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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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Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa, known by the pseudonym Costinha, is a Portuguese former association football player and coach. Born in Lisbon on December 1, 1974, he played as a midfielder for clubs including A.D. Machico, AS Monaco FC, FC Porto, and Atalanta BC. He represented Portugal in international competitions, participating in UEFA Euro 2000, UEFA Euro 2004, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Costinha stands 182 centimeters tall and weighs 73 kilograms. His professional career included a stint as a coach for S.C. Beira-Mar. He is a native speaker of Portuguese.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,253
- Total plays
- 14,243
Tags
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 3
- Cited by
- 81
Research areas
Most cited works
- Association of T CD4 Lymphocyte Levels and Chronic Periodontitis in HIV‐Infected Brazilian Patients Undergoing Highly Active Anti‐Retroviral Therapy: Clinical Results2005 · 40 cit
- Association of T CD4 lymphocyte levels and subgingival microbiota of chronic periodontitis in HIV-infected Brazilians under HAART2004 · 40 cit
- Antissépticos bucais no controle da bacteremia de origem oral2013 · 1 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
3 total works indexed
- Association of T CD4 lymphocyte levels and subgingival microbiota of chronic periodontitis in HIV-infected Brazilians under HAART
· 2004 · cited 31x
- Association of T CD4 Lymphocyte Levels and Chronic Periodontitis in HIV‐Infected Brazilian Patients Undergoing Highly Active Anti‐Retroviral Therapy: Clinical Results
· 2005 · cited 29x
- Impacto da anamnese para o cuidado integral: visão dos estudantes portugueses
· 2017 · cited 4x
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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
- Team
- _Retired-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.