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
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)
International career
1990 Portugal U18 4 (1)
1991 Portugal U20 11 (1)
1992–1994 Portugal U21 19 (7)
1993–2004 Portugal 94 (26)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up2004 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place2000 Belgium-Netherlands
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1991 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fafe 1990–91 Portuguese Second Division 38600——386
Benfica 1991–92 Primeira Liga 214307010324
1992–93 234414010325
1993–94 3453184204710
Total 78131021944011119
Fiorentina 1994–95 Serie A 31940——359
1995–96 34472——416
1996–97 282108010382
1997–98 32352——375
1998–99 31107410—3914
1999–00 30440142—486
2000–01 2967220—388
Total 2153835102521027650
Milan 2001–02 Serie A 22010103—333
2002–03 25051180—481
2003–04 283406030413
2004–05 241409010381
2005–06 2503340—323
Total 12441744734019211
Benfica 2006–07 Primeira Liga 1403051—221
2007–08 29543122—4510
Total 43573173—6711
Career total 498666919108129068497

International

Portugal[4]
YearAppsGoals
199372
199451
199573
1996112
199740
199853
199996
2000133
200160
200272
2003111
200493
Total9426

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. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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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