paulo manuel carvalho de sousa, cavih (portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈsozɐ]; born 30 august 1970) is a portuguese football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder.he is the current head coach of italian serie a club salernitana.starting his career at benfica, he also represented sporting cp in his country, where he amassed primeira liga totals of 117 matches and three goals in five years.from there onwards, he competed mainly in italy and in germany, winning the champions league with juventus and borussia dortmund and the intercontinental cup with the latter side.his later career was severely hampered by injuries.sousa was a member of portugal's 'golden generation', and appeared with the national team at the 2002 world cup and two european championships.he took up coaching in the late 2000s, managing clubs in several countries and winning national championships with maccabi tel aviv and basel.he was also in charge of poland at euro 2020.he won the primeira liga championship in 1990–91, and the taça de portugal two years later.on 10 april 1993, in a league match at boavista, he was forced to play in goal after neno was sent off and his team had no more substitutions left, in an eventual 3–2 win.in the summer of 1993, sousa signed for lisbon neighbours sporting cp together with his teammate antónio pacheco.in his only season, he partnered luís figo and krasimir balakov in midfield and the lions did not win any silverware.sousa joined juventus in 1994.in his first season in turin he won the serie a title, the domestic cup and the supercoppa; they also finished as runners-up in the uefa cup, losing to fellow italian side parma.the following year, he was part of the squad that conquered the uefa champions league.in the 1996 off-season, sousa moved to germany with borussia dortmund, where he repeated the champions league triumph the following campaign, which made him only the second player after marcel desailly to win back-to-back titles with different teams; the final was against his former club juventus and, although he appeared in that game, his spell was plagued with injuries, which followed him the remainder of his career.sousa subsequently returned to italy to play for inter milan, and eventually retired at the age of 31 after a brief loan to parma, followed by stints at panathinaikos and espanyol.his international debut came on 16 january 1991, in a friendly against spain that ended in a 1–1 draw.sousa played for his country at uefa euro 1996 and 2000, and was a squad member at the 2002 fifa world cup, but did not take part in a single match.his last appearance came shortly before the latter competition, a 2–0 friendly win over china.although he was usually classified as a hard-tackling defensive midfielder, he also possessed excellent vision and control, and was often deployed as a deep-lying playmaker throughout his career due to his passing accuracy, technique and ability to control the tempo of his teams' play; his playing style drew comparisons with paulo roberto falcão throughout his career.in addition to his skill and creative abilities, sousa was also renowned for his leadership.however, on 9 april 2009, he was sacked, as the club claimed he had divulged sensitive information without permission from the hierarchy, which included dexter blackstock's loan move to nottingham forest having been agreed without his knowledge.he verbally accepted the deal, signing a three-year contract, and was officially appointed on the 23rd.during the league campaign, sousa led swansea to its highest league finish for 27 years (seventh), just outside the play-offs.
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