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João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho ComM ( european portuguese : [ ʒuˈɐ̃w fɨˈlip iˈɾi.ɐ ˈsɐ̃tuʒ molybdenum ( watt ) ˈtĩɲu, ˈʒwɐ̃w – ] ; born 8 September 1986 ) is a portuguese football player who plays as a cardinal midfielder and either defensive or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team. Moutinho began his master 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. Moutinho represented the Portuguese home 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 .

Club career [edit ]

Sporting [edit ]

Moutinho was born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, but his parentage was registered in Portimão, Algarve, where he grew up. [ 4 ] After showing bang-up promise as a boy play for Portimonense SC, he signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal from Lisbon when he turned 13 to continue his football education. [ 5 ] During the 2004–05 pre-season, at only 17 years of age, Moutinho was called by coach José Peseiro to the main team, where he displayed some endowment early on. however, he then returned to the junior team coached by Paulo Bento and featured aboard such players such as Miguel Veloso and Nani, helping the side win the national title that season. In the begin of 2005, Moutinho was called up for a Taça de Portugal match, finally playing 20 minutes against F.C. Pampilhosa, [ 6 ] and made his Primeira Liga debut on 23 January, staying in the entire 3–0 winnings at Gil Vicente F.C. and wearing the # 28 shirt previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 7 ] Based on consistent displays, he wasted no fourth dimension in establishing himself as a regular while being able to play in any position across a flat midfield or in a ball field formation ; his box-to-box vigor and decision promptly made him a firm fan favorite, as he rarely missed a game since becoming first-choice. [ 8 ] Moutinho ‘s performances in the close stages of the campaign, particularly in the UEFA Cup with musician of the match displays against Feyenoord [ 9 ] and Newcastle United [ 10 ] that helped the Lions achieve the final examination of the contest, made him an automatic pistol starter despite his young age ; he contributed with 15 league games as his team finished second and, during the summer, he agreed to a annual extension. [ 11 ]
In his first full season, Moutinho ‘s far progress and exceptional consistency ( he was the alone player to play every hour of every match in the domestic league ) was one of the brightest spots in Sporting ‘s runner-up concluding space. incidentally, he scored his team ‘s final examination goal of the campaign, a 1–0 win over S.C. Braga to ensure a return to UEFA Champions League football for the Lisbon side. [ 12 ] In 2006–07, following the passing of seasoned Ricardo Sá Pinto, Moutinho was made vice-captain at precisely 19 years of age. [ 13 ] The follow season, after Custódio and Ricardo besides left, he would be named captain, the second youthful in the history of the clubhouse ‘s master football, behind first captain and associate founder Francisco Stromp. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] That campaign, with Leandro Romagnoli ( an attacking midfielder ) besides in the start eleven, Moutinho, more often than not, moved from his natural “ behind-the-forwards ” midfield role to the right flank, where he still managed to deliver impressive performances. additionally, he began earning plaudits as one of the league ‘s peak players. In 2008–09, after an abort deal with Premier League ‘s Everton, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Moutinho was again always present, only missing three league matches ( 43 overall appearances ) as Sporting finished once again runner-up ; he besides had the dubious distinction of netting his english ‘s only goal in the Champions League attack of 16 collide against FC Bayern Munich, a 1–12 aggregate personnel casualty. [ 18 ]

porto [edit ]

Moutinho playing for Porto in 2011 On 3 July 2010, Moutinho signed a five-year compress with rivals FC Porto, with the transfer price reaching € 11 million ( €1 million being paid for 50 % of the rights to central defender Nuno André Coelho ) ; additionally, Sporting would receive 25 % of any lend respect ( portuguese : mais valia ) occurring during that fourth dimension frame of reference, provided it surpassed the previous respect. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Sporting Chairman José Eduardo Bettencourt described Moutinho ‘s lead as deplorable and called him a “ icky apple ”, adding : “ The manage was done because Sporting wanted it, because it did not want a decayed apple in its grove, and it did not want person who was not an example, nor dignified the flag of the club. ” [ 21 ] Soon after, Porto sold 37.5 % of the player ‘s economic rights to a one-third party, Mamers BV, for €4,125,000. [ 22 ] Moutinho was an ever-present figure for Porto in his first season. He appeared in 50 official games as the northerners won the league and, even though he did not score in league contest, he netted twice in the campaign ‘s portuguese Cup, most notably in a 3–1 aside win against S.L. Benfica, with his team overcoming the 0–2 home loss in the first stage to reach the final, [ 23 ] in which the player besides appeared, against Vitória de Guimarães ( 6–2 ) ; [ 24 ] he added another 90 minutes in the final examination of the Europa League, and the club won the ternary. [ 25 ] On 3 August 2011, Porto partnered with Soccer Invest Fund to buy back 37.5 % of Moutinho ‘s economic rights. The private investment fund acquired 15 % after the overall transactions, while Porto recouped 22.5 % for €4 million ; [ 26 ] the remainder 15 % was acquired by Porto in 2013, for €3.3 million. [ 27 ] On 19 February 2013, Moutinho scored to help his team to a 1–0 home winnings over Málaga CF for the Champions League polish of 16, netting from close range after an Alex Sandro thwart ( eventual 2–1 aggregate loss ). [ 28 ] He made 43 appearances during the campaign all competitions comprised ( five goals, 3,515 minutes of action ), as both team and actor won their third consecutive league championship .

monaco [edit ]

On 24 May 2013, it was announced that Moutinho had joined AS Monaco FC aboard teammate James Rodríguez for a blend fee believed to be around €70 million ( €25 million for Moutinho ). [ 29 ] He made his official debut for his new club on 1 September, starting and setting up both goals in a 2–1 succeed at Olympique de Marseille which put them peak of Ligue 1. [ 30 ] Moutinho was first-choice in his debut political campaign, as the principality team finished runner-up straight out of Ligue 2. His alone goal was an equalizer in a 1–1 away draw to Stade de Reims, on 29 September. [ 31 ] On 16 September 2014, in Monaco ‘s first Champions League match since 2005, Moutinho scored the only goal in a home kill of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. [ 32 ] He finished the season with 52 overall appearances, in an eventual third-place finish for the Leonardo Jardim -led side. Moutinho contributed with two goals from 31 matches during 2016–17, helping the baseball club to the eighth national championship of its history. [ 33 ]

Wolverhampton Wanderers [edit ]

On 24 July 2018, Moutinho joined newly-promoted English cabaret Wolverhampton Wanderers on a two-year-deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £5 million. [ 34 ] He made his Premier League debut on 11 August, featuring 85 minutes in a 2–2 home puff against Everton. [ 35 ] His first goal in the contest arrived on 22 September, when he scored from just outside the box with his weak left foot in a 1–1 draw aside to Manchester United. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] On 14 May 2019, Wolverhampton fans voted Moutinho as Player of the Season. [ 38 ] He played all thirty-eight league fixtures in the process, adding six appearances in their semi-final run in the FA Cup, the first since 1997–98. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] On 23 November 2019, curtly after Moutinho had scored his team ‘s opening goal in a 2–1 league win away to AFC Bournemouth, his second in the competition, it was announced that the player had signed a new shrink with the clubhouse keeping him at Molineux until 2022. [ 41 ] [ 42 ]

On 12 December 2020, Moutinho was sent off for a second base yellow batting order in a 1–0 home loss to West Midlands neighbours Aston Villa. It was his first loss card in 859 career matches. [ 43 ] Moutinho scored his debut goal at Molineux, and the third of his Wolves career, from 30 yards against Arsenal in a 2–1 succeed in the Premier League on 2 February 2021. This match-winning finish ensured Wolves did the league double over Arsenal in 2020–21 for the first time since 1978–79. [ 44 ]

International career [edit ]

Croatia ‘s Luka Modrić and Moutinho in an international friendly in June 2013 A full Portugal external at the age of 18, Moutinho made his debut on 17 August 2005 in a 2–0 dwelling friendly win against Egypt in Ponta Delgada. [ 45 ] Ever since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he became a regular call-up. On 31 May 2008, Moutinho registered his inaugural goal for the national team in a 2–0 friendly victory over Georgia at Estádio do Fontelo in Viseu. [ 46 ] He was picked for the squad-of-23 for UEFA Euro 2008 and, in the afford crippled, assisted on a finish by Raul Meireles in a 2–0 victory over Turkey. [ 47 ] Moutinho besides played in two UEFA european Under-21 Championships, scoring against Germany in the 2006 edition, played on home soil, [ 48 ] as the Portuguese exited in the group stage on both occasions ; additionally, although not share of the probationary 24-player tilt for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, [ 49 ] [ 50 ] he was named in a accompaniment list of six players. [ 51 ] Moutinho played all the games and minutes at the Euro 2012 tournament. In the semi-finals against Spain, he missed his penalty gunfight undertake in an eventual 2–4 loss ( 0–0 after 120 minutes ). [ 52 ] Moutinho was selected by early Sporting knob Bento for the 2014 World Cup, [ 53 ] making his introduction in the tournament on 16 June in a 0–4 group stage frustration to Germany. [ 54 ] On 8 October 2015, he scored the only goal as Portugal defeated Denmark at the Estádio Municipal de Braga to seal qualification for Euro 2016, [ 55 ] and three days later was besides on the scoresheet in a 2–1 gain aside to Serbia which confirmed his team ‘s position as group winners. [ 56 ] After six appearances out of a potential seven to help his state win the european Championships for the inaugural time ever, [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Moutinho was besides picked for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup police squad by Fernando Santos. [ 59 ] In the latter competition, in the final group stage game in Saint Petersburg, he won his hundredth capital by playing the full moon 90 minutes in the 4–0 get the better of of New Zealand. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Moutinho was included in the 2018 World Cup squad. [ 62 ] On 2 June, in a pre-tournament scoreless friendly draw away to Belgium, he captained the side for the first time. [ 63 ] On 14 November 2020, in a home frustration to France, Moutinho gained his 128th hood, surpassing Luís Figo to become the second most capped Portuguese player of all time, only behind teammate and master Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 64 ] Moutinho was named in Portugal ‘s final team for the delay UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. [ 65 ]

personal liveliness [edit ]

Moutinho ‘s church father, Nélson, was besides a football player. A fore, he played for several clubs during a 15-year elder career. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] Moutinho ‘s cousin, Hugo, besides plays the sport professionally. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Alongside his native Portuguese, Moutinho besides speaks english and french, being technical in the erstwhile already upon arrival in England. [ 70 ] [ 71 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 1 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021[78]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Portugal

2005
3
0

2006
2
0

2007
6
0

2008
11
1

2009
3
0

2010
5
0

2011
10
1

2012
14
0

2013
11
0

2014
11
0

2015
5
2

2016
13
1

2017
11
2

2018
8
0

2019
8
0

2020
8
0

2021
13
0

Total
142
7

As of match played 14 November 2021.[78]

Portugal score listed first, score column indicates sexual conquest after each Moutinho goal .

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Sporting CP [ 8 ]
Porto [ 8 ]
Monaco

International [edit ]

Portugal

individual [edit ]

Orders [edit ]

  • Commander of the Order of Merit: 2016[87]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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