Pedro Costa
Personal information
Full name Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa
Date of birth (1978-12-18) 18 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth São Sebastião da Pedreira, Portugal
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Universal
Youth career
1992–1993 UP Venda Nova
1993–1994 Del Negro
1994–1996 Sporting
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2002 Sporting
2002 Freixieiro
2002–2005 Benfica
2005–2006 Playas de Castellón
2006–2011 Benfica
2011–2016 Nagoya Oceans
International career‡
2000 Portugal U21 2 (3)
2001 Portugal U23 2 (0)
2000–2014 Portugal 119 (53)
Managerial career
2016–2019 Nagoya Oceans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2015

Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa (born 18 December 1978), also known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional futsal coach. A former player, he played as a universal.

Career

Born in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Costa started playing futsal at UP da Venda Nova, progressing to GCD Del Negro in the year before joining Sporting youth ranks, in 1994. In 1995–96, at age 18, he started playing in the first team, staying there for six seasons, winning two league titles and arriving at the national team.[1]

He then had a one-year stint at Freixieiro, helping the club conquer their only league title, before joining Benfica in July 2002.[2] In the eight years he spent with them, with exception of a one-year break to play for Playas de Castellón, he won five league titles, four Portuguese cups, plus captained them in their historic UEFA Futsal Cup win in 2009–10, winning a total of 15 titles.[3][4]

On 6 July 2011, Costa moved to Japan to compete for Nagoya Oceans, winning numerous titles, including two AFC Futsal Club.[5][6][7] He announced his retirement in 2016, subsequently assuming the managerial role of Nagoya Oceans.[8]

Honours

[1]

Player

Sporting CP
Freixieiro

Benfica

Nagoya Oceans

Manager

Nagoya Oceans

References

  1. ^ a b "Pedro Costa". Thefinalball.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Benfica com «dream team» para a época 2002/2003" [Benfica with dream team for 2002-03]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Máquina Encarnada" [Red machine]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 April 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Décimo-quarto titulo" [Fourteenth title]. Em Defesa do Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Pedro Costa troca Benfica pelo Nagoya" [Pedro Costa trades Benfica for Nagoya]. UEFA (in Portuguese). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Pedro Costa: "Deixei a porta aberta no Benfica"" [Pedro Costa: "I left the door open for Benfica"]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Pedro Costa é campeão pelo Nagoya no Japão" [Pedro Costa wins the Championship for Nagoya in Japan]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Futsal: Pedro Costa passa de jogador a treinador do Nagoya" [Pedro Costa goes from player to manager of Nagoya]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Pedro Costa sagra-se campeão no Japão". Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Pedro Costa venceu primeira prova da época no Japão". Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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