Philippe Coutinho
Coutinho in 2012, photo by Maxisports/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Philippe Coutinho Correia
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: 12 June, 1992
Ethnicity: Brazilian [African, Portuguese, Indigenous]
Philippe Coutinho is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Brazil national team. His January 2018 transfer, to Barcelona, for a €142 million record fee, made him then-the third most expensive football player ever.
Philippe is the son of Esmerelda Coutinho and architect José Carlos Correia. He is married to Ainê, with whom he has three children. He also has a Portuguese passport.
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In January 2018, Coutinho transferred to Barcelona for a €142 million record fee, making him the third most expensive football player ever.
He has moved (on loan) to Bayern Munich.
correction: The tag for ‘Brazilian-Portuguese’ should be ‘Portuguese-Brazilian’ instead.
Correction: It should say Brazilian [African, Portuguese, Indigenous, possibly other] instead.
How do you know that. I think he is at least 70/80% Portuguese/European.
Most Brazilians are multiracial and he most likely has more than just Portuguese in his roots.
_ he most likely has more than just Portuguese in his roots.
_ yes, sir.
« 70/80% Portuguese/European » and how do YOU know that ?
Both of his parents are obviously mixed race, pardos : https://goo.gl/images/WazzCe
https://goo.gl/images/goSDDj
So yeah, Mixed Kidd is right, he is Brazilian of Portuguese, African and Indigenous descent
His father is unlikely a “pardo”, he phenotypically looks to be mostly of Portuguese descent while his mother is clearly mixed-race/mulatta.
Considering that pardos have genetically strong European admixture, to say he has around 70% European genes is not a bad option