Paulo Costa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Sérgio Cardoso da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Moita, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1994 | CD Charneca | ||
| 1994–1996 | Odivelas | ||
| 1996–1998 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Lourinhanense | 27 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Alverca | 15 | (1) |
| 2000 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Reggina | 25 | (1) |
| 2001–2005 | Porto | 10 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Porto B | 12 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | → Venezia (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Bordeaux B | ||
| 2006–2007 | Aris | 42 | (7) |
| 2007 | Aris Limassol | 13 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Anorthosis | 25 | (3) |
| 2009 | → APOEL (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2009 | Levadiakos | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | APOP | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Ermis | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | Aris Limassol | 12 | (4) |
| Total | 264 | (34) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | Portugal U20 | 20 | (5) |
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 20 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paulo Sérgio Cardoso da Costa (born 5 December 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After hardly settling at any club for more than one decade, having played professionally in Portugal, Italy, France and Greece, he finally moved to Cyprus in his mid-20s, spending his remaining career there.
He scored once from 42 Primeira Liga games over the course of three seasons, representing Alverca, Porto and Gil Vicente in the competition.
Born in Moita, Setúbal District, Costa began playing as a senior at Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, Sporting Clube de Portugal's farm team. In 1999 he joined F.C. Alverca, rejoining another youth product of the Primeira Liga powerhouse, Marco Caneira.
In June 2000, both Costa and Caneira signed with Inter Milan, who bought the pair in a co-ownership deal with Reggina Calcio. Costa was sold for €2 million and, in June 2001, Reggina acquired him outright for €1,3 million and Inter bought back Caneira for an undisclosed fee; however, in July Costa was bought back from Reggina for €1,6 million and, in a continuing series of unassuming loans, then played with FC Porto (which also acquired 50% registration rights for €1,5 million), A.C. Venezia and FC Girondins de Bordeaux, rejoining former teammate Caneira in the latter (with the first and third clubs, he was often demoted to the reserves); he returned to Portugal for the 2004–05 season, joining Gil Vicente FC.
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