DBasia.news – Before the glorious era of Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal. The Brazilian European team has also had a golden generation when their best playmaker, Rui Costa still had a career on the field.
Today, Sunday (3/28/2020) the player with the full name Rui Manuel César Costa was born in Amadora, Portugal. A career with two Serie A clubs, Fiorentina and AC Milan has made him to be considered as an Italian public idol.
Rui Costa’s early career began when he studied at the Benfica academy in the 1977 to 1990 period. A long enough time for a football player to play at the junior level.
However, Benfica academy’s forging was able to make Rui Costa have a vision of the perfect game and mission as a playmaker in the 90s. After defending Portugal in the U-21 World Cup in 1991, Rui Costa began to gain trust in the first team of Benfica.
Judging from his playing style at Benfica, Rui Costa immediately confiscated the talent scouts. Rui Costa had the ability to process the ball perfectly, the ball control was tight.
In addition, he has visionary abilities in building team attack schemes. Four seasons playing with Benfica, he moved to the club from Florence, Fiorentina.
His departure to Fiorentina itself has an interesting story. Quoted from The Telegraph, the club was forced to release Rui Costa to Fiorentina as they were in financial trouble.
Joining Fiorentina, Rui Costa became a supporter for the Argentine bomber, Gabriel Batistuta. La Viola was also one of the Serie A teams to be feared.
Thanks to all the greatness that he left at Artemio Franchi, it would be difficult for anyone to wear the number 10 jersey at Fiorentina, to escape his shadow. The number is identical to him.
In 2001, he moved to AC Milan. He defended Milan for 5 seasons. Although no longer young, the influence of Rui Costa for AC Milan is very pronounced.
At San Siro, Rui Costa has donated five prestigious titles. One of them was the Scudetto title in the 2003/04 season, a title which he was unable to offer to the Fiorentina public.
Rui Costa’s Latest News
On his 48th birthday, Benfica aired the maestro’s message. Quoted from the official Benfica page, Rui Costa celebrated his birthday in a declining condition.
As the corona pandemic has made the world stop spinning. A number of football competitions were stopped to avoid the spread of the corona virus.
“We all live in difficult times and of course times like this we have never imagined before. “It’s not easy for anyone, but I’m sure this difficult situation will end soon,” said Rui Costa.
“Of course there is worry for us in this uncertain condition. I write this letter not only for Benfica fans but everyone in the world who is struggling against corona, “
Rui Costa said that at this time he was celebrating his birthday away from family. Even so he was not disappointed as it was often experienced when he was still a football player.
“I spent many birthday moments away from my family. Because since I was young I played away from my family. I currently spend a lot of time forming a stronger Portuguese team, “said the man who is currently Benfica’s sporting director.