Player · Portugal · Defender

Fernando Couto

Goals from 24 Feb 1993 to 5 Jun 2004

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Caps: 17
Starts: 15
Minutes: 1,269
Win % when playing: 35.3%
Goals: 6
Matches scored in: 6
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 35th of 171
Yellow cards: 6
Sent off: 0
Longest gap: 6.6 yrs

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiersFriendlies

199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004

Tallest: 2 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 2 · Minute

What the goals did

Extended lead2

Winning goal2

Pulled one back1

Opening goal1

Portugal with and without them

Portugal's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	17	6	5	6	23	21	35.3%
Without them	2	1	1	0	4	2	50%

Played most alongside10


Luis Figo	16
Pedro Miguel Pauleta	14
Manuel Rui Costa	11
Nuno Gomes	10
Sousa Rui Jorge	10
Costinha	9
Nuno Valente	9
Paulo Sergio Conceicao	9
Ricardo	9
Simão	9

Faced most10


Carles Puyol	Spain	3
Iker Casillas	Spain	3
Joaquín	Spain	3
Rubén Baraja	Spain	3
Vicente Rodriguez Guillen	Spain	3
Alan Smith	England	2
Alessandro Birindelli	Italy	2
Arjen Robben	Netherlands	2
Ashley Cole	England	2
Bernardo Corradi	Italy	2

Against6


Bolivia	1	1
Italy	1	1
Liechtenstein	1	1
Lithuania	1	1
Turkey	1	1
Ukraine	1	1

At tournaments4

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup qualification 1996	1	1
UEFA Euro 1996	1	1
UEFA Euro qualification 1994	1	1
FIFA World Cup qualification 1993	1	1

Every goal6


5 Jun 2004	v Lithuania	4–1	4′	—	Opening goal	1–0	Friendly
10 Jun 2003	v Bolivia	4–0	13′	—	Extended lead	2–0	Friendly
9 Nov 1996	v Ukraine	1–0	58′	—	Winning goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1996
14 Jun 1996	v Turkey	1–0	66′	—	Winning goal	1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 · Group stage
18 Dec 1994	v Liechtenstein	8–0	72′	—	Extended lead	5–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1994
24 Feb 1993	v Italy	1–3	56′	—	Pulled one back	1–2	FIFA World Cup qualification 1993

Every match on record23

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


30 Jun 2004	v Netherlands	2–1	came on 87′	3	—	—	UEFA Euro 2004 · Semi-final
20 Jun 2004	v Spain	1–0	came on 85′	5	—	—	UEFA Euro 2004 · Group stage
12 Jun 2004	v Greece	1–2	started	90	—	—	UEFA Euro 2004 · Group stage
5 Jun 2004	v Lithuania	4–1	—	—	1	—	Friendly
31 Mar 2004	v Italy	1–2	started, off 60′	60	—	Yellow	Friendly
18 Feb 2004	v England	1–1	started, off 83′	83	—	—	Friendly
6 Sep 2003	v Spain	0–3	started	90	—	Yellow	Friendly
10 Jun 2003	v Bolivia	4–0	—	—	1	—	Friendly
30 Apr 2003	v Netherlands	1–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
29 Mar 2003	v Brazil	2–1	started	90	—	Yellow	Friendly
12 Feb 2003	v Italy	0–1	started, off 83′	83	—	Yellow	Friendly
20 Nov 2002	v Scotland	2–0	started	90	—	Yellow	Friendly
16 Oct 2002	v Sweden	3–2	started	90	—	—	Friendly
12 Oct 2002	v Tunisia	1–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
7 Sep 2002	v England	1–1	started, off 45′	45	—	—	Friendly
14 Jun 2002	v South Korea	0–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
10 Jun 2002	v Poland	4–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
5 Jun 2002	v United States	2–3	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
13 Feb 2002	v Spain	1–1	started	90	—	Yellow	Friendly
9 Nov 1996	v Ukraine	1–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1996
14 Jun 1996	v Turkey	1–0	—	—	1	—	UEFA Euro 1996 · Group stage
18 Dec 1994	v Liechtenstein	8–0	—	—	1	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1994
24 Feb 1993	v Italy	1–3	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1993

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.