Rodrigo Costa (footballer, born 1976)

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Rodrigo Costa
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-08-30) August 30, 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position Forward
Youth career
1995–1998 Union College
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Detroit Dynamite
1999 Mid Michigan Bucks 15 (11)
2000 Chicago Sockers 19 (9)
2001–2004 Indiana Blast 69 (29)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodrigo Costa is a former Brazilian association football forward who played professionally in the United States.

Costa attended Union College where he was a 1996, 1997 and 1998 NAIA Honorable Mention All American soccer player. [1] He holds the Union College record for career goals. [2] During the 1997 and 1998 collegiate off-seasons, Costa played for the Detroit Dynamite of the Premier Development Soccer League. In 1997, he led the league in scoring en route to earning Rookie of the Year. [3] In 1998, he was the PDSL MVP. [4] In 1999, Costa moved to the Mid Michigan Bucks for one season. [5] In 2000, he played for the Chicago Sockers. That season, the Sockers won the league title by defeating the Mid Michigan Bucks, 1-0, in the championship game on a goal by Costa. [6] On January 18, 2001, Costa signed with the Indiana Blast of the USL A-League. [7] He played four seasons with Indiana. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Union College All Americans
  2. ↑ Union College soccer records
  3. ↑ The Year in American Soccer – 1997
  4. ↑ 1998 PDSL League Awards
  5. ↑ All-Time Bucks Player Registry Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ The Year in American Soccer – 2000
  7. ↑ Blast sign Rodrigo Costa
  8. ↑ 2004 Indiana Blast


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