Eduardo Costa

For other people named Eduardo Costa, see Eduardo Costa (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nascimento and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Eduardo Costa
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Nascimento Costa
Date of birth (1982-09-23) 23 September 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Florianópolis, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Catarinense (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Grêmio 17 (1)
2001–2004 Bordeaux 110 (5)
2004–2005 Marseille 30 (1)
2005–2008 Espanyol 65 (1)
2007–2008 → Grêmio (loan) 23 (0)
2009 São Paulo 18 (0)
2009–2010 Monaco 16 (2)
2011–2012 Vasco da Gama 63 (1)
2013–2015 Avaí 84 (6)
Total 424 (17)
International career
2001–2002 Brazil 7 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Lajeadense
2020 Metropolitano
2023– Atlético Catarinense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Nascimento Costa (born 23 September 1982), known as Eduardo Costa, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Atlético Catarinense.

Career

Eduardo was born in Florianópolis, Brazil. In 2007 he played for Grêmio on loan from RCD Espanyol. He was especially noted for being an extremely tight marker, and is booked with alarming regularity [1]

A member of Brazil's Under 17 World Cup winning side, he came to France in 2001 to play for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he commanded a regular first team spot for three seasons, including playing a key role in Bordeaux's UEFA Cup run during the 2002–03 season. He followed that with a move to Olympique de Marseille, but after an unhappy year there, he was signed by Espanyol in 2005 for €4 million in four-year contract.[2] He did not play in 2008–09 Ligue 1, as he would occupied a non-EU quota. In January 2009 he left for São Paulo in three-year contract.[3]

On 8 August 2009, he signed with AS Monaco FC[4] on a three-year deal.[5]

In December 2010, Eduardo Costa was loaned to Vasco da Gama for six months.[6] Six months after it became a permanent deal following Monaco's relegation from the Ligue 1.

Honours

Club

Grêmio

Bordeaux

Espanyol

Vasco da Gama

International

Brazil

References

  1. ^ Stats Hosted Solution Football Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sólo Nàstic, Recreativo y Osasuna gastaron menos que el Espanyol, "Infoaccio issue 1" (PDF). RCD Espanyol (in Spanish). October 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 21/01/2009". CBF (in Portuguese). 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Monaco: le Brésilien Eduardo Costa va signer" (in French). FIFA. AFP. 8 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Eduardo Costa à l'AS Monaco FC". AS Monaco FC (in French). 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Costa loaned to Vasco". FIFA. PA. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

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