Rui Costa

**Rui Manuel César Costa**  (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Fafe|1990–91|Portuguese Second Division|38|6|0|0|—|—|38|6|||||
|rowspan="4"|Benfica|1991–92|rowspan="3"|Primeira Liga|21|4|3|0|7|0|1|0|32|4|
|1992–93|23|4|4|1|4|0|1|0|32|5|||||
|1993–94|34|5|3|1|8|4|2|0|47|10|||||
|rowspan="8"|Fiorentina|1994–95|rowspan="7"|Serie A|31|9|4|0|—|—|35|9|||
|1995–96|34|4|7|2|—|—|41|6|||||||
|1996–97|28|2|1|0|8|0|1|0|38|2|||||
|1997–98|32|3|5|2|—|—|37|5|||||||
|1998–99|31|10|7|4|1|0|—|39|14||||||
|1999–00|30|4|4|0|14|2|—|48|6||||||
|2000–01|29|6|7|2|2|0|—|38|8||||||
|rowspan="6"|Milan|2001–02|rowspan="5"|Serie A|22|0|1|0|10|3|—|33|3||
|2002–03|25|0|5|1|18|0|—|48|1||||||
|2003–04|28|3|4|0|6|0|3|0|41|3|||||
|2004–05|24|1|4|0|9|0|1|0|38|1|||||
|2005–06|25|0|3|3|4|0|—|32|3||||||
|rowspan="3"|Benfica|2006–07|rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga|14|0|3|0|5|1|—|22|1||
|2007–08|29|5|4|3|12|2|—|45|10||||||
|498|66|69|19|108|12|9|0|684|97||||||

### International

|Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="3"|Portugal||||
|1993|7|2|||
|1994|5|1|||
|1995|7|3|||
|1996|11|2|||
|1997|4|0|||
|1998|5|3|||
|1999|9|6|||
|2000|13|3|||
|2001|6|0|||
|2002|7|2|||
|2003|11|1|||
|2004|9|3|||

### Club

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 1993–94
- Taça de Portugal: 1992–93
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 1991, 1993

**Fiorentina**
- Coppa Italia: 1995–96, 2000–01
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

**Milan**
- Serie A: 2003–04
- Coppa Italia: 2002–03
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2004
- UEFA Champions League: 2002–03
- UEFA Super Cup: 2003
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 2003

### International

**Portugal**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991
- Toulon Tournament: 1992
- UEFA Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1990
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1994
- UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 2004

### Individual

- Toulon Tournament Best Player: 1992
- Toulon Tournament Top Scorer: 1992
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996, 2000
- FIFA XI: 1998
- UEFA Champions League: Top Assists 2002–03
- FIFA 100
- SJPF Player of the Month: September 2007
- Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2007
- A.C. Milan Hall of Fame
- Fiorentina All-time XI

#### Orders

- Officer of the Order of Prince Henry

## Other websites

- National team data

## Infobox (football biography)

- **embed**: yes
- **header-color**: lavender
- **position**: Attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1977–1990
- **youthclubs1**: S.L. Benfica (youth), Benfica
- **years1**: 1990–1994
- **clubs1**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps1**: 78
- **goals1**: 13
- **years2**: 1990–1991
- **clubs2**: → A.D. Fafe, Fafe (loan)
- **caps2**: 38
- **goals2**: 6
- **years3**: 1994–2001
- **clubs3**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **caps3**: 215
- **goals3**: 38
- **years4**: 2001–2006
- **clubs4**: A.C. Milan, AC Milan
- **caps4**: 124
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2006–2008
- **clubs5**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps5**: 43
- **goals5**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 498
- **totalgoals**: 66
- **nationalyears1**: 1990
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1991
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1992–1994
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 19
- **nationalgoals3**: 7
- **nationalyears4**: 1993–2004
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps4**: 94
- **nationalgoals4**: 26


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Rui Costa
- **image**: Rui Costa 2019.png
- **caption**: Costa in 2019
- **order**: 34th
- **office**: President of Benfica
- **term start**: 10 October 2021
- **predecessor**: Luís Filipe Vieira
- **birth name**: Rui Manuel César Costa
- **birth place**: Amadora, Portugal
- **nationality**: Portuguese
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **occupation**: Association football, Footballer