Philippe Coutinho is an attacking midfielder who plays for Italian side Internazionale Milano and Brazil. Coutinho is a brilliant dribbler, with pace and creativity. He signed for Inter in 2008 as a 16 year old. He still stayed with his Brazilian club, Vasco da Gama, on a loan-basis until arriving at Inter before the 2010-11 season. Coutinho was on the Brazilian team winning the South American U17 Championship in 2009.
On October 7th 2010 he made his first team debut in a friendly match against Iran.