Eduardo Costa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduardo Nascimento Costa | ||
Date of birth | 23 September 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Florianópolis, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Grêmio | 17 | (1) |
2001–2004 | Bordeaux | 110 | (5) |
2004–2005 | Marseille | 30 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Espanyol | 65 | (1) |
2007–2008 | → Grêmio (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2009 | São Paulo | 18 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Monaco | 16 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Vasco da Gama | 63 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Avaí | 84 | (6) |
Total | 424 | (17) | |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Brazil | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eduardo Nascimento Costa (born 23 September 1982), known as Eduardo Costa, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Career
Eduardo was born in Florianópolis, Brazil. In 2007 he played for Grêmio on loan from RCD Espanyol. He was 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 in Bordeaux's UEFA Cup run during the 2002–03 season. 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 four-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 three-year contract.[3]
On 8 August 2009, he signed with AS Monaco FC[4] on a three-year deal.[5]
In December 2010, Eduardo Costa was loaned to Vasco da Gama for six months.[6] Six months after it became a permanent deal following Monaco's relegation from the Ligue 1.
Honours
Club
Grêmio
- Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup): 2001
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 2001
Bordeaux
- Coupe de la Ligue (French League Cup): 2002
Espanyol
- Copa del Rey (Spanish League Cup): 2006
Vasco da Gama
- Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup): 2011
International
Brazil
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1997
References
- ^ Stats Hosted Solution Football Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sólo Nàstic, Recreativo y Osasuna gastaron menos que el Espanyol, "Infoaccio issue 1" (PDF). RCD Espanyol (in Spanish). October 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2011.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 21/01/2009". CBF (in Portuguese). 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "Monaco: le Brésilien Eduardo Costa va signer" (in French). FIFA. AFP. 8 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Costa loaned to Vasco". FIFA. PA. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
External links
- Eduardo Costa – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Eduardo Costa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1982 births
- Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Brazil international footballers
- 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- La Liga players
- Ligue 1 players
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- São Paulo FC players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Avaí FC players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- AS Monaco FC players
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Monaco
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Association football midfielders