Eduardo Nascimento Costa (born 23 September 1982 in Florianópolis, Brazil), known as Eduardo Costa or simply Eduardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Vasco da Gama.

Career[link]

In 2007 Eduardo played for Grêmio on loan from RCD Espanyol. He is especially noted for being an extremely tight marker, and is booked with alarming regularity ^[1]

A member of Brazil's Under 17 World Cup winning side, he came to France in 2001 to play for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he commanded a regular first team spot for three seasons, including playing a key role of Bordeaux's Uefa Cup run in 2002–03. He followed that with a move to Olympique de Marseille, but after an unhappy year there, he was signed by Espanyol in 2005 for €4 million in 4-year contract.^[2] He did not play in 2008–09 Ligue 1, as he would occupied a non-EU quota. In January 2009 he left for São Paulo in 3-year contract.^[3]

On 8 August 2009 AS Monaco FC have signed the former São Paulo's Brazilian midfielder^[4] in 3-year deal.^[5]

On December 2010, Eduardo Costa was loaned to Vasco da Gama for 6 months.^[6] Six months after it became a permanent deal following Monaco's relegation from the Ligue 1.

Honours[link]

• Winner FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1997 with Brazil
• Winner Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup) in 2001 with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
• Winner Campeonato Gaúcho in 2001 with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
• Winner Coupe de la Ligue (French League Cup) in 2002 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux
• Winner Copa del Rey (Spanish League Cup) in 2006 with RCD Espanyol
• Winner Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup) in 2011 with Vasco da Gama

References[link]

1. ^ Stats Hosted Solution Football
2. ^ Sólo Nàstic, Recreativo y Osasuna gastaron menos que el Espanyol, "Infoaccio issue 1" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. October 2006. http://www.rcdespanyol.com/imgscontenidos/infoaccio/infoaccio001.pdf. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
3. ^ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 21/01/2009" (in Portuguese). CBF. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. http://www2.cbf.com.br/php/bid.php?d=21/01/2009&uf=SP. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
4. ^ "Monaco: le Brésilien Eduardo Costa va signer" (in French). AFP. FIFA.com. 8 August 2009. http://fr.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1088308.html. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
5. ^ "Eduardo Costa à l’AS Monaco FC" (in French). AS Monaco FC. 10 August 2009. http://www.asm-fc.com/actualites/equipe/eduardo-costa-a-l-as-monaco-fc. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
6. ^ "Costa loaned to Vasco". PA. FIFA.com. 30 December 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1357454.html. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 

External links[link]

• Eduardo Costa French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Eduardo Costa – FIFA competition record
• Eduardo Costa at cbf.com.br (site currently offline) (Portuguese)

v t e Brazil squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Marcos 2 Belletti 3 Cris 4 Roque Júnior 5 Eduardo Costa 6 Roger 7 Geovanni 8 Emerson (c) 9 Guilherme 10 Juninho Paulista 11 Denílson 12 Dida 13 Alessandro 14 Luisão 15 Juan 16 Júnior 17 Juninho Pernambucano 18 Rochemback 19 Fernando 20 Alex 21 Ewerthon 22 Jardel Coach: Scolari

v t e Brazil squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Dida 2 Belletti 3 Lúcio 4 Juan 5 Emerson (c) 6 Gilberto 7 Ronaldinho 8 Kléberson 9 Adriano 10 Ricardinho 11 Gil 12 Júlio César 13 Maurinho 14 Fábio Luciano 15 Edu Dracena 16 Kléber 17 Eduardo Costa 18 Dudu Cearense 19 Adriano Gabiru 20 Alex 21 Ilan 22 Luís Fabiano 23 Fábio Coach: Parreira