Rui Costa

Rui Costa
Costa in 2019
34th President of Benfica
Assumed office
10 October 2021
Preceded byLuís Filipe Vieira
Personal details
Born
Rui Manuel César Costa

(1972-03-29) 29 March 1972 (age 54)
Amadora, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
OccupationFootballer
Association football career
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1977–1990 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1994 Benfica 78 (13)
1990–1991 → Fafe (loan) 38 (6)
1994–2001 Fiorentina 215 (38)
2001–2006 AC Milan 124 (4)
2006–2008 Benfica 43 (5)
Total 498 (66)
International career
1990 Portugal U18 4 (1)
1991 Portugal U20 11 (1)
1992–1994 Portugal U21 19 (7)
1993–2004 Portugal 94 (26)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up2004 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place2000 Belgium-Netherlands
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1991 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Manuel César Costa OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁuj ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fafe 1990–91 Portuguese Second Division 38600——386
Benfica 1991–92 Primeira Liga 214307010324
1992–93 234414010325
1993–94 3453184204710
Total 78131021944011119
Fiorentina 1994–95 Serie A 31940——359
1995–96 34472——416
1996–97 282108010382
1997–98 32352——375
1998–99 31107410—3914
1999–00 30440142—486
2000–01 2967220—388
Total 2153835102521027650
Milan 2001–02 Serie A 22010103—333
2002–03 25051180—481
2003–04 283406030413
2004–05 241409010381
2005–06 2503340—323
Total 12441744734019211
Benfica 2006–07 Primeira Liga 1403051—221
2007–08 29543122—4510
Total 43573173—6711
Career total 498666919108129068497

International

Portugal
YearAppsGoals
199372
199451
199573
1996112
199740
199853
199996
2000133
200160
200272
2003111
200493
Total9426

Honours

Club

Benfica

Fiorentina

Milan

International

Portugal

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ↑ "Rui Costa". S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Rui Costa eleito o 34.º presidente do Benfica com 84,48% dos votos". TSF Rádio Notícias. 10 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Matches in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Rui Manuel César Costa - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 59. ISSN 0872-3540.
  6. 1 2 3 "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA.
  9. ↑ FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "UEFA Champions League Player's Statistics". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Rui Costa venceu o prémio KIA / Jogador do Mês". sjpf.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Gala do Benfica: Aimar distinguido como o melhor de 2010/11" [Benfica's gala: Aimar distinguished as the best of 2010–11]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016. Rui Costa (2007)
  14. ↑ Matteo Magrini (23 August 2016). "Festa al Franchi, presenti e assenti. No eccellenti da Rui Costa, Baggio e Batistuta" [Celebration at the Franchi, for both present and absent. Excellent absentees from Rui Costa, to Baggio and Batistuta] (in Italian). Fiorentina.it. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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