By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 15:44 BST, 4 July 2025 | Updated: 15:44 BST, 4 July 2025
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Former Brazil international Philippe Coutinho has completed a permanent move to Vasco da Gama from Aston Villa.
The Premier League team said in a statement Friday that both clubs have reached a deal for the playmaker to return to his boyhood club on a permanent basis after Coutinho was on loan with the Rio de Janeiro-based side last season.
Coutinho joined Villa in 2022 and made 43 appearances with the team, scoring six goals.
Coutinho started his professional career at Vasco in 2009.
Coutinho´s former clubs include Inter Milan, Liverpool, Barcelona and Bayern Munch. He joined Barcelona in 2018 from Liverpool for a fee of up to 160 million euros (then $192 million).
He won two Spanish league titles with Barcelona, and a Champions League trophy with Bayern Munich in 2020. Coutinho won the Copa America with Brazil in 2019 and played in the 2018 World Cup.
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