Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Yan Bueno Couto [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 June 2002||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back, right wing-back, right winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2020 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Coritiba | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2025 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Girona (loan) | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Braga (loan) | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | → Girona (loan) | 59 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | → Borussia Dortmund (loan) | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Brazil U17 | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Brazil | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:33, 31 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2024 (UTC) |
Yan Bueno Couto (born 3 June 2002) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back, right wing-back or right winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Brazil national team.
Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Couto joined Coritiba's youth setup in 2012, aged ten. [2] In 2019, while still in the youth categories, he was included in The Guardian 's "Next Generation 2019" as one of the 60 best young talents of the world. [3]
Promoted to the main squad for the 2020 season, Couto made his senior debut on 21 February, coming on as a first-half substitute for injured Patrick Vieira in a 2–0 Campeonato Paranaense home win against Cianorte. [4]
On 1 March 2020, after being heavily linked to Barcelona, [5] Couto agreed to a five-year contract with Premier League side Manchester City, effective as of 1 July. [6] On 25 September, he joined Girona in the Spanish Segunda División on a season-long loan. [7]
Couto was named as a substitute by Pep Guardiola in City's 1–0 defeat to Leicester City at Wembley Stadium in the 2021 FA Community Shield, his only first team involvement for the club to date. [8]
Couto spent the 2021–22 season on loan at Portuguese side Braga.
On 25 July 2022, Couto returned to Girona on a one-year loan deal, with the club in La Liga. [9]
On 14 July 2023, Couto returned to Girona for a third spell, signing on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season. [10]
On 3 August 2024, Couto joined Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund on loan for the 2024–25 season, with a buy option clause that could be automatically triggered given certain playing criteria. [11]
On 10 October 2024, Couto’s €30 million release clause was triggered by Borussia Dortmund. [12]
Couto was an undisputed starter for the Brazil under-17 football team, playing 20 matches and scoring once before being included in the 23-man list for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [13]
Yan Couto was called up to the senior squad for the first time on 6 October 2023, replacing the injured Vanderson, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Venezuela and Uruguay on 12 and 17 October, respectively. [14]
In June 2024, Couto revealed that he had changed from his pink hairdo in Girona to his natural hair color upon a request in the national team. [15]
Club | Season | League | State league [a] | National cup [b] | League cup [c] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coritiba | 2020 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Manchester City | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Girona (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 22 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 [d] | 1 | 29 | 2 | |||
Braga (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 [e] | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | ||
Girona (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 25 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | La Liga | 34 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | |||||
Total | 59 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 65 | 3 | ||||||
Borussia Dortmund (loan) | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 8 [f] | 0 | 5 [g] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
Borussia Dortmund | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Dortmund total | 23 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 132 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 178 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Brazil U17
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