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Flávio Costa

Personal information
Full name	Flávio Rodrigues Costa
Date of birth	(1906-09-14)September 14, 1906
Place of birth	Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of death	November 22, 1999(1999-11-22) (aged 93)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1926–1936	Flamengo	83	(8)
Teams managed
1934–1937	Flamengo
1937	Portuguesa da Ilha
1938	Santos
1938–1945	Flamengo
1945–1950	Brazil
1946	Flamengo
1947–1950	Vasco da Gama
1951–1952	Flamengo
1953–1956	Vasco da Gama
1955–1956	Brazil
1956–1957	Porto
1957–1958	Portuguesa
1959–1960	Colo-Colo
1960–1961	São Paulo
1962–1965	Flamengo
1965–1966	Porto
1970	Bangu
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Flávio Rodrigues da Costa (14 September 1906 – 22 November 1999) was a Brazilian football player and manager. He managed the Rio de Janeiro clubs Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, as well as Colo Colo of Chile, and FC Porto of Portugal.

Costa coached the Brazilian squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; the loss against Uruguay has been described as Brazil's greatest humiliation of the 20th century. As a consequence of his World Cup failure, he lost his prestige among the Brazilian press and supporters of the national team. However, he was again manager of the Brazilian team in 1955 and in 1956.

He died in Rio de Janeiro in November 1999.

Playing career

From 1926 until 1936, Costa played 145 matches, mostly as a midfielder, in the black and red jerseys of Flamengo and scored 15 goals in the process. From September 1934 forward he was player-manager.

The climax of his playing career was the winning of the state championship of Rio de Janeiro in 1927.

Statistical overview

See also

In Spanish: Flávio Costa para niños