| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Sérgio Cardoso Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Moita, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | None | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–1999 | Lourinhanense | ||
| 1999–2000 | Alverca | 15 | (1) |
| 2000 | Inter | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Reggina | 25 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Porto | 10 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Porto B | 12 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | → Venezia (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Bordeaux | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Bordeaux B | ||
| 2006–2007 | Aris | 42 | (7) |
| 2007 | Aris Limassol | 13 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Anorthosis | 25 | (3) |
| 2009 | → APOEL (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2009 | Levadiakos | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | APOP | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Ermis | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | Aris Limassol | 12 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 22 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Paulo Sérgio Cardoso da Costa (born 5 December 1979) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
After hardly settling at any club for more than one decade, having played professionally in Portugal, Italy, France and Greece, he finally moved to Cyprus in his mid-20's, playing the vast majority of his remaining career there.
Born in Moita, Setúbal District, Costa began playing as a senior at Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, then Sporting Clube de Portugal's farm team. In 1999 he joined F.C. Alverca, rejoining another youth product of the Portuguese League giants, Marco Caneira.
In summer 2000, both Costa and Caneira signed with F.C. Internazionale Milano, who bought the pair in a co-ownership deal with Reggina Calcio.[1] He was bought back from Reggina in July 2001[2] and, in a continuing series of unassuming loans, then played with F.C. Porto (who also acquired 50%[3]), A.C. Venezia and FC Girondins de Bordeaux, rejoining former teammate Caneira in the latter (with the first and third clubs, he was often demoted to the reserves).[4][5] Released by Inter and bought by Bordeaux, he returned to Portugal for the 2004–05 season, joining Gil Vicente FC.
Released by the French side in January 2006, Costa joined Aris Thessaloniki in Greece,[6] with his new club starting the second division season in poor fashion, but improving their game and results under Nikos Anastopoulos, and eventually returning to the top division, with the player contributing with 13 matches; in the following season, he netted a career-best seven goals, with Aris overachieving for a final fourth place, as he formed a successful offensive partnership with Spaniard Koke.
In August 2007, Costa started a Cypriot adventure, as many Portuguese players in that timeframe years, by joining Aris Limassol FC. On 3 January 2008, he signed a three 1/2-year contract with another side in the country, Anorthosis Famagusta FC.
On 28 December 2008, continuing in Cyprus, Costa signed a six-month contract with APOEL FC, but his link was mutually rescinded on March 13 of the following year.[7]
In August 2009, Costa returned to Greece and penned a two-year contract with Levadiakos FC.[8] After leaving the club in January 2010, he returned to Cyprus, signing for one 1/2-years with domestic cup holders APOP Kinyras FC.
Costa signed with Ermis Aradippou for 2010–11, but was released shortly after. He finished the season with another team in the country, former club Aris Limassol, scoring four goals as it returned to the top flight after one year.
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