Carla Couto

Portuguese former football striker

Carla Sofia Basilio Couto is a Portuguese former football striker who played for several clubs in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. In season 2011–12 she represented SS Lazio in Italy's Serie A.^[1][2]

A member of the Portugal national team since 1993,^[3] Couto retired from the national team in July 2012. She scored 29 goals in her record 145 caps.^[4]

Couto retired from football in 2014, after two seasons with Valadares Gaia. She spent a total of 14 years with 1º Dezembro and won 11 League titles and six Portuguese Women's Cups.^[5]

References

1. Carla Couto wants to "dignify the name of Portugal"^{[permanent dead link]} Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
2. Statistics in Soccerway
3. Profile in UEFA's website
4. "Carla Couto despede-se da seleção feminina com recorde". Futebol365.pt (in Portuguese). 1 August 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.^{[dead link]}
5. Caetano, Filipe (11 June 2014). "Carla Couto pendurou as chuteiras, mas não vai deixar o futebol" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

External links

Carla Couto – FIFA competition record (archived)

• Profile at Portal Futebol Feminino em Portugal (Portuguese)