Bruno Coutinho, born on 6 October 1969 in Panaji, is an Indian football player from Goa. He spent most of his club career in Salgaocar. Coutinho won the Arjuna Award in 2001, a national Indian award for excellence in sport.
Coutinho studied in Monte De Guirim, who was recognized by coach Paul Raj. Coutinho has also been a former Indian football captain. His much-watched career has spanned nearly a decade and a half.
He first played for India at a school tournament (Asian School Gaes) in Brunei in 1987. Coutinho has been called a "diminutive striker". His international debut came in 1989–90, and his last match for India was in the Millennium Cup in 2001. Bruno is credited with helping Salgaocar win the Federation Cup in 1987, the Rovers Cup in 1989 and 1996, the Taca Goa in 1989, and the 1998 National Football League in India.
Among Coutinho's other achievements are representing India in the President's Cup in 1989 in Dhaka, heading the Indian Under-23 team for the 1991 pre-Olympics, for the SAF Games in 1995 and 1996, and the Asia Cup in Malaysia.
Coutinho was the All India Football Federation player of the year when he played for Salgaocar Sports Club of Goa in the year 1996. In 2003 he became a coach. Later on, served as a Joint Director of coaching at the Sports Authority of India in 2004(Collected from public domain)
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