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Rui Manuel César Costa Template:Post-nominals ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors.

Costa spent the majority of his football career with Benfica in Portugal and Fiorentina and AC Milan in Italy. In a top-flight career spanning 17 years, he won several trophies, including one Primeira Liga title, one Taça de Portugal, one Serie A title, three Coppa Italia, one UEFA Champions League and one UEFA Super Cup. A Portuguese international, he amassed 94 caps and scored 26 goals for A Seleção and represented the country in three UEFA European Championships and one FIFA World Cup.

Costa usually played as an attacking midfielder and was particularly known for his excellent technique, playmaking ability, and eye for goal from midfield. He is regarded as one of the best midfielders in world football and one of Portugal's best players of all time.<ref name="Best Portuguese Players">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rui Costa Euro 2000">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="maestro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 as one of the 125 greatest living football players.<ref name="Pele" />

Club careerEdit

BenficaEdit

At age five, Costa joined the infant indoor football team of Damaia Ginásio Clube. Costa tried his luck at Benfica. Within ten minutes of training, Portugal legend Eusébio, who was supervising the youngsters, was impressed with Costa's skills. Up until 1990, Costa played for Benfica's youth squads. In his first full season, he was loaned to A.D. Fafe on a season-long deal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1991, after the Under-21 World Cup, which Portugal won after a penalty kick scored by Costa, he returned to Benfica. In his first full season with Benfica, he was featured regularly in Benfica's team. In his next two seasons, his role in the team would prove to be pivotal as Benfica captured two trophies. He formed a formidable midfield partnership with João Vieira Pinto. During his last two seasons with Benfica in his first spell with the club, he won the Taça de Portugal in 1993 and the Portuguese First Division title in 1993–94.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This would be Benfica's last league title for the next ten seasons.

FiorentinaEdit

At the end of his third season in Benfica's senior squad, Fiorentina offered Template:Citation needed span for the 21-year-old midfielder.

His departure from Fiorentina was discussed every season, since many clubs constantly showed interest in signing him. However, he only left Fiorentina one season before their bankruptcy in the 2001–02 season. With the Florentine club, Costa won the Coppa Italia twice, also winning a Supercoppa Italiana. In June 2001, Fiorentina agreed to sell both Costa and Francesco Toldo to Parma for 140 billion lire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite both players' refusal to join, Costa and Toldo were sold to AC Milan and Inter Milan, respectively, for the same total transfer fee.

AC MilanEdit

Fatih Terim was the coach of Fiorentina in the 2000–01 season. When he was leaving Fiorentina for AC Milan, he took Costa with him,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> paying 85 billion lire (€43,898,836) for the player.<ref>A.C. Fiorentina S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In so doing, Costa became Milan's most expensive transfer of all time.

On 27 September 2001, Costa scored his first goal for Milan to open a 4–0 home win (6–0 aggregate) in the first round of the UEFA Cup against BATE Borisov.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He added further goals in wins over CSKA Sofia (second round)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Hapoel Tel Aviv (quarter-finals)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in a run to the last four. He was hampered by injuries throughout the whole season, including a wrist injury on his debut, while his form was inconsistent.<ref name=guardian>Template:Cite news</ref> Playing away at Fiorentina, he greeted his former club's fans in tears, which led to an angry reaction when he returned to Milan.<ref name=guardian/>

Ahead of his second season at Milan, Costa's faced competition from Brazilian new signing Rivaldo, but secured a starting place against him.<ref name=guardian/> On 24 September 2002, he assisted three goals in a 4–0 Champions League group win at Deportivo de La Coruña, leading a television commentator to call him three times better than Zinedine Zidane.<ref name=guardian/> He scored his first domestic goal on 18 December, equalising in a 5–1 win (6–2 aggregate) against Ancona at the San Siro in the second leg of the last 16 of the Coppa Italia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the 6–3 aggregate final win over Roma in May, he played only 30 minutes as a substitute as Brazilians Rivaldo and Serginho were preferred in attacking midfield.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This was to rest him for the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final against Juventus, in which he was substituted injured for Massimo Ambrosini near the end of regulation time in a goalless draw that the Rossoneri won on penalties at Old Trafford.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 29 August, he played in the 1–0 victory over Porto in the 2003 UEFA Super Cup, in which he crossed for the only goal by Andriy Shevchenko.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

From 2003–04, Costa's playing time was limited by the emergent Brazilian youngster Kaká.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He contributed his first three league goals to Milan's title-winning campaign, starting with one in a 5–0 home win over Ancona on 25 January.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Return to BenficaEdit

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Costa with Benfica in 2007

On 25 May 2006, Costa's return to Benfica in the upcoming season was announced in a press conference.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had been released from Milan, after both the player and the club reached an agreement to end his €4.6 million per year contract, in order to fulfill his long-held dream of returning to Benfica.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Costa started on his return in a 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualifier against Austria Wien in August 2006,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the second leg saw Costa score in his home return. Despite Costa being used as a regular under manager Fernando Santos when available, the season was impaired with injuries: he suffered a muscle tear in October, which kept him out of action for three months,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and another muscular injury in February.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Prior to the end of the season, Costa announced the following one would be his last as a professional.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After assuring the qualification to the Champions League group stage, which included a brace from Costa against Copenhagen,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Benfica was drawn against Costa's former club Milan.;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he returned to play one last time at the San Siro on 18 September 2007. Costa remained a first team choice under José Antonio Camacho and Fernando Chalana and his displays would earn him the SJPF Player of the Month award for September 2007 and Benfica's Player of the Year award for 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Costa played his final match on 11 May 2008 at the Estádio da Luz against Vitória de Setúbal. He was substituted in the 86th minute to a standing ovation from the spectators.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The season, as well as the previous one, ended trophyless.

International careerEdit

Youth and Euro 96Edit

Costa was part of the Portugal national under-20 team under manager Carlos Queiroz who won the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on home soil. After a goalless draw with Brazil in the final at his club ground of the Estádio da Luz, he scored the winning penalty in the final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 31 March 1993, Costa made his debut for the senior national team in a 1–1 draw away to Switzerland, in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In his third game on 19 June in another qualifier at home to Malta, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 win.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was part of the squad at UEFA Euro 1996 in England, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by runners-up the Czech Republic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Euro 2000Edit

Costa was sent off for the only time in his entire career on 6 September 1997,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier away to Germany. While being substituted, he was shown a red card by referee Marc Batta for leaving the pitch too slowly, meaning that Portugal could not bring Sérgio Conceição on as a replacement. Minutes after the dismissal, the Germans equalised through Ulf Kirsten, meaning that they and not the Portuguese would go to the final tournament in France.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Costa said on the 20th anniversary of the controversy that he would only forgive Batta if he apologised to the Portuguese nation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In UEFA Euro 2000 qualification, Costa scored six times in home and away victories over Liechtenstein (two each) and Hungary.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the finals in Belgium and the Netherlands, he assisted the last two goals by João Pinto and Nuno Gomes in a 3–2 comeback win over England in a run to the semi-finals.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2002 World Cup and Euro 2004Edit

Portugal were eliminated at the group stage in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Costa was dropped for Pinto after a shock 3–2 opening loss to the United States, but came on as a substitute in the next game and finished Capucho's cross to conclude a 4–0 win over Poland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Before UEFA Euro 2004 on home soil, Costa and Luís Figo criticised the decision of manager Luiz Felipe Scolari to select his Brazilian compatriot Deco – a player in Costa's same position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After being substituted at half time in another shock opening loss, this time to Greece, Costa was dropped for Deco in the next match against Russia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He came off the bench in that game and finished a Cristiano Ronaldo cross to secure a 2–0 victory.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the quarter-finals against England, again as a substitute, he scored a long-range goal in extra time as the game finished 2–2 and went to penalties; he missed in the shootout but his team prevailed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Costa retired from international football after the unexpected defeat to the Greeks again in the Euro 2004 final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He scored 26 goals in 94 games, making him ninth-highest capped player and seventh-highest goalscorer.<ref name="Portugal - Record International Players">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Style of playEdit

Costa is considered by pundits to have been one of the greatest midfielders both of his generation, as well as one of Portugal's best players ever, and was regarded as one of the best playmakers in the world in his prime.<ref name="Best Portuguese Players"/><ref name="Greatest Playmakers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rui Costa Euro 2000"/><ref name="maestro"/><ref name="Pele" /><ref name="Bridging the generation gap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A classic number 10, he usually played in a creative role as an attacking midfielder behind the strikers, but was also capable of playing in midfield as a deep-lying playmaker, as a second striker, or as a winger. A quick, technically gifted and elegant player, throughout his career, he was renowned for his excellent dribbling skills, close control, intelligent movement, vision, and precise passing, which made him an effective assist provider, and enabled him to create space for his teammates, or orchestrate his teams' attacking moves. Although he was mainly known to be a creative team player, he also possessed an eye for goal from midfield, and was an accurate striker of the ball with either foot, in particular from outside the area. He was also an accurate free kick and penalty taker.<ref name="Rui Costa Euro 2000"/><ref name="A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Manuel Rui Costa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=archive.thedailystar.net>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Champions' League fina">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="FIFA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Real challenge">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Golden Generation">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Perfect 10">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite his talent and ability, however, he was also known for being inconsistent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MediaEdit

Costa was sponsored by American sportswear company Nike and appeared in Nike commercials.<ref name="Jackson"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1996, he starred in a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre. Appearing alongside football players from around the world, including Ronaldo, Paolo Maldini, Eric Cantona, Luís Figo and Patrick Kluivert, they defend "The Beautiful Game" against a team of demonic warriors, before it culminates with Cantona striking the ball and destroying evil.<ref name="Jackson">Template:Cite book</ref> Rui Costa features in EA Sports' FIFA football video game series; he was included in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 16.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Post-playing careerEdit

Sporting directorEdit

The day after his last professional match, Costa was presented as director of football at Benfica. During the summer 2008 transfer window, Costa brought head coach Quique Sánchez Flores, playmaker Pablo Aimar, winger José Antonio Reyes, and striker David Suazo, the latter two on loan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following Summer, Costa tried to strengthen the team after a disappointing league campaign the previous season;Template:Citation needed he signed striker Javier Saviola, attacking midfielder Ramires, and defensive midfielder Javi García, led by manager Jorge Jesus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Benfica would win the 2009–10 Primeira Liga, the first league title since 2004–05, and the Taça da Liga that season, defeating Porto in the final.

AdministrationEdit

On 14 May 2008, Costa was appointed an administrator of Benfica SAD.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For the 2020–24 quadrennial, he became a vice-president of the club's board of directors, as part of Luís Filipe Vieira's list for a sixth consecutive mandate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After acting as interim president of the club and its SAD from 9 July 2021,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in the aftermath of Vieira suspending his presidency due to arrest in operation Cartão Vermelho (Red Card),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=AFP>Template:Cite news</ref> Costa was elected the 34th president of Benfica on 9 October, assuming office the following day. With 84.48% of the votes, he defeated candidate Francisco Benitez, who received 12.24%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=AFP/>

During election campaign, Costa had pledged, among other promises, a forensic audit of the club's SAD (released in June 2024),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a revision of the club's statutes (the board's first proposal, criticised by the Commission for Revision of the Statutes,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> was made available on 14 July 2023,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a final one was voted and approved on 8 March 2025),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> transparency regarding football transfers, retention of players "made in Seixal", a reduction of the number of players, a maximum wage for players, and improvements to Estádio da Luz.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Including his interim role, the men's football team was trophyless under his first year of presidency. Back in January 2022, Costa had said that his signature on player contracts under investigation by authorities in Cartão Vermelho did not imply he was in collusion with anyone.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the 2022–23 winter transfer window, Costa promised not to release central midfielder Enzo Fernández unless a club paid the player's buyout clause,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but Fernández left Benfica via negotiation on 31 January 2023, with Benfica paying to "intermediary services" for the transfer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After signing with Roger Schmidt, Benfica's first non-Portuguese manager since Flores, the club won the 2022–23 Primeira Liga, ending a four-year trophy wait. Benfica started the next season by winning the Portuguese Super Cup, but failed to win any other trophy, despite an investment of €100 million.

Personal lifeEdit

Costa was married to Rute from 1994 to 2013, and fathered two sons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The elder, Filipe, is CEO of Footlab, a football agency,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while the younger, Hugo, is a footballer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career statisticsEdit

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>"Matches in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2012.</ref>
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Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fafe (loan) 1990–91 Segunda Divisão 38 6 0 0 — — 38 6
Benfica 1991–92 Primeira Liga 21 4 3 0 7Template:Efn 0 1Template:Efn 0 32 4
1992–93 23 4 4 1 4Template:Efn 0 1Template:Efn 0 32 5
1993–94 34 5 3 1 8Template:Efn 4 2Template:Efn 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 8Template:Efn 0 1Template:Efn 0 38 2
1997–98 32 3 5 2 — — 37 5
1998–99 31 10 7 4 1Template:Efn 0 — 39 14
1999–2000 30 4 4 0 14Template:Efn 2 — 48 6
2000–01 29 6 7 2 2Template:Efn 0 — 38 8
Total 215 38 35 10 25 2 1 0 276 50
AC Milan 2001–02 Serie A 22 0 1 0 10Template:Efn 3 — 33 3
2002–03 25 0 5 1 18Template:Efn 0 — 48 1
2003–04 28 3 4 0 6Template:Efn 0 3Template:Efn 0 41 3
2004–05 24 1 4 0 9Template:Efn 0 1Template:Efn 0 38 1
2005–06 25 0 3 3 4Template:Efn 0 — 32 3
Total 124 4 17 4 47 3 4 0 192 11
Benfica 2006–07 Primeira Liga 14 0 3 0 5Template:Efn 1 — 22 1
2007–08 29 5 4 3 12 2 0 0 45 10
Total 43 5 7 3 17 3 0 0 67 11
Career total 498 66 69 19 108 12 9 0 684 97

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InternationalEdit

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National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 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
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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 June 1993 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal Template:Fb 2–0 4–0 World Cup 1994 Qualifying
2 5 September 1993 Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 World Cup 1994 Qualifying
3 7 September 1994 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Template:Fb 1–0 2–1 Euro 1996 Qualifying
4 15 August 1995 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen, Liechtenstein Template:Fb 3–0 7–0 Euro 1996 Qualifying
5 6–0
6 15 September 1995 Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal Template:Fb 1–0 3–0 Euro 1996 Qualifying
7 24 January 1996 Parc des Princes, Paris, France Template:Fb 2–1 2–3 Friendly
8 9 October 1996 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Template:Fb 3–0 3–0 World Cup 1998 Qualifying
9 19 August 1998 Estádio de São Miguel (Ponta Delgada), Ponta Delgada, Portugal Template:Fb 1–0 2–1 Friendly
10 2–0
11 6 September 1998 Puskás Ferenc Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Template:Fb 3–1 3–1 Euro 2000 Qualifying
12 31 March 1999 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen, Liechtenstein Template:Fb 1–0 5–0 Euro 2000 Qualifying
13 5–0
14 9 June 1999 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Template:Fb 7–0 8–0 Euro 2000 Qualifying
15 8–0
16 18 August 1999 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal Template:Fb 1–0 4–0 Friendly
17 9 October 1999 Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal Template:Fb 1–0 3–0 Euro 2000 Qualifying
18 29 March 2000 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal Template:Fb 1–1 2–1 Friendly
19 16 August 2000 Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu, Portugal Template:Fb 3–1 5–1 Friendly
20 3 September 2000 Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia Template:Fb 1–0 3–1 2002 World Cup Qualifying
21 10 June 2002 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea Template:Fb 4–0 4–0 2002 World Cup
22 16 October 2002 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Template:Fb 3–2 3–2 Friendly
23 11 October 2003 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Template:Fb 3–2 5–3 Friendly
24 29 May 2004 Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda, Portugal Template:Fb 3–0 3–0 Friendly
25 16 June 2004 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal Template:Fb 2–0 2–0 Euro 2004
26 24 June 2004 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal Template:Fb 2–1 2–2 Euro 2004

HonoursEdit

Benfica

Fiorentina

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Further readingEdit

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