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Cândido Costa Personal information Full name Cândido Alves Moreira Costa Date of birth April 30, 1981 Place of birth São João da Madeira, Portugal Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Wingback Club information Current club Arouca Number 6 Youth career 1997–1999 Benfica Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999 Salgueiros 9 (0) 2000 Porto B 17 (1) 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– Arouca National team 2002–2004 Portugal U21 25 (5) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa (born 30 April 1981 in São João da Madeira) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca mainly as a right defender.
Football career
Having started his football career with the youth teams of S.L. Benfica, Costa switched to F.C. Porto after a brief stint with S.C. Salgueiros (where he made his first division debuts, in 1999–2000). In his first full season at Porto, he contributed with 18 matches and two goals in the league, but the competition was lost in the last 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 Futebol Clube and a full loan with Derby County FC, in 2003–04,[1] where he scored once against West Bromwich Albion[2]), Costa joined Sporting de Braga in 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 2006–07, 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 matches in the 2009–10 season due to constant injuries, with Belenenses returning to the second division, 29-year old Costa had his second abroad experience, signing with Liga I side FC Rapid Bucureşti.
References
- ^ Porto winger joins Rams; BBC Sport, 8 July 2003
- ^ "West Brom 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. 26 December 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3331447.stm. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
- Cândido Costa career stats at Soccerbase
Portugal squad – 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Leite • 2 Briguel • 3 Faísca • 4 Tonel • 5 Ribeiro • 6 Ednilson • 7 Cândido Costa • 8 Viana • 9 Postiga • 10 Paulo Costa • 11 Teixeira • 12 Márcio Santos • 13 Bruno Alves • 14 Alhandra • 15 Makukula • 16 Tiago • 17 P.Mendes • 18 Semedo • 19 Neca • 20 Miguel • 21 Paulo Ferreira • 22 Ivo • Coach: Oliveira
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Primeira Liga players
- S.C. Salgueiros players
- F.C. Porto players
- S.C. Braga players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- The Football League players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Liga I players
- FC Rapid Bucureşti players
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
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