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Cândido Costa

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Cândido Costa
Costa in 2024
Personal information
Full name Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth São João da Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Youth career
1990–1996 Sanjoanense
1996–1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Salgueiros 9 (0)
2000–2001 Porto B 19 (2)
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 București 12 (0)
2011–2012 Arouca 0 (0)
2012 Tondela 2 (0)
2013–2014 São João Ver 12 (0)
2014–2015 Ovarense 17 (2)
Total 258 (9)
International career
1997 Portugal U15 6 (1)
1996–1998 Portugal U16 14 (2)
1998 Portugal U17 8 (0)
1998–1999 Portugal U18 18 (5)
2001 Portugal U20 4 (1)
2000–2004 Portugal U21 25 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cândido Alves Moreira da Costa (born 30 April 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right winger or right-back.

He achieved Primeira Liga totals of 162 games and four goals over ten seasons, representing in the competition Salgueiros, Porto, Vitória de Setúbal, Braga and Belenenses. He also played in England and Romania.

Costa later worked in television.[2]

Club career

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Porto

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Costa was born in São João da Madeira, Aveiro District. Having finished his formative years at S.L. Benfica, he joined FC Porto following a brief stint with S.C. Salgueiros (where he made his Primeira Liga debut, in 1999–2000). In his first full season at Porto, 2000–01, he contributed 18 games and two goals, but the title was lost in the penultimate round to neighbours Boavista FC.[3][4]

Costa was barely used in the 2002–03 title-winning side under José Mourinho, but played twice in the final win of the UEFA Cup, including the entirety of an inconsequential 2–0 away loss against Polonia Warsaw in the second leg of the first round.[5][6][7]

At the start of 2003, Costa was loaned to Vitória F.C. for the remainder of the season.[8] In July, also on loan, he signed with Football League First Division club Derby County for the 2003–04 campaign.[9] He was sent off before half-time on 25 August for a foul on Richard Langley in a 4–1 defeat at Cardiff City;[10] over 35 appearances, he scored once in a 1–1 draw away to West Bromwich Albion on 26 December.[11]

Braga and Belenenses

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Costa joined S.C. Braga in 2004–05, on a three-year contract with the option of two more.[12] Having started his career as a winger, he agreed to a deal at C.F. Os Belenenses for the 2006–07 season, ultimately reconverting into the right-back position[13][14] and becoming an undisputed starter for the Lisbon-based team,[15] scoring against F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 18 March 2007 in a 2–0 away win.[16]

Later career

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After only appearing in 11 matches in the 2009–10 season due to constant injuries, with Belenenses returning to the Segunda Liga,[15] the 29-year-old Costa had his second abroad experience, signing with Liga I side FC Rapid București on a one-year deal with the option of one more.[17] He returned to his country's second division at F.C. Arouca in July 2011, but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee days later,[18] and was unused by the time of his one-year transfer to C.D. Tondela of the same league on 29 June 2012.[19]

In February 2013, Costa moved to SC São João de Ver in the third tier; he reunited with Ricardo Sousa, a former Porto teammate from his hometown.[20] He joined amateurs A.D. Ovarense in July of the following year.[21]

After football

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After retiring, Costa was sales manager at OHM Técnica, a company based in Fiães (Santa Maria da Feira). During this timeframe, he occasionally acted as a pundit for Televisão Independente.[22]

Costa later became a television personality, with consistent appearances on channels such as Canal 11, Porto Canal and RTP1.[23][24][2] In an interview to one of these shows, Alta Definição, broadcast on 13 January 2024 by Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, he recalled a period of his life when he was unemployed after he stopped playing football professionally, stating: "I realised that celebrating life and being happy is as much about playing in the Champions League in a match with 60,000 people as it is about being appointed delegate in an IEFP [Portuguese state-run job agency] class."[25]

Honours

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Porto

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cândido Costa at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Oliveira, Sara (4 December 2023). "Cândido Costa: "Não me sinto estrela de televisão nenhuma"" [Cândido Costa: "I don't feel like a television star at all"]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Cândido Costa: «Só acredito na vitória no campeonato»" [Cândido Costa: "I believe in nothing else but the championship win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 May 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Cândido Costa: do Benfica ao F.C.Porto, o percurso de uma jovem promessa" [Cândido Costa: from Benfica to F.C.Porto, the career of a young prospect] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 December 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Polonia-FC Porto, 2–0 (Lukasiewicz, 67, Kus 80)". Record (in Portuguese). 3 October 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Lens-FC Porto, 1–0: Só um golo em falta agitou a noite portista" [Lens-FC Porto, 1–0: Only a foul goal ruined a Portista night]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 December 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d Sequeira, Pedro (23 December 2023). "Um pouco de Cândido Costa no sapatinho" [A little bit of Cândido Costa in your shoe]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Cândido Costa: "Quero ter sucesso neste grande clube"" [Cândido Costa: "I want to be successful at this big club"]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 January 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Porto winger joins Rams". BBC Sport. 8 July 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Cardiff see off luckless Derby". BBC Sport. 25 August 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  11. ^ "West Brom 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. 26 December 2003. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Cândido Costa: "Clube histórico"" [Cândido Costa: "Historic club"]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 July 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Belenenses: Pacheco conta com Cândido Costa" [Belenenses: Pacheco counts on Cândido Costa] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  14. ^ Pereira, David (27 September 2019). "Silas na "cadeira de sonho" 30 anos após ter recusado ser emprestado pelo Sporting" [Silas in "dream chair" 30 years after refusing to be loaned by Sporting]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  15. ^ a b Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (25 March 2018). "Cândido Costa: "No treino com o Jesus, jurei que se sobrevivesse nunca mais bebia e deixava de fumar. Agradeci ao senhor Jesus no final"" [Cândido Costa: "In training with Jesus, I swore that if I lived I'd never drink again and quit smoking. I thanked mister Jesus in the end"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  16. ^ "Paços perde em casa" [Paços lose at home]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 19 March 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Cândido Costa no Rapid Bucareste" [Cândido Costa to Rapid Bucharest]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Cândido Costa pára seis meses" [Cândido Costa out for six months]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Cândido Costa assina por uma época" [Cândido Costa for one season]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Cândido Costa e Ricardo Sousa: do F.C. Porto ao São João de Ver" [Cândido Costa and Ricardo Sousa: from F.C. Porto to São João de Ver] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Futebol: Treinador Arménio Henriques continua no 'banco' da Ovarense" [Football: Manager Arménio Henriques continues on Ovarense's 'bench'] (in Portuguese). Ovar News. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  22. ^ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (17 October 2019). "Artigos de papelaria: a outra vida de Cândido Costa" [Stationery items: the other life of Cândido Costa] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  23. ^ "O dia em que Cândido Costa foi às compras com Costinha e... se arrependeu tanto" [The day Cândido Costa went shopping with Costinha and... regretted it so much]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  24. ^ "Nasceu uma estrela! Público da SIC quer Cândido Costa de volta" [A star is born! SIC public wants Cândido Costa back] (in Portuguese). Flash. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  25. ^ ""Este perdeu-se, mais um jogador da bola" – Cândido Costa recorda período díficil" ["This one got lost, another ball player" – Cândido Costa recalls difficult times] (in Portuguese). Fama Show. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  26. ^ "FC Porto-Marítimo, 2–0 (Pena 13, Alenitchev 78)". Record (in Portuguese). 10 June 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  27. ^ "FC Porto-Trofense, 2–0: Ser sério e ganhar cedo em dia de falhar golos" [FC Porto-Trofense, 2–0: Serious display and early win on day of missed goals]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 November 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  28. ^ "Histórico da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira" [Supercup Cândido de Oliveira all-time record] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 11 August 2012. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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