Bruno Coutinho (footballer, born 1969) explained

Bruno Coutinho
Birth Date:	1969 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Panjim, Goa, India
Position:	Forward
Clubs1:	Salgaocar
Clubs2:	Dempo
Nationalteam1:	India

Bruno Coutinho (born 6 October 1969) is an Indian former football player.^[1] He spent most of his club career in Salgaocar FC.^[2] Coutinho is a recipient of the Arjuna Award in 2001, a national Indian award for excellence in sport.

Early life

Coutinho studied in Monte De Guirim, where he was recognized by coach Paul Raj. He played his first game against school rivals ST. Pilar, scoring three goals and winning the Subroto Mukerjee Cup Football Tournament for U17.

Club career

Coutinho has also been a former Indian football captain. His much-watched career has spanned nearly a decade-and-half. He first played for India at a school tournament at Brunei in 1987. Joining the prominent Goan team Dempo SC in 1988, he moved to another prominent mining-linked Salgaocar team in 1987.

Bruno is credited with helping Salgaocar win the Federation Cup in 1987, the Rovers Cup in 1989 and 1996, the Taca Goa in 1989 and the 1998 National Football League in India. Coutinho was the All India Football Federation player of the year when he played for Salgaocar Sports Club of Goa in the year 1996.^[3]

2002 club transfer

In August 2002 it was reported that Coutinho was transferring from his traditional Salgaocar Sports Club to the Vasco Sports Club. Both clubs are located in Goa. In 2003 he became a coach.

International career

Coutinho has been called a "diminutive striker". His international debut came in 1989–90, and his last match for India was in the Millennium Cup in 2001. Among Coutinho's other achievements are representing India in the President's Cup in 1989 in Dhaka, heading the Indian Under-23 team for the 1991 pre-Olympics, for the SAF Games in 1995 and 1996 and the Asia Cup in Malaysia.

Personal life

Coutinho is married and has two children, and also a brother Jeronimo Coutinho who runs a sports bar in Goa called J29.

Honours

India

SAFF Championship

1997, 1999; runner-up: 1995

South Asian Games Gold medal: 1995; Bronze medal: 1999

Salgaocar

Federation Cup

1997

Individual

AIFF Player of the Year: 1996^[4] ^[5]
Arjuna Award: 2001^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Strack-Zimmermann. Benjamin. Bruno Coutinho. 2022-07-11. www.national-football-teams.com. 19 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019064816/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13820/Bruno_Coutinho.html. live.
Web site: After 67 yrs, iconic Salgaocar FC hangs up its sr boots. Marcus. Mergulhao. 29 June 2023. 28 June 2023. 28 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230628072226/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/after-67-yrs-iconic-salgaocar-fc-hangs-up-its-sr-boots/articleshow/101325555.cms?from=mdr. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Panaji. TNN.
News: Honour for Bruno . 25 October 2018 . The Indian Express . 29 December 1996 . https://web.archive.org/web/19970423004212/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19961229/36450652.html . 23 April 1997.
Web site: Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year . the-aiff.com . 24 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227132308/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7722 . 27 December 2016 . dead .
News: All India Football Federation Awards: Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi win Player of the Year Trophy . 26 September 2020 . . 14 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926234124/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/all-india-football-federation-awards-sunil-chhetri-and-bala-devi-win-player-of-the-year-trophy-240310-2015-02-14 . 26 September 2020 . live .
Web site: LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm#Football. 25 December 2007. 25 December 2007. yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Web site: List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 12 September 2020. dmy-all. 18 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200718084523/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf.
Web site: National Award winning Footballers. indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Arunava. Chaudhuri. 2000. 25 January 2019. 1 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001123849/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nationalawards.html. dead.