João Moutinho

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João Moutinho
Personal information
Full name:	João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho
Date of birth:	8 September 1986 (1986-09-08)
Place of birth:	Barreiro, Portugal
Height:	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position:	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Braga
Number:	28
Youth clubs
1996–2000 2000–2004	Portimonense Sporting CP
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2003–2004 2005–2010 2010–2013 2013–2018 2018–2023 2023–	Sporting CP B Sporting CP Porto Monaco Wolverhampton Wanderers Braga	030 00(1) 163 0(21) 083 00(4) 158 00(9) 175 00(5) 000 00(0)
National team
2003 2004 2004 2005–2007 2005–	Portugal U17 Portugal U18 Portugal U19 Portugal U21 Portugal	015 00(0) 005 00(0) 004 00(1) 017 00(2) 146 00(7)

João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Braga and the Portugal national team. Mainly a central midfielder he can also operate as a defensive or attacking midfielder, and on either flank.

He started his professional career with Sporting, moving in 2010 to Porto and winning 12 major titles between the two clubs combined. Three years later, he transferred to Monaco for €25 million, conquering the Ligue 1 championship in the 2016–17 season; in 2018, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, playing 212 total games before being released in 2023 and joining Braga.

Moutinho represented the Portugal national team at four European Championships, one UEFA Nations League finals and two FIFA World Cups, winning the 2016 and 2019 editions of each of the former two tournaments.

Honours

Clubs

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2006–07, 2007–08
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2007, 2008
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2004–05
• Taça da Liga runner-up: 2007–08, 2008–09

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Taça de Portugal: 2010–11
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2010, 2011, 2012
• UEFA Europa League: 2010–11
• Taça da Liga runner-up: 2012–13
• UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2011

Monaco

• Ligue 1: 2016–17
• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18

International

Portugal

• UEFA European Championship: 2016
• UEFA Nations League: 2018–19
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2017

Portugal U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2003

Individual

• SJPF Player of the Month: April 2005
• SJPF Young Player of the Month: October 2006, November 2006, October 2007, November 2007, February 2008, March 2008
• Porto Player of the Year: 2012–13
• Wolverhampton Wanderers' Player of the Season: 2018–19

Orders

• Commander of the Order of Merit

External links

• João Moutinho profile at ForaDeJogo
• João Moutinho at National-Football-Teams.com
• João Moutinho FIFA competition record

Template:S.C. Braga squad

Portugal – UEFA Euro 2008

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Portugal – UEFA Euro 2012 – Semi-Finals

1. Eduardo 2. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Veloso 5. Coentrão 6. Custódio 7. Ronaldo (c) 8. Moutinho 9. H. Almeida 10. Quaresma 11. N. Oliveira 12. Patrício 13. R. Costa 14. Rolando 15. Micael 16. Meireles 17. Nani 18. Varela 19. M. Lopes 20. Viana 21. J. Pereira 22. Beto 23. Postiga Manager:   Paulo Bento

Portugal – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Eduardo 2. B. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Veloso 5. Coentrão 6. William 7. C. Ronaldo (c) 8. Moutinho 9. H. Almeida 10. Vieirinha 11. Éder 12. Patrício 13. Costa 14. Neto 15. Rafa 16. Meireles 17. Nani 18. Varela 19. A. Almeida 20. Amorim 21. Pereira 22. Beto 23. H. Postiga Manager:   Paulo Bento

Portugal – UEFA Euro 2016 – Winners

1. Patrício 2. B. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Fonte 5. Guerreiro 6. Carvalho 7. C. Ronaldo 8. Moutinho 9. Éder 10. J. Mário 11. Vieirinha 12. Lopes 13. Danilo 14. William 15. Gomes 16. Sanches 17. Nani 18. Rafa 19. Eliseu 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Eduardo 23. Adrien Manager:   Fernando Santos

Portugal – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

1. Patrício 2. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Neto 5. Guerreiro 6. Fonte 7. Ronaldo (c) 8. Moutinho 9. A. Silva 10. B. Silva 11. Semedo 12. Sá 13. Danilo 14. William 15. Gomes 16. Pizzi 17. Nani 18. Gelson 19. Eliseu 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Beto 23. Adrien Manager:   Fernando Santos

Portugal – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Patrício 2. Alves 3. Pepe 4. M. Fernandes 5. Guerreiro 6. Fonte 7. Ronaldo 8. Moutinho 9. A. Silva 10. João Mário 11. B. Silva 12. Lopes 13. Dias 14. William 15. Ricardo 16. B. Fernandes 17. Guedes 18. Gelson 19. Rui 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Beto 23. Adrien Manager:   Fernando Santos

Portugal – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16

1. Patrício 2. Semedo 3. Pepe 4. Rúben Dias 5. Guerreiro 6. Fonte 7. Ronaldo (c) 8. Moutinho 9. A. Silva 10. B. Silva 11. Fernandes 12. Lopes 13. Danilo 14. William 15. Rafa 16. Sanches 17. Guedes 18. Neves 19. Gonçalves 20. Dalot 21. Jota 22. R. Silva 23. Félix 24. Oliveira 25. Mendes 26. Palhinha Manager:   Fernando Santos