Filipe Gui Paradela Maciel da Costa (born 30 August 1984) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Football career

Early career

Born in Lisbon, Costa began his career at

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...

, also being loaned to C.F. Os Belenenses and

Amora F.C. Amora Futebol Clube, commonly known as simply as Amora, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Amora, Setúbal. The club was founded on the 1 May 1921 and its founders were Mário de Carvalho, Guilherme Pestana, João Baptista, Julião Ga ...

during his formative years. In 2003, he moved to Italy's

A.C. Reggiana 1919 Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919, commonly referred to as Reggiana, is a professional football club based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was formed in 2018 upon an idea of 1919, and plays in the Serie C, the third tier of It ...

, but failed to appear in any games in the season's

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Greece

In January 2005, Costa joined Super League Greece club Ionikos FC. Exactly two years later he was loaned to Athlitiki Enosi Larissa FC, which eventually won the domestic cup as the player appeared in one match in the tournament, the 31 January quarter-finals against

PAE Kerkyra PAE Kerkyra ( el, ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα), was a Greek football club based in Corfu, Greece. The club played in the Gamma Ethniki, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system, following changes to the league structure in 2019. It played i ...

. During his two-and-a-half-year stay in the country, Costa was voted by fans and league players and coaches for two straight years to the annual All-Star game, held between the best Greek and foreign players.

England / Romania

On 1 September 2007, Costa signed a one-year contract with

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. He made seven appearances, all but one as a substitute, and was

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in a rare start, a game against

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for the

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; his injuries otherwise largely prevented him from playing. In mid-January 2008, Costa joined Scottish club Falkirk for a trial, but returned to Elland Road after this proved unsuccessful. He was released in April. For the 2008–09 campaign, Costa moved to

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with FC Politehnica Timișoara, with the contract including a special clause that stated it could be terminated if the player suffered an injury. He was released on 4 August 2008.

Bulgaria

In September 2008, Costa signed for

PFC CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. He made his debut for his new team on 4 October against

FC Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren ( bg, ОФК Вихрен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the South-West Third League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren San ...

, playing a total of five matches during the season. In January of the following year CSKA released the player, via arbitration commission of the Bulgarian Football Union. On 28 January 2009, Costa joined

PFC Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

on a three-year deal. He made his competitive debut also against Vihren, in the first game of the second round of the championship, a 3–2 win. On 9 May he appeared in

The Eternal Derby The Eternal derby of Bulgarian football or simply The Eternal derby ( bg, Вечното дерби) is the name of the local derby football match between the two most popular and successful football clubs in Sofia and Bulgaria: Levski Sofia an ...

against ex-team CSKA, which resulted in a 2–0 away win; in total, he contributed with eight appearances for an eventual league win. On 21 June 2009, it was announced that Levski were trying to sell Costa. Club coach

Emil Velev Emil Simeonov Velev ( bg, Емил Симеонов Велев; born 5 February 1962) is a former Bulgarian footballer and currently manager. Career Velev started his career in Levski Sofia. Kokala James ( bg, Кокала) ''(The bone James)'' ...

decided to sell the player due to his poor performances in the second round of the campaign.

Return to Portugal

On 13 July 2009, Costa returned to Portugal after six years, joining C.D. Nacional. He was not registered for the season's

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by the Madeirans and, on 5 January 2010, without making any official appearances, he was released, quickly signing with G.D. Estoril Praia in the Segunda Liga.

Honours

Larissa *

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most imp ...

: 2006–07 Levski *

First Professional Football League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

: 2008–09

References

External links

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Levski official profile
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