Pedro Alexandre da Silva da Costa (born 18 December 1978), also known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional

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. A former

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, he played as a universal.

Career

Born in

São Sebastião da Pedreira São Sebastião da Pedreira ( English: '' Saint Sebastian of the Quarry'') was a Portuguese parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lisbon. With the 2012 Administrative Reform, the former ''São Sebastião da Pedreira'' parish merged with th ...

, Costa started playing futsal at UP da Venda Nova, progressing to GCD Del Negro in the year before joining Sporting youth ranks, in 1994. 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

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. He then had a one-year stint at Freixieiro, helping the club conquer their only league title, before joining Benfica in July 2002. In the eight years he spent with them, with exception of a one-year break to play for Playas de Castellón, he won five league titles, four Portuguese cups, plus captained them in their historic UEFA Futsal Cup win in 2009–10, winning a total of 15 titles. On 6 July 2011, Costa moved to

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to compete for

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, winning numerous titles, including two AFC Futsal Club. He announced his retirement in 2016, subsequently assuming the managerial role of Nagoya Oceans.

Honours

Player

;Sporting CP * Liga Portuguesa (2): 1998–99, 2000–01 * Supertaça de Portugal (1): 2001 ;Freixieiro * Liga Portuguesa (1): 2001–02 * Supertaça de Portugal (1): 2002 Benfica *

UEFA Futsal Cup The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1984 ...

(1): 2009–10 * Liga Portuguesa (5): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...

(4): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09 * Supertaça de Portugal (4): 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009 ;Nagoya Oceans *

AFC Futsal Club Championship The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation. It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League. For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to make ...

(2):

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F. League The F. League (in Japanese: "F・リーグ", officially "日本フットサルリーグ", Nihon Futtosaru Rīgu) is the top league for Futsal in Japan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Histo ...

(6): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Ocean Arena Cup (4): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Japan Futsal Championship (3): 2011, 2014, 2015

Manager

;Nagoya Oceans *

(1):

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F.League The F. League (in Japanese: "F・リーグ", officially "日本フットサルリーグ", Nihon Futtosaru Rīgu) is the top league for Futsal in Japan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Histo ...

(2): 2017–18, 2018-19 * F.League Ocean Cup (3): 2017, 2018, 2019 * Japan Futsal Championship (2): 2018, 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Pedro 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Lisbon Portuguese men's futsal players Sporting CP futsal players AR Freixieiro players S.L. Benfica (futsal) players Playas de Castellón FS players Nagoya Oceans players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Japan