Mauro Couto
{{Short description|Portuguese footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Portuguese name|Meireles|Couto}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mauro Couto
|image =
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|fullname = Mauro Meireles Couto
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|11|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = Paredes, Portugal
|height = 1.70m
|position = Winger
|currentclub = Sporting CP B
|clubnumber = 78
|youthyears1 = 2012–2014
|youthclubs1 = FC Cête
|youthyears2 = 2014–2018
|youthclubs2 = Penafiel
|youthyears3 = 2018–2020
|youthclubs3 = Dragon Force
|youthyears4 = 2020–2021
|youthclubs4 = Padroense
|youthyears5 = 2021–2022
|youthclubs5 = Paços de Ferreira
|years1 = 2022–2024
|clubs1 = Paços de Ferreira
|caps1 = 5
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2023–2024
|clubs2 = →Sporting CP B (loan)
|caps2 = 12
|goals2 = 3
|years3 = 2024–
|clubs3 = Sporting CP B
|caps3 = 15
|goals3 = 2
|years4 = 2024–
|clubs4 = Sporting CP
|caps4 = 1
|goals4 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2023
|nationalteam1 = Portugal U18
|nationalcaps1 = 6
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2023
|nationalteam2 = Portugal U19
|nationalcaps2 = 5
|nationalgoals2 = 1
|nationalyears3 = 2024–
|nationalteam3 = Portugal U20
|nationalcaps3 = 1
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|pcupdate = 21:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
|ntupdate = 21:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
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Mauro Meireles Couto (born 15 November 2005) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP B as a winger.
Career
Couto is a youth product of the academies of FC Cête, Penafiel, Dragon Force, Padroense and Paços de Ferreira.{{Cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sporting/taca-de-portugal/mauro-couto-e-a-estreia-em-alvalade-sonho-realizado-quero-sentir-de-novo|title=Mauro Couto e a estreia em Alvalade: «Sonho realizado, quero sentir de novo»|website=Maisfutebol}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcpf.pt/2023/01/11/mauro-couto-assina-contrato-profissional/|title=Mauro Couto assina contrato profissional - FCPF|date=21 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521205222/https://www.fcpf.pt/2023/01/11/mauro-couto-assina-contrato-profissional/ |archive-date=21 May 2023 }} For the 2023–24 season he was loan to Sporting CP B, and he was formally signed to Sporting on 9 January 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://progressodeparedes.com.pt/mauro-couto-ja-assinou-novo-contrato-e-agora-e-leao-em-definitivo/|title=Mauro Couto já assinou novo contrato e agora é "leão em definitivo"|date=11 January 2024|website=oprogressodePAREDES}}
International career
Couto is a youth international for Portugal. In March 2023, he was first called up to the Portugal U18s for a set of friendlies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imediato.pt/mauro-couto-muito-feliz-com-a-perspetiva-de-se-estrear-na-selecao-nacional-sub18/|title=Mauro Couto "muito feliz" com a perspetiva de se estrear na Seleção Nacional Sub18 - Imediato - Jornal Regional|date=21 March 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|mauro-meireles-couto/864676}}
- [https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/981952/contextId/1619468 FPF Profile]
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Category:Footballers from Paredes, Portugal
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers
Category:F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
Category:Sporting CP footballers
Category:Sporting CP B players
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players