Costinha

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Costinha
Personal information
Full name	Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa
Date of birth	December 1, 1974 (1974-12-01) (age 33)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.81m (5ft 11in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Atalanta B.C.
Number	4
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1995 1995–1996 1997 1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–present	Oriental Machico C.D. Nacional Monaco F.C. Porto FC Dynamo Moscow Atlético Madrid Atalanta B.C.	32 (3) 30 (5) 27 (4) 84 (3) 108 (13) 10 (0) 23 (0) 1 (0)
National team2
1998–2006	Portugal	53 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa, OIH, better known as Costinha (pron. IPA: [kɔʃ'tiɲɐ]), (born December 1, 1974 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for Atalanta B.C., joining them from Atlético Madrid.

Arguably, his finest moment for F.C. Porto was when he scored against and effectively knocked out Manchester United in the 2003-04 Champions League first knockout round. Porto went on to win the title, beating AS Monaco FC 3-0 in the final.

After a less successful run with FC Porto in the 2004-05 season, he was sold to Dynamo Moscow with Maniche and Yourkas Seitaridis, joining former teammate Derlei.

Costinha played for Portugal at Euro 2000, Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup. He has scored 2 goals in 49 caps for Portugal. On June 25, during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Costinha was sent off after receiving two yellow cards against the Netherlands.

Costinha has not been called to the Euro 2008 Portuguese national squad, and very rarely appeared in the qualifiers, hence it is being assumed that Scolari has no further intentions of bringing him back to the team.

[edit] Titles

• UEFA Champions League (2004)
• UEFA Cup (2003)
• Portuguese SuperLiga (2003, 2004)
• Ligue 1 (2000)
• FIFA Intercontinental Cup (2004)

[edit] References

v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 2000 1 V. Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 Rui Jorge • 4 Vidigal • 5 F. Couto • 6 P. Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 J. Pinto • 9 Sá Pinto • 10 Rui Costa • 11 S. Conceição • 12 P. Espinha • 13 Dimas • 14 Abel Xavier • 15 Costinha • 16 Beto • 17 P. Bento • 18 Pauleta • 19 Capucho • 20 Secretário • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Quim • Coach: H. Coelho

v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 2004 Runners-up 1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Rui Jorge • 4 J. Andrade • 5 F. Couto • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 Rui Costa • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Beto • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Moreira • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Caneira • 4 R. Costa • 5 Meira • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 H. Viana • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Boa Morte • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 P. Santos • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari