João Moutinho
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| João Moutinho | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho | |
| Date of birth | 8 September 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Portimão, Portugal | |
| Height | 170cm | |
| Nickname | Baixinho, | |
| Position | Midfeild,CAM,RM | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sporting Clube de Portugal | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Sporting Lisbon B | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2005-Present |
Sporting Lisbon |
38 (8) |
| National team** | ||
| 2006- | Portugal | 5 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho, or simply João Moutinho (pron. IPA: [ʒu.'ɐ̃w̃ mo.'ti.ɲu] or /mow.'ti.ɲu/; born on September 8, 1986 in Portimão) is a promising star of the Portuguese football (soccer) playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Although small in stature at 5'7" and 61 kg he lacks nothing in talent and spirit. His great performances against Feyenoord Rotterdam and Newcastle United, made him famous around Europe, and he is one of Sportings crowd favourites and top young players since Cristiano Ronaldo.
In an award show at the end of his debut season 2004-05 Moutinho was awarded "Rookie of the Year" and "Best Midfielder" in Portugal by a poll of the countries several newspapers. The youngster is under contract to Sporting Lisbon until 2010 with a 20 million buyout clause.
A Portugal international player at the age of 18, he made his debut with Portugal's shirt against Russia in the World Cup's Qualyfing. He has continued to play with the Portugal number 28 shirt in a friendly against Denmark and Portugal's first Euro 2008 qualifying game against Iceland, which ended in a draw.
[edit] Trivia
- João Moutinho is one of Sporting's favourites. He has a special song for him and it goes like this "Ele é o 28, ele é baixinho, João Moutinho, João Moutinho" (He's number 28, he is short... João Moutinho, João Moutinho!)
| Sporting Clube de Portugal - Current Squad |
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1 Ricardo | 4 Polga | 8 Ronny | 10 C. Martins | 11 Tello | 12 Caneira | 13 Tonel | 15 M. Garcia | 16 Tiago | 18 Nani | 19 Alecsandro | 20 Y. Djaló | 21 P. Farnerud | 22 R. Patrício | 24 M. Veloso | 27 Custódio | 28 Moutinho | 30 Romagnoli | 31 Liédson | 34 J. Alves | 76 Paredes | 78 Abel | 80 Bueno | Manager: P. Bento |
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