Cândido Costa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | São João da Madeira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Wingback | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ovarense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1996 | Sanjoanense | ||
| 1996–1999 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999 | Salgueiros | 9 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Porto B | 19 | (2) |
| 2000–2004 | Porto | 33 | (3) |
| 2003 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Derby County (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Braga | 29 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Belenenses | 79 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Rapid Bucureşti | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Arouca | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | Tondela | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | São João Ver | 12 | (0) |
| 2014– | Ovarense | 14 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Portugal U21 | 25 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa (born 30 April 1981 in São João da Madeira) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for A.D. Ovarense mainly as a right back.
Football career
Having started his football career with the youth teams of S.L. Benfica, Costa switched to F.C. Porto after a brief stint with S.C. Salgueiros (where he made his first division debuts, in the 1999–2000 campaign). In his first full season at Porto he contributed with 18 games and two goals in the league, but the competition was lost in the last round to neighbours Boavista FC.
After not being able to fully break into the first team (having also served a six-month loan stint at Vitória Futebol Clube and a full loan with Derby County in the Football League Championship, the latter in the 2003–04 season,[1] where he scored once against West Bromwich Albion[2]), Costa joined S.C. Braga for 2004–05, also not being successful in two seasons – 29 league appearances combined.
Costa, who had started his career as a winger, joined C.F. Os Belenenses in the 2006–07 campaign, ultimately reconverting into the right back position and becoming an undisputed starter for the capital team, with nearly 75 league matches in his first three years, scoring against F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 18 March 2007 in a 2–0 away win.
After only appearing in 11 games in the 2009–10 season due to constant injuries, with Belenenses returning to the second level, 29-year-old Costa had his second abroad experience, signing with Liga I side FC Rapid Bucureşti.
References
- ↑ Porto winger joins Rams; BBC Sport, 8 July 2003
- ↑ "West Brom 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. 26 December 2003. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Cândido Costa profile at ForaDeJogo
- Cândido Costa career statistics at Soccerbase