Costinha

Portuguese footballer

Costinha (born 1 December 1974) is a former Portuguese football player. He has played for Portugal national team.

Costinha
Costinha in 2012
Personal information
Full name Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1974-12-01) 1 December 1974 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1987–1993 Oriental
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Oriental 32 (3)
1995–1996 Machico 30 (5)
1996–1997 Nacional 30 (4)
1997–2001 Monaco 84 (3)
2001–2005 Porto 109 (13)
2005–2006 Dynamo Moscow 10 (0)
2006–2007 Atlético Madrid 24 (0)
2007–2010 Atalanta 1 (0)
Total 320 (28)
National team
1998–2006 Portugal 53 (2)
Teams managed
2013 Beira-Mar
2013 Paços Ferreira
2016–2017 Académica
2017–2019 Nacional
2021 Nacional
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 2004 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Sources:[2][3]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco 1997–98 Ligue 1 11 0
1998–99 21 2
1999–00 28 1
2000–01 24 0
Total 94 3
Porto 2001–02 Primeira Liga 29 3
2002–03 23 5
2003–04 27 2
2004–05 30 3
Portugal 109 13
Dynamo Moscow 2005 Russian Premier League 10 0
Atlético Madrid 2006–07 La Liga 24 0
Atalanta 2007–08 Serie A 1 0 0 0 - - - - 1 0
2008–09 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2009–10 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 238 16

International change

Source:[4]
Portugal
Year Apps Goals
1998 1 0
1999 0 0
2000 8 1
2001 1 0
2002 2 1
2003 8 0
2004 15 0
2005 6 0
2006 12 0
Total 53 2
Costinha: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition[5]
1 17 June 2000 GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands   Romania 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2000
2 7 September 2002 Villa Park, Birmingham, England   England 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Managerial statistics change

As of 16 May 2019[6][7]
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Beira-Mar 2013 2013 11 2 2 7 12 18 −6 018.18
Paços Ferreira 2013 2013 14 2 2 10 15 31 −16 014.29
Académica 2016 2017 48 20 13 15 48 38 +10 041.67
Nacional 2017 2019 81 29 22 30 123 140 −17 035.80
Career totals 154 53 62 39 198 227 −29 034.42

Honours change

Player change

Monaco[7]

Porto[7]

Portugal

Manager change

Nacional

Orders change

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Costinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. Costinha at ForaDeJogo  
  3. "Costinha". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. "Costinha". European Football. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. "Portugal hold England". BBC Sport. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. "Costinha". Zerozero. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Costinha coach profile at Soccerway
  8. Szreter, Adam (26 May 2004). "Porto perform to perfection". UEFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. "Uefa Cup final player ratings". BBC Sport. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. "Nacional campeão: festa rija e Costinha em ombros" [Nacional champions: partying hard and Costinha is carried out shoulder-high]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança] (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.