Diamantino Costa

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Diamantino Costa

|image =

|fullname = Diamantino José Vieira da Costa

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|05|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Portimão, Portugal

|height = {{Height|m=1.74|precision=0}}

|position = Winger

|youthyears1 = 1965–1966

|youthclubs1 = Benfica

|years1 = 1966–1977

|years2 = 1968–1969

|years3 = 1977

|years4 = 1977

|years5 = 1977–1980

|years6 = 1980–1984

|years7 = 1984–1985

|clubs1 = Benfica

|clubs2 = → Varzim (loan)

|clubs3 = Team Hawaii

|clubs4 = Las Vegas Quicksilvers

|clubs5 = Portimonense

|clubs6 = Estoril-Praia

|clubs7 = União de Tomar

|caps1 = 84

|caps2 = 25

|caps3 = 10

|caps4 = 5

|caps5 = 38

|caps6 = 91

|goals1 = 8

|goals2 = 5

|goals3 = 1

|goals4 = 0

|goals5 = 2

|goals6 = 13

|totalcaps=253

|totalgoals= 29

|nationalyears1 = 1969 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U21| nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 = 1994–1995 | managerclubs1 = Portimonense

|manageryears2 = 1997–1998 | managerclubs2 = Portimonense

|manageryears3 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs3 = Portimonense

}}

Diamantino José Vieira da Costa (born 29 February 1948) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left winger

Over the course of 14 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 215 games and eighteen goals, mainly at Benfica, where he won eight major titles.

Club career

Born in Portimão, Costa is a youth graduate from S.L. Benfica, he made his professional debut on 3 November 1966 against Ovarense, also scoring his first goal.{{cite book | last=Tovar |first=Rui Miguel | title=Almanaque do Benfica| publisher=Lua de Papel |location=Portugal| year=2012| isbn=978-989-23-2087-8 |page=701}} After two seasons playing for the reserves, he went on loan to Varzim in 1968–69.

During the next seasons, he was mostly used as substitute for António Simões, winning 6 Primeira Liga's and two Taças de Portugal.{{cite book | last=Tovar |first=Rui Miguel | title=Almanaque do Benfica| publisher=Lua de Papel |location=Portugal| year=2012| isbn=978-989-23-2087-8 |page=701}} On 26 November 1969, he scored the third goal against Celtic in a second-round game of the 1969–70 European Cup. After a final 3–3 on aggregate, Celtic passed on coin toss.{{cite news|title=Memórias da Champions: a moeda que derrotou o Benfica em 1969|trans-title=Memories of the European Cup: the coin that defeated Benfica in 1969|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/iol/733306-1456.html|work=Maisfutebol|date=17 October 2006|language=Portuguese|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621221209/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/iol/733306-1456.html|archive-date=21 June 2018|url-status=dead}}

In 1977, Costa left Benfica and joined freshly created Team Hawaii, later moving to the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, reuniting with Eusébio.{{cite journal|title=Benfica|journal=Diário de Lisboa|date=2 April 1977|issue=19318|page=17|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06826.176.27804#!17|accessdate=12 April 2017|language=Portuguese}} Following this brief period, he returned to his home town club Portimonense, earning a Segunda Divisão title in 1978–79. He played a further five seasons, mostly at Estoril-Praia, retiring at age 37.

Honours

Benfica{{cite book | last=Tovar |first=Rui Miguel | title=Almanaque do Benfica| publisher=Lua de Papel |location=Portugal| year=2012| isbn=978-989-23-2087-8 |page=701}}