Pedro Costa (futsal player)

For other people named Pedro Costa, see Pedro Costa (disambiguation).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is da Costa.
Pedro Costa
Personal information
Full name Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa
Date of birth (1978-12-18) 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
Number 14
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– Nagoya Oceans
National team
2002– Portugal 116 (53)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2012.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2015

Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa (born 18 December 1978), also known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for Japanese club Nagoya Oceans 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]

Honours

Sporting CP
Freixieiro

Benfica

Nagoya Oceans

References

  1. 1 2 "Pedro Costa". Forumscp (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. "Futsal: Mais dois "grandes" reforços para o Benfica" [Two more "great" players join Benfica]. Serbenfiquista.com. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. "Futsal faz história" [Futsal makes history]. Serbenfiquista.com (in Portuguese). 26 April 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  4. "Décimo-quarto titulo" [Fourteenth title]. Em Defesa do Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  5. "Pedro Costa troca Benfica pelo Nagoya" [Pedro Costa trades Benfica for Nagoya]. UEFA (in Portuguese). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.

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