Cândido Costa

Cândido Costa
Personal information
Full name Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa
Date of birth (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981
Place of birth São João da Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Wingback
Youth career
1990–1996 Sanjoanense
1996–1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999 Salgueiros 9 (0)
2000–2001 Porto B 19 (2)
2000–2004 Porto 33 (3)
2003 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 12 (0)
2003–2004 → Derby County (loan) 34 (1)
2004–2006 Braga 29 (0)
2006–2010 Belenenses 79 (1)
2010–2011 Rapid Bucureşti 12 (0)
2011–2012 Arouca 0 (0)
2012 Tondela 2 (0)
2013–2014 São João Ver 12 (0)
2014–2015 Ovarense 17 (2)
Total 258 (9)
National team
2001 Portugal U20 4 (1)
2000–2004 Portugal U21 25 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa (born 30 April 1981 in São João da Madeira) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 162 games and four goals during ten seasons, representing in the competition Salgueiros, Porto, Vitória de Setúbal, Braga and Belenenses. He also competed professionally in England and Romania.

Club career

Having started his football career with the youth teams of S.L. Benfica, Costa switched to FC Porto after a brief stint with S.C. Salgueiros (where he made his Primeira Liga debuts, in the 1999–2000 campaign). In his first full season at Porto he contributed with 18 games and two goals in the league, but the competition was lost in the penultimate round to neighbours Boavista FC.

After not being able to fully break into the first team (having also served a six-month loan stint at Vitória F.C. and a full loan with Derby County in the Football League Championship, the latter in the 2003–04 season,[1] where he scored once against West Bromwich Albion[2]), Costa joined S.C. Braga for 2004–05, also not being successful in two seasons – 29 league appearances combined.

Costa, who had started his career as a winger, joined C.F. Os Belenenses in the 2006–07 campaign, ultimately reconverting into the right back position and becoming an undisputed starter for the capital team, with nearly 75 league matches in his first three years, scoring against F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 18 March 2007 in a 2–0 away win.

After only appearing in 11 games in the 2009–10 season due to constant injuries, with Belenenses returning to the second level, 29-year-old Costa had his second abroad experience, signing with Liga I side FC Rapid Bucureşti.

References

  1. ↑ Porto winger joins Rams; BBC Sport, 8 July 2003
  2. ↑ "West Brom 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. 26 December 2003. Retrieved 29 May 2010.

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