Douglas Coutinho
Douglas Coutinho Gomes de Souza (born 8 February 1994 in Volta Redonda[1]) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Thep Xanh Nam Dinh after spells in Brazil, Portugal, Korea, and the UAE.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Douglas Coutinho Gomes de Souza | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Volta Redonda, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2019 | Atlético Paranaense | 89 | (23) |
| 2016 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2016 | → Braga (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Ceará (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 2018 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Seoul E-Land FC | 18 | (8) |
| 2020–2021 | Operário Ferroviário | 40 | (9) |
| 2021 | → Al-Fujairah (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2021 | Vila Nova | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Thép Xanh Nam Định | 9 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023 | |||
A Cruzeiro and Atletico Paranaense product, Douglas Coutinho broke into the first team with Atletico Paranaense in the 2013 season, regularly appearing in Atletico's 2013 and 2014 campaigns. Following a reduced role in Atletico's 2015 campaign, Douglas Coutinho was loaned twice in 2016 to Cruzeiro and SC Braga. After making 33 appearances for Atletico-PR in the 2017 season, Coutinho was loaned again to Ceará and second division side Fortaleza in 2018 before finding more success on a 2019 loan to Korean second-division side Seoul E-Land, where he scored nine goals. Douglas Coutinho moved to second division Brazilian side Operario Ferroviario in January 2020 on a yet another loan made permanent that July on a free transfer. Following a loan to Emirati side Al-Fujairah, Coutinho moved on a free transfer to Vila Nova, before being released some weeks later on September 29, 2021.
Coutinho found stability at Londrina in the Brazilian Serie B in the 2022 season, starting a career-high 31 league games and all but one of Londrina's 12 matches in a Parana championship run cut short by his old club Atletico Paranaense in the quarterfinals, but transferred to Tapajos on a free on January 1 2023, who immediately loaned him to Campeonato Paulista side Ferroviaria for three months before he transferred back to Londrina on April 3 2023, who released him on April 29 2023.
Douglas Coutinho joined Vietnamese side Nam Dinh FC on June 12 2023.
Career statistics
- As of 16 June 2023
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético-PR | 2013 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 |
| 2014 | Serie A | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 7 | |
| 2015 | Serie A | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Cruzeiro (loan) | 2016 | Serie A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | ||
| SC Braga (loan) | 2016-17 | Liga NOS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Atletico-PR | 2017 | Serie A | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Ceará (loan) | 2018 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||||||
| Fortaleza (loan) | 2018 | Serie B | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Seoul E-Land (loan) | 2019 | K-League 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 115 | 26 | ||
| Operario-PR | 2020 | Serie B | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 9 | ||
| Al-Fujairah (loan) | 2020-1 | UAE Pro League | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
| Vila Nova | 2021 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Londrina | 2022 | Serie B | 34 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 11 | ||
| Tapajos (PR) | 2023 | Paranaense | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ferroviaria | 2023 | Paulistao A1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Nam Dinh FC | 2023 | V.League 1 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 192 | 35 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 291 | 68 | ||