23 June 2009 4 July 2010 49 18 18 13 45 39 +6 36.7
Leicester City 7 July 2010 1 October 2010 12 4 2 6 18 27 −9 33.3
Videoton 1 June 2011 7 January 2013 88 52 17 19 140 63 +77 59.1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 June 2013 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 —
Total 175 81 49 45 226 153 +73 46.3
References[edit]

^ "QPR happy to gamble on Sousa". ESPN Soccernet. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
^ a b c d e "Paulo Sousa: In profile". Queens Park Rangers. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ Capone, Antonello; Laudisa, Carlo (1 February 2000). "Inter Parma, scambio Sousa Serena". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2013.
^ Paulo Sousa – FIFA competition record
^ "Sousa is new QPR first team coach". BBC Sport. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
^ "QPR axe Sousa after just 26 games". BBC Sport. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
^ "Sousa to be named Swans manager". South Wales Evening Post. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
^ "Swansea unveil new manager Sousa". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
^ Paulo Sousa backed to succeed as new manager of Leicester City; This Is Leicestershire, 6 July 2010
^ Paulo Sousa departs as Swansea City manager; BBC Sport, 5 July 2010
^ "Paulo Sousa confirmed as Leicester City boss". BBC Sport. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
^ "Leicester City sack manager Paulo Sousa". BBC Sport. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Paulo Sousa appointed Videoton coach". UEFA.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "Sturm strike late to leave Videoton facing uphill task". UEFA.com. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ "Sturm go through after stern test in Hungary". UEFA.com. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ "Paulo Sousa: "A továbbjutás volt a legszebb születésnapi ajándék"" (in Hungarian). Videoton FC. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "Paulo Sousa is leaving Videoton FC as manager". Videoton FC. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
^ "Paulo Sousa abandona Videoton e está a caminho dos EUA" [Paulo Sousa leaves Videoton, is on his way to the USA] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
^ "Paulo Sousa appointed as head coach". Maccabi's official website. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013
 


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Paulo Sousa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paulo Sousa

Personal information
Full name Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa
Date of birth 30 August 1970 (age 42)
Place of birth Viseu, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club Maccabi Tel Aviv (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 Inter Milan 31 (0)
2000 → Parma (loan) 8 (0)
2000–2001 Panathinaikos 10 (0)
2002 Espanyol 9 (0)
Total 257 (5)
National team
1989 Portugal U20 2 (0)
1989–1991 Portugal U21 8 (1)
1991–2002 Portugal 51 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 Portugal U16
2008–2009 Queens Park Rangers
2009–2010 Swansea City
2010 Leicester City
2011–2013 Videoton
2013– Maccabi Tel Aviv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈsowzɐ]; born 30 August 1970) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.
He was a member of the “Portuguese Golden Generation”.[1] Starting his career at Benfica, he also represented Sporting in his country, in a five-year career, and appeared with the national team in one World Cup and two European Championships, gaining more than 50 caps in 11 years.
From there onwards Sousa played namely in Italy and in Germany, twice winning the UEFA Champions League, with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund, his later career being severely hindered by injuries.
In the late 2000s he took up coaching, managing several clubs in England and Wales.
Contents [hide]
1 Playing career
1.1 Portugal
1.2 Abroad
1.3 International career
2 Managerial career
2.1 Portuguese national team
2.2 Queens Park Rangers
2.3 Swansea City
2.4 Leicester City
2.5 Videoton
2.6 Maccabi Tel Aviv
3 Honours
3.1 Player
3.1.1 Club
3.1.2 Country
3.2 Manager
4 Statistics
4.1 Club
4.2 International
5 Managerial stats
6 References
7 External links
Playing career[edit]

Portugal[edit]
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 seasons later.[2]
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 Bulgarian Krassimir Balakov in midfield, as the Lions came out empty in silverware, he moved to Juventus FC.
Abroad[edit]
Sousa played for the Turin side for two seasons, leading it to the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League title.[2] He also won the previous year's Serie A, adding that year the domestic cup and supercups, also finishing as runner-up in the 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.
Sousa moved from Dortmund back to Italy to play for Inter Milan, and eventually retired in the 2002 summer at the age of 31, after playing briefly for Parma FC (loan),[3] Panathinaikos F.C. and RCD Espanyol.[2]
International career[edit]
A member of the Portugal squad that won the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship,[4] 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 shortly before the latter competition, a 2–0 friendly win over China.
Managerial career[edit]

Portuguese national team[edit]
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[edit]
On 19 November 2008, Sousa was appointed head coach of Championship team Queens Park Rangers.[5] 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.[6]
Swansea City[edit]
Following Roberto Martínez's move to Wigan Athletic, Sousa was offered the role as Swansea City manager on 18 June 2009.[7] He verbally accepted the deal, signing a three-year contract, and was officially appointed on the 23rd.[8]
During the league campaign, Sousa led Swansea to its highest league finish for 27 years (7th), just outside the play-offs.[9] On 4 July 2010 he departed the club by mutual consent, set to take the vacant managerial post at Leicester City.[10]
Leicester City[edit]
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".[11]
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.[12]
Videoton[edit]
On 15 May 2011, Sousa signed a three-year contract with newly-crowned Hungarian champions Videoton FC.[13] He made his official debut in the Champions League qualifying round against Austria's SK Sturm Graz, in a 0–2 away loss,[14] followed by an insufficient 3–2 home win.[15]
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".[16]
On 7 January 2013, Videoton announced that they had agreed to terminate Sousa's contract due to family reasons.[17] That same day, it was reported that he would become the new manager of the New York Red Bulls,[18] but nothing came of it.
Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]
On 12 June 2013, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. officially appointed Sousa as its head coach.[19]
Honours[edit]

Player[edit]
Club[edit]
Benfica
Portuguese Supercup: 1989
Portuguese League: 1990–91
Portuguese Cup: 1992–93
Juventus
UEFA Champions League: 1995–96
Italian League: 1994–95
Italian Cup: 1994–95
Italian Supercup: 1995
Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
Intercontinental Cup: 1997
German Supercup: 1996
Country[edit]
FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989
UEFA European Football Championship: Third-place 2000
Manager[edit]
Hungarian League Cup: 2011–12
Hungarian Super Cup: 2011, 2012
Statistics[edit]

Club[edit]
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 Inter Milan Serie A 11 0
1998/99 10 0
1999/00 10 0
1999/00 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[edit]
Portugal national team
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 stats[edit]

As of 7 January 2012
Team Nat. From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
Queens Park Rangers 19 November 2008 9 April 2009 26 7 12 7 23 24 −1 26.9
Swansea City 23 June 2009 4 July 2010 49 18 18 13 45 39 +6 36.7
Leicester City 7 July 2010 1 October 2010 12 4 2 6 18 27 −9 33.3
Videoton 1 June 2011 7 January 2013 88 52 17 19 140 63 +77 59.1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 June 2013 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 —
Total 175 81 49 45 226 153 +73 46.3
References[edit]

^ "QPR happy to gamble on Sousa". ESPN Soccernet. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
^ a b c d e "Paulo Sousa: In profile". Queens Park Rangers. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ Capone, Antonello; Laudisa, Carlo (1 February 2000). "Inter Parma, scambio Sousa Serena". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2013.
^ Paulo Sousa – FIFA competition record
^ "Sousa is new QPR first team coach". BBC Sport. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
^ "QPR axe Sousa after just 26 games". BBC Sport. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
^ "Sousa to be named Swans manager". South Wales Evening Post. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
^ "Swansea unveil new manager Sousa". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
^ Paulo Sousa backed to succeed as new manager of Leicester City; This Is Leicestershire, 6 July 2010
^ Paulo Sousa departs as Swansea City manager; BBC Sport, 5 July 2010
^ "Paulo Sousa confirmed as Leicester City boss". BBC Sport. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
^ "Leicester City sack manager Paulo Sousa". BBC Sport. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Paulo Sousa appointed Videoton coach". UEFA.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "Sturm strike late to leave Videoton facing uphill task". UEFA.com. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ "Sturm go through after stern test in Hungary". UEFA.com. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ "Paulo Sousa: "A továbbjutás volt a legszebb születésnapi ajándék"" (in Hungarian). Videoton FC. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "Paulo Sousa is leaving Videoton FC as manager". Videoton FC. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
^ "Paulo Sousa abandona Videoton e está a caminho dos EUA" [Paulo Sousa leaves Videoton, is on his way to the USA] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
^ "Paulo Sousa appointed as head coach". Maccabi's official website. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013

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I teach Jordi Cruffs son and this last week Jordi himself has been coming to pick his son up each day. Tomorrow I will ask him what he knows about this.
 


Jbanged

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So, he told me today that he wanted Paolo Sousa and had been trying to keep it under the radar so he could get him on the cheap. Now it's not going to happen for him. I also asked about óscar, he didn't say too much about him. Only that he is good friends with him and hopes the best for him.
 



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