Pedro Costa (futsal player)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | São Sebastião da Pedreira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Universal | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | UP Venda Nova | ||
| 1993–1994 | Del Negro | ||
| 1994–1996 | Sporting | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2001 | Sporting | ||
| 2001-2002 | Freixieiro | ||
| 2002–2005 | Benfica | ||
| 2005–2006 | Playas de Castellón | ||
| 2006–2011 | Benfica | ||
| 2011–2016 | Nagoya Oceans | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (3) |
| 2001 | Portugal U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2014 | Portugal | 119 | (53) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2019 | Nagoya Oceans | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 June 2015 | |||
Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa (born 18 December 1978), also known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional futsal coach. A former player, he played as a universal.
Career
[edit | edit source]Born in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Costa started playing futsal at UP da Venda Nova, progressing to GCD Del Negro in the year before joining Sporting youth ranks, in 1994. In 1995–96, at age 18, he started playing in the first team, staying there for six seasons, winning two league titles and arriving at the national team.[citation needed]
He then had a one-year stint at Freixieiro, helping the club conquer their only league title, before joining Benfica in July 2002.[1] In the eight years he spent with them, with exception of a one-year break to play for Playas de Castellón, he won five league titles, four Portuguese cups, plus captained them in their historic UEFA Futsal Cup win in 2009–10, winning a total of 15 titles.[2][3]
On 6 July 2011, Costa moved to Japan to compete for Nagoya Oceans, winning numerous titles, including two AFC Futsal Club.[4][5][6] He announced his retirement in 2016, subsequently assuming the managerial role of Nagoya Oceans.[7]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Player
[edit | edit source]- Sporting CP
- Liga Portuguesa (2): 1998–99, 2000–01
- Supertaça de Portugal (1): 2001
- Freixieiro
- Liga Portuguesa (1): 2001–02
Benfica
- UEFA Futsal Cup (1): 2009–10
- Liga Portuguesa (5): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Taça de Portugal (4): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09
- Supertaça de Portugal (4): 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009
- Nagoya Oceans
- AFC Futsal Club Championship (2): 2011, 2014
- F. League (6): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Ocean Arena Cup (4): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Japan Futsal Championship (3): 2011, 2014, 2015
Manager
[edit | edit source]- Nagoya Oceans
- AFC Futsal Club Championship (1): 2016
- F.League (2): 2017–18,[8] 2018-19
- F.League Ocean Cup (3): 2017,[9] 2018, 2019
- Japan Futsal Championship (2): 2018, 2019
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Pedro Costa national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
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