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José Costa
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Portuguese association football player and manager
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José Alberto Barroso Machado e Costa, known as José Costa, was a Portuguese association football player and coach. Born in Porto on October 31, 1953, he played as a wing half for clubs including FC Porto, Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F., Vitória S.C., and C.S. Marítimo. His professional career spanned from 1971 to 1987, during which he also competed in the North American Soccer League.
The name José Costa is also associated with a Brazilian female artist specializing in bossa nova, mpb, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, and tropicália. Additionally, an author by this name has published five works, including *Misfits* and *O Mundo Melhora Se Eu Melhorar*.
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Key facts
- 1977
- → Rochester Lancers (loan)
- 1989
- Portugal (assistant)
- 1996
- Nagoya Grampus Eight
- 2001
- Vizela
- 2003
- Chaves
- Full name
- José Alberto Barroso Machado e Costa
- Date of birth
- ( 1953-10-31 ) 31 October 1953 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Porto , Portugal
- Height
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Position
- Winger
- 1969 1971
- Vila Real
- 1971 1972
- Académica
- Years
- Team
- 1971 1978
- Académica
- 1978 1985
- Porto
- 1985 1986
- Vitória Guimarães
- 1986 1987
- Marítimo
- 1978 1983
- Portugal
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Maritimo
- Position
- Attacker
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberto
- Family name
- Costa
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Porto
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Portugal men's national football team
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Image
- José Costa (2014).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-10-31
- end of work period
- 1987-00-00
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- Commons category
- José Alberto Costa
- birth name
- José Alberto Barroso Machado e Costa
- name in native language
- José Alberto Costa
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Encyclopedic overview
José Alberto Barroso Machado e Costa (born 31 October 1953) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left winger, and is a manager.
In 15 Primeira Liga seasons – 16 as a professional in total – he amassed totals of 301 matches and 37 goals in representation of four teams, mostly Porto. Subsequently, he embarked in a lengthy managerial career.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “José Costa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.