Eduardo Costa

Eduardo Costa
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Nascimento Costa
Date of birth (1982-09-23) 23 September 1982
Place of birth Florianópolis, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Avaí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Grêmio 11 (1)
2001–2004 Bordeaux 89 (4)
2004–2005 Marseille 30 (1)
2005–2008 Espanyol 47 (1)
2007–2008Grêmio (loan) 15 (0)
2009 São Paulo 13 (0)
2009–2010 Monaco 15 (0)
2011–2012 Vasco da Gama 29 (0)
2013– Avaí 50 (2)
National team
2001–2002 Brazil 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2014.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006

Eduardo Nascimento Costa (born 23 September 1982 in Florianópolis, Brazil), known as Eduardo Costa or simply Eduardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Avaí.

Career

In 2007 Eduardo played for Grêmio on loan from RCD Espanyol. He is especially noted for being an extremely tight marker, and is booked with alarming regularity [1]

A member of Brazil's Under 17 World Cup winning side, he came to France in 2001 to play for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he commanded a regular first team spot for three seasons, including playing a key role of Bordeaux's Uefa Cup run in 2002–03. He followed that with a move to Olympique de Marseille, but after an unhappy year there, he was signed by Espanyol in 2005 for €4 million in 4-year contract.[2] He did not play in 2008–09 Ligue 1, as he would occupied a non-EU quota. In January 2009 he left for São Paulo in 3-year contract.[3]

On 8 August 2009 AS Monaco FC have signed the former São Paulo's Brazilian midfielder[4] in 3-year deal.[5]

On December 2010, Eduardo Costa was loaned to Vasco da Gama for 6 months.[6] Six months after it became a permanent deal following Monaco's relegation from the Ligue 1.

Honours

Club

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
RCD Espanyol
Vasco da Gama

International

Brazil

References

  1. Stats Hosted Solution Football
  2. Sólo Nàstic, Recreativo y Osasuna gastaron menos que el Espanyol, "Infoaccio issue 1" (PDF). RCD Espanyol (in Spanish). October 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 21/01/2009". CBF (in Portuguese). 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. "Monaco: le Brésilien Eduardo Costa va signer" (in French). FIFA.com. AFP. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. "Eduardo Costa à l’AS Monaco FC". AS Monaco FC (in French). 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  6. "Costa loaned to Vasco". FIFA.com. PA. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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