Matheus Silva Ferreira da Costa (born 14 January 1987) is a Brazilian

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, currently in charge of

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Career

Born in

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, Costa played

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at Paraná but retired at early age. He subsequently worked at

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and

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before joining

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's staff at

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in 2016. On 7 January 2017, Costa was named

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' assistant at Paraná. In July, after Lopes and

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were both sacked, he acted as an interim during a 4–1 Série B home routing of

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; after the arrival of

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, he returned to his previous role. On 2 September 2017, Lisca was sacked after altercations with the club's board and supposedly assaulting Costa; he was later named interim manager. Late in the month, he was named permanent manager until the end of the year, and achieved promotion to the Série A. Costa still left the club after his contract expired, and was appointed manager of

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on 13 March 2018; exactly two months later, he was sacked. On 13 August, he was named

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's assistant at Coritiba. In 2019, Costa also acted as interim at ''Coxa'' on two occasions, both after the dismissal of

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. On 3 April of that year, he returned to Paraná, replacing sacked

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. He left the club at the end of the year, and took over Confiança on 16 February. Costa was sacked by ''Dragão'' on 16 September 2020, being subsequently replaced by

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, and took over Paysandu in the Série C two days later. On 21 October, he replaced longtime incumbent

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at the helm of Operário Ferroviário in the second division. Costa was sacked by Operário on 29 September 2021, and spent a period in charge of Barra-SC before returning to the club on 26 July 2022. On 24 October, after the club's

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, he left. On 22 February 2023, Costa took over

Honours

Manager

;Confiança *

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: 2020

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Matheus 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Curitiba Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Paraná Clube managers Joinville Esporte Clube managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Associação Desportiva Confiança managers Paysandu Sport Club managers Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube managers Esporte Clube Santo André managers