Rui Costa

Retired
Last club: Benfica Most games for: Fiorentina Retired since: Jul 1, 2008

Date of birth/Age: Mar 29, 1972 (52)
Place of birth: Amadora
Citizenship: Portugal

Height: 1,80 m
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Portugal
Caps/Goals: 94 / 26

Currently working as:

President Club: Benfica

Detailed stats of Rui Costa

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Detailed

Season	Competition		Club				/ /
	Total :			24	3	5	3 / - / -	1.722'
07/08		UEFA Cup	4	-	1	- / - / -	360'
06/07		UEFA Cup	3	-	2	1 / - / -	234'
01/02		UEFA Cup	10	3	1	2 / - / -	645'
00/01		UEFA Cup	2	-	-	- / - / -	180'
98/99		UEFA Cup	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
92/93		UEFA Cup	4	-	1	- / - / -	213'

UEFA-Cup (- 2009)

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Detailed

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
First Round 1st leg	9/16/92	H		NK Izola	3:0	on the bench
First Round 2nd leg	9/30/92	A		NK Izola	0:5	Not in squad
Second Round 1st leg	10/21/92	H		Vác	5:1					11'
Second Round 2nd leg	11/4/92	A		Vác	0:1	AM				22'
last 16 1st leg	11/25/92	A		Dinamo Moscow	2:2	on the bench
last 16 2nd leg	12/8/92	H		Dinamo Moscow	2:0	AM		1		90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/4/93	H		Juventus	2:1	on the bench
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	3/17/93	A		Juventus	3:0	LW				90'

First Round 1st leg	9/15/98	H	(20.)	Hajduk Split (43.)	2:1	Not in squad
First Round 2nd leg	9/29/98	A	(26.)	Hajduk Split (43.)	0:0	Not in squad
Second Round 1st leg	10/20/98	A	(12.)	Grasshoppers (30.)	0:2	Not in squad
Second Round 2nd leg	11/3/98	H	(23.)	Grasshoppers (20.)	0:3	CM				90'

First Round 1st leg	9/14/00	A	(90.)	FC Tirol (14.)	3:1	CM				90'
First Round 2nd leg	9/28/00	H	(74.)	FC Tirol (21.)	2:2	CM				90'

First Round 1st leg	9/20/01	A	(15.)	BATE Borisov (93.)	0:2	Not in squad
First Round 2nd leg	9/27/01	H	(2.)	BATE Borisov (104.)	4:0	AM	1			61'
Second Round 1st leg	10/18/01	H	(2.)	CSKA Sofia (43.)	2:0	AM	1			85'
Second Round 2nd leg	11/1/01	A	(2.)	CSKA Sofia (48.)	0:1	AM				67'
3rd round 1st leg	11/22/01	H	(1.)	Sporting CP (5.)	2:0	AM				90'
3rd round 2nd leg	12/6/01	A	(2.)	Sporting CP (6.)	1:1	AM				70'
last 16 1st leg	2/19/02	A	(2.)	Roda JC (12.)	0:1					20'
last 16 2nd leg	2/28/02	H	(2.)	Roda JC (11.)	3:3 on pens	AM				68'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/14/02	A	(3.)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (2.)	1:0	AM				65'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	3/21/02	H	(1.)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (3.)	2:0	AM	1	1	34'	90'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/4/02	A	(1.)	Bor. Dortmund (6.)	4:0				64'	29'
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	4/11/02	H	(1.)	Bor. Dortmund (7.)	3:1	Not in squad

intermediate stage 1st leg	2/14/07	H	(42.)	FC Dinamo (11.)	1:0	AM		1		90'
intermediate stage 2nd leg	2/22/07	A	(35.)	FC Dinamo (16.)	1:2	Not in squad
last 16 1st leg	3/8/07	A	(36.)	Paris SG (6.)	2:1	Not in squad
last 16 2nd leg	3/15/07	H	(28.)	Paris SG (7.)	3:1	Not in squad
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/5/07	A	(28.)	Espanyol (1.)	3:2			1		54'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/12/07	H	(26.)	Espanyol (1.)	0:0	CM			30'	90'

3rd round 1st leg	2/14/08	H	(44.)	1.FC Nuremberg (20.)	1:0	AM		1		90'
3rd round 2nd leg	2/21/08	A	(42.)	1.FC Nuremberg (18.)	2:2	AM				90'
last 16 1st leg	3/6/08	H	(44.)	Getafe (7.)	1:2	AM				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/12/08	A	(44.)	Getafe (4.)	1:0	CM				90'
Squad: 27, Starting eleven: 19, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 3, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

Played as...
Attacking Midfield	14	3	4
Central Midfield	5	-	-
Left Winger	1	-	-

National team career

#	National team		Debut
	Portugal
10		Portugal	Apr 28, 1993	94	26
	Portugal U21
10		Portugal U21	Oct 15, 1991	19	7
	Portugal U20
10		Portugal U20	Jan 29, 1991	11	1
	Portugal U18
10		Portugal U18	Apr 12, 1990	4	1

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