Augusto da Costa

Augusto da Costa (born 22 October 1920 in Rio de Janeiro; died 1 March 2004) was a Brazilian footballer who played for the Brazil national football team. He captained the Brazil team to the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals leading them to become the runners-up of the tournament losing to Uruguay.

	Brazil squad - 1950 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Barbosa \| 2 Castilho \| 3 Augusto \| 4 Ely \| 5 Juvenal \| 6 Nena \| 7 Nílton Santos \| 8 Bauer \| 9 Bigode \| 10 Danilo \| 11 Noronha \| 12 Rui \| 13 Adãozinho \| 14 Ademir \| 15 Alfredo \| 16 Baltazar \| 17 Chico \| 18 Friaça \| 19 Jair \| 20 Maneca \| 21 Rodrigues \| 22 Zizinho \| Coach: Costa