Rui Costa

Retired
Last club: Benfica Most games for: Fiorentina Retired since: Jul 1, 2008

Date of birth/Age: Mar 29, 1972 (52)
Place of birth: Amadora
Citizenship: Portugal

Height: 1,80 m
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Portugal
Caps/Goals: 94 / 26

Currently working as:

President Club: Benfica

Detailed stats of Rui Costa

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Detailed

Season	Competition		Club				/ /
	Total :			53	1	9	3 / - / -	3.464'
07/08		Champions League	6	-	-	- / - / -	524'
05/06		Champions League	4	-	-	- / - / -	113'
04/05		Champions League	9	-	1	- / - / -	403'
03/04		Champions League	6	-	-	- / - / -	193'
02/03		Champions League	16	-	6	1 / - / -	1.151'
99/00		Champions League	12	1	2	2 / - / -	1.080'

UEFA Champions League

Compact

Detailed

Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Group B	9/14/99	H	Arsenal	0:0	CM				90'
Group B	9/22/99	A	Barcelona	4:2	AM				90'
Group B	9/29/99	A	AIK	0:0	AM				90'
Group B	10/19/99	H	AIK	3:0	CM		1		90'
Group B	10/27/99	A	Arsenal	0:1	AM			✔	90'
Group B	11/2/99	H	Barcelona	3:3	AM		1		90'
Group 2	11/23/99	H	Man Utd	2:0	AM				90'
Group 2	12/8/99	A	G. Bordeaux	0:0	AM			✔	90'
Group 2	3/1/00	H	Valencia	1:0	AM				90'
Group 2	3/7/00	A	Valencia	2:0	AM				90'
Group 2	3/15/00	A	Man Utd	3:1	CM				90'
Group 2	3/21/00	H	G. Bordeaux	3:3	AM	1			90'

Group G	9/18/02	H	Lens	2:1	AM		1		82'
Group G	9/24/02	A	Dep. La Coruña	0:4	AM		3		80'
Group G	10/1/02	A	Bayern Munich	1:2	AM				87'
Group G	10/23/02	H	Bayern Munich	2:1	AM		1		85'
Group G	10/29/02	A	Lens	2:1	Not in squad
Group G	11/13/02	H	Dep. La Coruña	1:2	AM				75'
Group 3	11/26/02	H	Real Madrid	1:0	AM		1		76'
Group 3	12/11/02	A	Bor. Dortmund	0:1	AM				78'
Group 3	2/19/03	H	Loko Moscow	1:0	CM				63'
Group 3	2/25/03	A	Loko Moscow	0:1					3'
Group 3	3/12/03	A	Real Madrid	3:1					45'
Group 3	3/18/03	H	Bor. Dortmund	0:1	AM				62'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/8/03	A	Ajax	0:0	AM				90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/23/03	H	Ajax	3:2	AM				85'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	5/7/03	H	Inter	0:0	AM				90'
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	5/13/03	A	Inter	1:1	AM			40'	64'
Final	5/28/03	A	Juventus	2:3 on pens	AM				87'

Group H	9/16/03	H	Ajax	1:0	on the bench
Group H	10/1/03	A	Celta de Vigo	0:0	CM				90'
Group H	10/22/03	H	Club Brugge	0:1					28'
Group H	11/4/03	A	Club Brugge	0:1	on the bench
Group H	11/26/03	A	Ajax	0:1					14'
Group H	12/9/03	H	Celta de Vigo	1:2					45'
last 16 1st leg	2/24/04	A	Sparta Prague	0:0	on the bench
last 16 2nd leg	3/10/04	H	Sparta Prague	4:1					4'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/23/04	H	Dep. La Coruña	4:1	on the bench
10	4/7/04	A	Dep. La Coruña	4:0					13'

Group F	9/14/04	A	Shakhtar D.	0:1					14'
Group F	9/29/04	H	Celtic	3:1					3'
Group F	10/20/04	H	Barcelona	1:0	on the bench
Group F	11/2/04	A	Barcelona	2:1					14'
Group F	11/24/04	H	Shakhtar D.	4:0	AM		1		79'
Group F	12/7/04	A	Celtic	0:0	AM				80'
last 16 1st leg	2/23/05	A	Man Utd	0:1	AM				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/8/05	H	Man Utd	1:0	AM				85'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/6/05	H	Inter	2:0	on the bench
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/12/05	A	Inter	0:3					30'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/26/05	H	PSV Eindhoven	2:0	on the bench
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	5/4/05	A	PSV Eindhoven	3:1	on the bench
Final	5/25/05	H	Liverpool	5:6 on pens	CM				8'

Group E	9/13/05	H	Fenerbahce	3:1	on the bench
Group E	9/28/05	A	FC Schalke 04	2:2					16'
Group E	10/19/05	H	PSV Eindhoven	0:0	on the bench
Group E	11/1/05	A	PSV Eindhoven	1:0	on the bench
Group E	11/23/05	A	Fenerbahce	0:4					71'
Group E	12/6/05	H	FC Schalke 04	3:2	on the bench
last 16 1st leg	2/21/06	A	Bayern Munich	1:1	on the bench
last 16 2nd leg	3/8/06	H	Bayern Munich	4:1	AM				4'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/29/06	A	Olympique Lyon	0:0	on the bench
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/4/06	H	Olympique Lyon	3:1	on the bench
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/18/06	H	Barcelona	0:1	on the bench
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	4/26/06	A	Barcelona	0:0	AM				22'

Group F	9/13/06	A	FC Copenhagen	0:0	Not in squad
Group F	9/26/06	H	Man Utd	0:1	Not in squad
Group F	10/17/06	A	Celtic	3:0	Not in squad
Group F	11/1/06	H	Celtic	3:0	Not in squad
Group F	11/21/06	H	FC Copenhagen	3:1	Not in squad
Group F	12/6/06	A	Man Utd	3:1	Not in squad

Group D	9/18/07	A	AC Milan	2:1	AM				87'
Group D	10/3/07	H	Shakhtar D.	0:1	AM				90'
Group D	10/24/07	H	Celtic	1:0	AM				90'
Group D	11/6/07	A	Celtic	1:0	AM				77'
Group D	11/28/07	H	AC Milan	1:1	AM				90'
Group D	12/4/07	A	Shakhtar D.	1:2	AM				90'
Squad: 69, Starting eleven: 37, Substituted in: 16, On the bench: 16, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

Played as...
Attacking Midfield	34	1	8
Central Midfield	6	-	1

National team career

#	National team		Debut
	Portugal
10		Portugal	Apr 28, 1993	94	26
	Portugal U21
10		Portugal U21	Oct 15, 1991	19	7
	Portugal U20
10		Portugal U20	Jan 29, 1991	11	1
	Portugal U18
10		Portugal U18	Apr 12, 1990	4	1

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