manager of C.D. Nacional. In his first year, they were promoted back to the top tier as champions. Costinha left a year later by mutual consent, due to the Madeira team's relegation as second from the bottom. Negative highlights included a 10–0 loss against eventual champions S.L. Benfica, on 10 February 2019. Costinha returned to Nacional – again relegated from the main division – on 28 June 2021, on a one-year deal. He left on 20 September, having achieved a win and a draw in five games. Career statistics Club Sources: International Source: |} Managerial statistics Honours Player Monaco Ligue 1: 1999–2000 Trophée des Champions: 1997, 2000 Porto Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04 Taça de Portugal: 2002–03 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003, 2004 UEFA Champions League: 2003–04 UEFA Cup: 2002–03 Intercontinental Cup: 2004 Portugal UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004 Manager Nacional LigaPro: 2017–18 Orders Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza) References External links 1974 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Portuguese footballers Footballers from Lisbon Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players C.D. Nacional players FC Porto players Ligue 1 players AS Monaco FC players Russian Premier League players FC Dynamo Moscow players La Liga players Atlético Madrid footballers Serie A players Atalanta B.C. players UEFA Champions League winning players UEFA Cup winning players Portugal international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players UEFA Euro 2004 players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Monaco Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers S.C. Beira-Mar managers F.C. Paços de Ferreira managers Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. managers C.D. Nacional managers