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) | ||
| Playing position | Universal | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nagoya Oceans (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | UP Venda Nova | ||
| 1993–1994 | Del Negro | ||
| 1994–1996 | Sporting | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2002 | Sporting | ||
| 2002 | Freixieiro | ||
| 2002–2005 | Benfica | ||
| 2005–2006 | Playas de Castellón | ||
| 2006–2011 | Benfica | ||
| 2011–2016 | Nagoya Oceans | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2014 | Portugal | 116 | (57) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016– | Nagoya Oceans | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2012. | |||
Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa (born 18 December 1978), also known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional futsal coach who is the current head coach of Japanese club Nagoya Oceans. A former player, he played as a universal.
Career
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.[1] 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.[1]
He then had a one-year stint at Freixieiro, helping the club conquer their only league title, before joining Benfica on 11 July 2002.[2] In the eight years he spent with the Eagles, with exception of a one-year break to play for Playas de Castellón, he won five league titles, four Portuguese cups, plus captained Benfica in their historic UEFA Futsal Cup win in 2009–10, winning a total of 15 titles.[3][4]
On 6 July 2011, Costa moved to Japan to compete for Nagoya Oceans, winning numerous titles, including two AFC Futsal Club.[5][6][7] He announced his retirement in 2016, subsequently assuming the managerial role of Nagoya Oceans.[8]
Honours
Player
- Sporting CP
- Liga Portuguesa: 1998–99, 2000–01
- Supertaça de Portugal 2001
- Freixieiro
- Liga Portuguesa: 2001–02
- Supertaça de Portugal: 2002
Benfica
- UEFA Futsal Cup: 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: 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
Manager
- Nagoya Oceans
References
- 1 2 "Pedro Costa". Forumscp (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Futsal: Mais dois "grandes" reforços para o Benfica" [Two more "great" players join Benfica]. Serbenfiquista.com. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Futsal faz história" [Futsal makes history]. Serbenfiquista.com (in Portuguese). 26 April 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Décimo-quarto titulo" [Fourteenth title]. Em Defesa do Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Pedro Costa troca Benfica pelo Nagoya" [Pedro Costa trades Benfica for Nagoya]. UEFA (in Portuguese). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Pedro Costa: "Deixei a porta aberta no Benfica"" [Pedro Costa: "I left the door open for Benfica"]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ "Pedro Costa é campeão pelo Nagoya no Japão" [Pedro Costa wins the Championship for Nagoya in Japan]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Futsal: Pedro Costa passa de jogador a treinador do Nagoya" [Pedro Costa goes from player to manager of Nagoya]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
External links
- Pedro Costa at thefinalball.com
- Serbenfiquista profile (Portuguese)
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