Flávio Costa

{{Short description|Brazilian footballer and manager (1906–1999)}}

{{Portuguese name|Rodrigues|da Costa}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Flávio Costa

| image = Flávio Rodrigues da Costa, técnico de futebol (sem data).tiff

| caption =

| fullname = Flávio Rodrigues da Costa

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|9|14|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil

| position= Defensive midfielder

| clubs1 = Flamengo| caps1= 83 | goals1=8

| years1 = 1926–1936

| managerclubs1 = Flamengo

| managerclubs2 = Portuguesa da Ilha

| manageryears1 = 1934–1937

| manageryears2 = 1937

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|22|1906|9|14|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| manageryears3 = 1938

| managerclubs3 = Santos

| manageryears4 = 1938–1945

| managerclubs4 = Flamengo

| manageryears5 = 1945–1950

| managerclubs5 = Brazil

| manageryears6 = 1946

| managerclubs6 = Flamengo

| manageryears7 = 1947–1950

| managerclubs7 = Vasco da Gama

| manageryears8 = 1951–1952

| managerclubs8 = Flamengo

| manageryears9 = 1953–1956

| managerclubs9 = Vasco da Gama

| manageryears10 = 1955–1956

| managerclubs10 = Brazil

| manageryears11 = 1956–1957

| managerclubs11 = Porto

| manageryears12 = 1957–1958

| managerclubs12 = Portuguesa

| manageryears13 = 1959–1960

| managerclubs13 = Colo-Colo

| manageryears14 = 1960–1961

| managerclubs14 = São Paulo

| manageryears15 = 1962–1965

| managerclubs15 = Flamengo

| manageryears16 = 1965–1966

| managerclubs16 = Porto

| manageryears17 = 1970

| managerclubs17 = Bangu

}}

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.{{Cite book |last=Dunmore |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uJdBgAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of the FIFA World Cup |date=2015-01-14 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8743-5 |pages=187 |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Uruguay: Brazil's nemesis in 1950 . . . and in 2014 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/uruguay-brazil-s-nemesis-in-1950-and-in-2014-1.1813899 |access-date=2023-01-03 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} 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.