Philippe Coutinho grew up in Rio de Janeiro.
As a child he was very shy and would prefer to be alone; he started playing football after watching his elder brothers Cristiano and Leandro play with their friends at a local concrete football pitch
Coutinho made his debut for Barcelona on 25 January 2018, in a 20 (21 on aggregate) win against his former club Espanyol in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for captain Andrs Iniesta

