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Rui Costa with Benfica in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Rui Manuel César Costa
Date of birth	29 March 1972 (age 44)
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1977–1990	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1994	Benfica	78	(13)
1990–1991	→ Fafe (loan)	38	(6)
1994–2001	Fiorentina	215	(38)
2001–2006	Milan	124	(4)
2006–2008	Benfica	43	(5)
Total		498	(66)
National team
1990	Portugal U18	4	(1)
1991	Portugal U20	11	(1)
1992–1994	Portugal U21	19	(7)
1993–2004	Portugal	94	(26)
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Benfica

• Primeira Liga:^[37] 1993–94
• Taça de Portugal:^[37] 1992–93
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: Runner-up 1991, 1993

Fiorentina

• Coppa Italia: 1995–96, 2000–01
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

Milan^[1]

• 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

Country[edit]

Portugal

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991
• Toulon Tournament: 1992
• UEFA Under-18 Championship: Runner-up 1990
• European Under-21 Football Championship: Runner-up 1994
• UEFA European Football Championship: Runner-up 2004; 3rd Place 2000

Individual[edit]

• Toulon Tournament Best Player: 1992
• Toulon Tournament Top Scorer: 1992
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996, 2000
• FIFA XI: 1998^[38]
• UEFA Champions League: Top Assists 2002–03
• FIFA 100
• SJPF Player of the Month: September 2007
• Cosme Damião Award - Footballer of the Year: 2007^[39]
• AC Milan Hall of Fame^[1]

Orders[edit]

•  Officer of the Order of Prince Henry^[40]