Denilson Costa (born 10 June 1968) is a Brazilian and naturalized Honduran football coach and former player. He is currently the second all-time top scorer in the Honduran Liga Nacional and was also the first to reach 150 goals. Now he is a teacher in Honduras. Costa along with Marcelo Ferreira are among the only naturalized Honduran nationals to have played for the

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Club career

Born in Brazil, Denilson moved to Honduras in 1991 and made his league debut in September 1991 for Olimpia against Súper Estrella, scoring the only goal of the game. He spent his entire career in Honduras, except for short spells in Costa Rica with Limonense for whom he scored the fastest goal in Costa Rica's premier division history in December 1990 and Belén and in Guatemala with Heredia. He finished his playing career at Necaxa to become the club's manager a few seasons later. He played 481 matches is Honduran professional football, which is still a record.

International career

Denilson made his debut for his adopted home country Honduras in an October 2003

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against Bolivia and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 2005 friendly against the

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Managerial career

On 6 March 2011, Costa made his professional debut as coach with C.D. Necaxa in the 0–1 home defeat against

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Personal life

Denilson married Costa Rican Mirta Yorleni Ortiz whom he met while playing in

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. She is a niece of former Costa Rican international Enrique Rivers. He became a Honduran citizen in 2002.

Honours

Player

;C.D. Olimpia *

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, 1998–99, 2000–01 A, 2002–03 A ;C.D. Marathón *

: 2002–03 C, 2004–05 A

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- Diario Extra {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Denilson 1968 births Living people People from São João de Meriti Honduran people of Brazilian descent Brazilian emigrants to Honduras Naturalised citizens of Honduras Men's association football forwards Brazilian men's footballers Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers Belén F.C. players C.D. Olimpia players F.C. Motagua players C.D. Marathón players Platense F.C. players Atlético Olanchano players Liga FPD players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Honduran football managers Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)