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Costinha
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Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa (born 1 December 1974), known as Costinha (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was also a manager.
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Costinha, born Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa on December 1, 1974, in Lisbon, is a Portuguese association football player and coach. He competed as a midfielder, specifically noted as an attacking midfielder, for clubs including A.D. Machico, AS Monaco FC, FC Porto, and Atalanta BC. He also served as a coach for S.C. Beira-Mar.
Representing Portugal in international competition, Costinha participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004, and UEFA Euro 2000. Over his career, he played 2 matches and scored 0 goals. He speaks and writes in Portuguese, which is also his native language.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Football biography.name
- Costinha
- Football biography.image
- Costinha (footballer born 1974).jpg
- Football biography.caption
- Costinha in 2012
- Football biography.full_name
- Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa
- Football biography.birth_place
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Football biography.height
- 1.81 m
- Football biography.position
- Defensive midfielder
- Football biography.youthyears1
- 1987–1993
- Football biography.youthclubs1
- Oriental
- Football biography.years1
- 1993–1995
- Football biography.clubs1
- Oriental
- Football biography.caps1
- 32
- Football biography.goals1
- 3
- Football biography.years2
- 1995–1996
- Football biography.clubs2
- Machico
- Football biography.caps2
- 30
- Football biography.goals2
- 5
- Football biography.years3
- 1996–1997
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- C.D. Nacional
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Costinha (footballer born 1974).jpg
- Height
- 182
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1974-12-01
- pseudonym
- Costinha
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- coach of sports team
- S.C. Beira-Mar
- Commons category
- Costinha
- birth name
- Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa
- name in native language
- Costinha
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Club career
- Early career
- Monaco
- Porto
- Later career
- International career
- Coaching career
- Director
- Beira-Mar, Paços Ferreira and Académica
- Nacional
- Career statistics
- Club
- International
- Managerial statistics
- Honours
- Player
- Manager
- Orders
- References
- External links
Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa (born 1 December 1974), known as Costinha (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was also a manager.
Best known for his tackling and positioning, as well as his athleticism, stamina and workrate, he played for clubs in Portugal, France, Russia, Spain and Italy. He won eight trophies with Porto, including the 2004 Champions League.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Costinha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.