Hugo Costa

Hugo Costa
Personal information
Full name Hugo Alexandre Esteves Costa
Date of birth (1973-11-04) 4 November 1973
Place of birth Tramagal, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
1984–1992 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1992–1993 Gil Vicente 24 (2)
1993–1995 Beira-Mar 50 (1)
1995–1996 Estrela Amadora 10 (0)
1996 Stoke City 2 (0)
1996–2001 Alverca 103 (2)
2001–2003 Vitória Setúbal 56 (2)
2003–2005 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 (0)
2005–2008 União Leiria 16 (1)
2008–2009 Atromitos 6 (1)
2009–2011 Pinhalnovense 38 (0)
Total 339 (9)
National team
1995–1996 Portugal U21 8 (1)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Hugo Alexandre Esteves Costa (born 4 November 1973 in Tramagal, Abrantes) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

A graduate of S.L. Benfica's youth system, Costa never appeared however for its first team, going on to spend the following four seasons in the Primeira Liga with Gil Vicente FC, S.C. Beira-Mar (two years) and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, being relegated with the second club in the 1994–95 campaign.

In the 1996 summer he signed with Stoke City in the English second level,[1] but left the Potters after only a couple of weeks and games,[2] returning to his country with F.C. Alverca and remaining with the Lisbon outskirts side for the following five seasons, three spent in the top flight.

From 2001 to 2003, also as first-choice and in the top division, Costa played with Vitória de Setúbal. Subsequently he signed for Germany's Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (division two), remaining in the country for two years and suffering relegation in his second.

In 2005–06, Costa returned to Portugal and joined U.D. Leiria, playing in only 16 matches in the top division in three seasons combined – 12 of those came in his last, with the club ranking 16th and last. Afterwards, the 34-year-old moved to Cyprus with Atromitos Yeroskipou.

After just one season Costa once again returned to his country, joining lowly C.D. Pinhalnovense. He left in the 2011 summer aged nearly 38, and retired shortly after.

References

  1. ↑ Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 978-1-874287-39-1.
  2. ↑ "Stoke City". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

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