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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Manuel Marouane da Costa Trindade Senoussi | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Max, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Nancy | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | PSV | 16 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Fiorentina | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | West Ham United | 31 | (3) |
| 2011– | Lokomotiv Moscow | 13 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | Portugal U-21 | 22 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:54, 27 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Manuel Marouane da Costa Trindade Senoussi (born 6 May 1986 in Saint-Max), known as Manuel da Costa, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Da Costa was born in France, but qualifies to play for Portugal, through his parents (born from a Portuguese father and a Moroccan mother).
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Da Costa began his career at Ligue 1 club AS Nancy. As well as his ten appearances in Ligue 1 in the 2005–06 season with his debut coming in January – da Costa scored a memorable individual goal to help Nancy defeat Le Mans in the French League Cup semi-finals.[2] Nancy went on to lift the trophy and qualify for the UEFA Cup.
Aft er rejecting offers from Bordeaux and Newcastle United, he opted to play in the Netherlands with PSV, where the glamour of Champions League football caught his eye. The 20-year-old centre-back agreed a five-year contract with the Dutch champions to become new coach Ronald Koeman's second summer signing at €1 million. Da Costa was given the number 14 shirt, and he stated: "It will be a beautiful base to grow and develop with PSV."
Da Costa, after a first season to get acquainted to a new challenge, gradually became more important in Koeman's side in 2007–08, establishing himself as a versatile defender. He played his first Champions League match on 12 September 2006, in a 0–0 home draw against Liverpool.
On 29 January 2008, it was confirmed by PSV that an agreement had been reached on the transfer of da Costa to Fiorentina, subject to a medical.[3]
Da Costa did not manage to make a breakthrough into Fiorentina's first team, making just one appearance in the Italian Serie A. On 30 January 2009, he agreed for a loan move to Sampdoria till the end of the season.[4]
In August 2009 he signed a three-year contract with English side West Ham United, for an undisclosed fee, as part of a deal that took Savio Nsereko to Fiorentina.[5] Da Costa made his debut for West Ham in their 3–1 away defeat in the League Cup to Bolton Wanderers on 22 September 2009.[6] His league debut arrived on 28 September 2009 in a 3–1 defeat at Eastlands to Manchester City.[7] He scored his first goal for West Ham against Hull City in a 3–3 draw at the KC Stadium on 21 November 2009. [8]Da Costa left West Ham in June 2011. He had played 35 games in all competitions scoring four goals including two against Stoke City and one against Everton.[9]
In June 2011 he left West Ham to join Lokomotiv Moscow for an undisclosed fee after West Ham were relegated from the Premier League.[10]
Da Costa had never played for Portugal but he was called up for Euro 2008 qualifying matches in October, November 2006 and March 2007. He could have played for France or Morocco but instead joined the Portugal U-21. Although he does not speak fluent Portuguese, da Costa insists that he feels Portuguese, and the country's place in his heart is his reason for choosing Portugal over France.[11]
He also represented Portugal at the Toulon Under-20 tournament in May 2006, having resisted calls to play for France, where he was born. In October 2010 da Costa was called up, for the first time, into the Portugal under-23 team for a game against Northern Ireland under-23 team on 12 October.[12]
In January 2011 da Costa was charged with sexual assault and common assault on a woman in a nightclub in Ilford. He appeared at Redbridge Magistrates' Court on January 25.[13] He did not enter a plea and was remanded on bail to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 18 April 2011.[14] On 18 April he pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a woman in Ilford in October 2010 but admitted one charge of common assault. He was released on conditional bail to stand trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 12 September 2011.[15] On 16 September he was cleared of groping a woman in a nightclub. But he was fined £1,000 at Snaresbrook Crown Court for slapping her in the face. The judge ordered him to pay £250 compensation to the victim.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nancy | 2005-06 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2006-07 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2007-08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Fiorentina | 2007-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sampdoria | 2008-09 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| West Ham | 2009-10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 2 |
| 2010-11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 2 | |
| Total | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| Lokomotiv M. | 2011-12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| Career Totals | 72 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 94 | 8 | |
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