Rui Costa

Retired
Retired
Last club: Benfica Most games for: Fiorentina Retired since: Jul 1, 2008
  • Date of birth/Age: Mar 29, 1972 (52)
  • Place of birth: Portugal Amadora
  • Citizenship: Portugal Portugal
  • Height: 1,80 m
  • Position: Attacking Midfield
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President Club: Benfica
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National team career

# National team Debut   Coach at debut Age at debut
Portugal
10 Portugal Apr 28, 1993 94 26 Carlos Queiroz 21 years 30 days
Portugal
10 Portugal Oct 15, 1991 19 7 Nelo Vingada 19 years 06 months 16 days
Portugal
10 Portugal Jan 29, 1991 11 1 Carlos Queiroz 18 years 10 months 00 days
Portugal
10 Portugal Apr 12, 1990 4 1 Carlos Queiroz 18 years 14 days

Stats of Rui Costa

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Total :  942620-54641-6274'7.115'
37910-1271--2281'2.525'
2341--7-1--479'1.914'
20105--52--4176'1.755'
1223-361---406'811'
211-11----110'110'

Detailed stats

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  Matchday Club Venue Date Home team Away team Result Pos.                  
SL Benfica Spain Vigo Jan 19, 1994 Spain Portugal 2:2 90'
SL Benfica Norway Oslo Apr 20, 1994 Norway Portugal 0:0 With U21 national team
Unknown Canada Toronto Jan 26, 1995 Canada Portugal 1:1 Not in squad
Unknown Canada Toronto Jan 29, 1995 Denmark Portugal 0:1 Not in squad
Unknown Netherlands Eindhoven Feb 22, 1995 Netherlands Portugal 0:1 61' 61'
Unknown England London Dec 12, 1995 England Portugal 1:1 Not in squad
Unknown France Paris Jan 24, 1996 France Portugal 3:2 1 1 90'
Unknown Portugal Porto Feb 21, 1996 Portugal Germany 1:2 LW 66' 66'
Unknown Portugal Lissabon Mar 27, 1996 Portugal Greece 1:0 Not in squad
Unknown Ireland Dublin May 29, 1996 Republic of Ireland Portugal 0:1 Not in squad
Unknown Portugal  Jan 22, 1997 Portugal France 0:2 AM 46' 45'
Unknown Greece Athen Feb 19, 1997 Greece Portugal 0:0 Not in squad
Unknown England London Apr 22, 1998 England Portugal 3:0 Not in squad
Unknown Portugal Ponta Delgada Aug 19, 1998 Portugal Mozambique 2:1 AM 2 85' 85'
Unknown Portugal Setúbal Nov 18, 1998 Portugal Israel 2:0 AM 1 90'
Unknown France Paris Feb 10, 1999 Portugal Netherlands 0:0 AM 65' 65'
Unknown Portugal Oeiras Aug 18, 1999 Portugal Andorra 4:0 AM 1 1 90'
Unknown Belgium Charleroi Feb 23, 2000 Belgium Portugal 1:1 AM 63' 63'
Unknown Leiria Mar 29, 2000 Portugal Denmark 2:1 AM 1 75' 75'
Unknown Italy Reggio Calabria Apr 26, 2000 Italy Portugal 2:0 AM 70' 70'
Unknown Portugal Chaves Jun 2, 2000 Portugal Wales 3:0 AM 90'
Unknown Portugal Viseu Aug 16, 2000 Portugal Lithuania 5:1 AM 1 3 90'
Unknown Portugal  Nov 15, 2000 Portugal Israel 2:1 AM 77' 77'
Unknown France Saint Denis Apr 25, 2001 France Portugal 4:0 Not in squad
Unknown Portugal Faro Aug 15, 2001 Portugal Moldova 3:0 AM 88' 88'
Unknown Portugal Lissabon Nov 14, 2001 Portugal Angola 5:1 Not in squad
Unknown Spain Barcelona Feb 13, 2002 Spain Portugal 1:1 Not in squad
Unknown Portugal Porto Mar 27, 2002 Portugal Finland 1:4 Not in squad
Unknown Portugal Lissabon Apr 17, 2002 Portugal Brazil 1:1 Not in squad
Unknown Macao Taipa May 25, 2002 China Portugal 0:2 AM 76' 76'
Unknown England Birmingham Sep 7, 2002 England Portugal 1:1 AM 46' 45'
Unknown Portugal Lissabon Oct 12, 2002 Portugal Tunisia 1:1 AM 68' 68'
Unknown Sweden Göteborg Oct 16, 2002 Sweden Portugal 2:3 CM 1 80' 10'
Unknown Portugal  Nov 20, 2002 Portugal Scotland 2:0 AM 58' 58'
Unknown Italy Genova Feb 12, 2003 Italy Portugal 1:0 CM 62' 62'
Unknown Portugal Porto Mar 29, 2003 Portugal Brazil 2:1 AM 90'
Unknown Switzerland Lausanne Apr 2, 2003 Macedonia Portugal 0:1 AM 64' 64'
Unknown Netherlands Eindhoven Apr 30, 2003 Netherlands Portugal 1:1 AM 46' 45'
Unknown Portugal  Jun 6, 2003 Portugal Paraguay 0:0 AM 90'
Unknown Portugal Oeiras Jun 10, 2003 Portugal Bolivia 4:0 Not in squad
Unknown Portugal Chaves Aug 20, 2003 Portugal Kazakhstan 1:0 AM 46' 45'
Unknown Portugal Guimarães Sep 6, 2003 Portugal Spain 0:3 AM 62' 62'
Unknown Norway Oslo Sep 10, 2003 Norway Portugal 0:1 AM 1 70' 70'
Unknown Portugal Lissabon Oct 11, 2003 Portugal Albania 5:3 AM 1 65' 65'
Unknown Portugal Aveiro Nov 15, 2003 Portugal Greece 1:1 CM 90'
Unknown Leiria Nov 19, 2003 Portugal Kuwait 8:0 AM 1 36' 36'
Unknown Portugal Faro Feb 18, 2004 Portugal England 1:1 AM 61' 61'
Unknown Portugal Braga Mar 31, 2004 Portugal Italy 1:2 AM 1 73' 73'
Unknown Portugal Coimbra Apr 28, 2004 Portugal Sweden 2:2 AM 66' 66'
Unknown Portugal Águeda May 29, 2004 Portugal Luxembourg 3:0 AM 1 1 69' 69'
Unknown Portugal Setúbal Jun 5, 2004 Portugal Lithuania 4:1 AM 46' 45'
Squad: 37, Starting eleven: 36, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,