Rui Costa

Rui Costa
Costa in 2019
34th President of Benfica
Assumed office
10 October 2021
Preceded byLuís Filipe Vieira
Personal details
Born
Rui Manuel César Costa

(1972-03-29) 29 March 1972 (age 51)
Amadora, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
OccupationFootballer
Association football career
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1977–1990 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1994 Benfica 78 (13)
1990–1991 → Fafe (loan) 38 (6)
1994–2001 Fiorentina 215 (38)
2001–2006 AC Milan 124 (4)
2006–2008 Benfica 43 (5)
Total 498 (66)
National team
1990 Portugal U18 4 (1)
1991 Portugal U20 11 (1)
1992–1994 Portugal U21 19 (7)
1993–2004 Portugal 94 (26)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 2004 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1991 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 1994 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rui Manuel César Costa OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁuj ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica.[2] He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors.

Career statistics

Club

[3]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fafe 1990–91 Portuguese Second Division 38 6 0 0 — — 38 6
Benfica 1991–92 Primeira Liga 21 4 3 0 7 0 1 0 32 4
1992–93 23 4 4 1 4 0 1 0 32 5
1993–94 34 5 3 1 8 4 2 0 47 10
Total 78 13 10 2 19 4 4 0 111 19
Fiorentina 1994–95 Serie A 31 9 4 0 — — 35 9
1995–96 34 4 7 2 — — 41 6
1996–97 28 2 1 0 8 0 1 0 38 2
1997–98 32 3 5 2 — — 37 5
1998–99 31 10 7 4 1 0 — 39 14
1999–00 30 4 4 0 14 2 — 48 6
2000–01 29 6 7 2 2 0 — 38 8
Total 215 38 35 10 25 2 1 0 276 50
Milan 2001–02 Serie A 22 0 1 0 10 3 — 33 3
2002–03 25 0 5 1 18 0 — 48 1
2003–04 28 3 4 0 6 0 3 0 41 3
2004–05 24 1 4 0 9 0 1 0 38 1
2005–06 25 0 3 3 4 0 — 32 3
Total 124 4 17 4 47 3 4 0 192 11
Benfica 2006–07 Primeira Liga 14 0 3 0 5 1 — 22 1
2007–08 29 5 4 3 12 2 — 45 10
Total 43 5 7 3 17 3 — 67 11
Career total 498 66 69 19 108 12 9 0 684 97

International

Portugal[4]
Year Apps Goals
1993 7 2
1994 5 1
1995 7 3
1996 11 2
1997 4 0
1998 5 3
1999 9 6
2000 13 3
2001 6 0
2002 7 2
2003 11 1
2004 9 3
Total 94 26

Honours

Club

Benfica

Fiorentina

Milan

International

Portugal

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ↑ "Rui Costa". S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Rui Costa eleito o 34.º presidente do Benfica com 84,48% dos votos". TSF Rádio Notícias. 10 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Matches in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Rui Manuel César Costa - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 59. ISSN 0872-3540.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA.
  9. ↑ FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "UEFA Champions League Player's Statistics". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.{cite web}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Rui Costa venceu o prémio KIA / Jogador do Mês". sjpf.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Gala do Benfica: Aimar distinguido como o melhor de 2010/11" [Benfica's gala: Aimar distinguished as the best of 2010–11]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016. Rui Costa (2007)
  14. ↑ Matteo Magrini (23 August 2016). "Festa al Franchi, presenti e assenti. No eccellenti da Rui Costa, Baggio e Batistuta" [Celebration at the Franchi, for both present and absent. Excellent absentees from Rui Costa, to Baggio and Batistuta] (in Italian). Fiorentina.it. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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