Ricardo Martins da Costa
Ricardo Martins da Costa |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Martins Texeira da Costa |
| birthday | October 28, 1976 |
| place of birth | Porto , Portugal |
| citizenship |
 Portuguese
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| height | 1.83 m |
| Playing position | Right winger |
| Throwing hand | Left |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| -2003 |
FC Porto
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| 2003-2005 |
Águas Santas
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| 2005-2006 |
 Algeciras BM
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| 2006-2011 |
Ademar León
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| 2011–2012 |
FC Porto
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| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
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Portugal
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204 (> 453) |
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Status: national team February 8, 2014 |
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Ricardo Martins Texeira da Costa (born November 28, 1976 in Porto / Portugal ) is a former Portuguese handball player . He is 1.83 m tall and weighs 87 kg.
Martins da Costa, who last played for the Portuguese club FC Porto and played for the Portuguese national team, was mostly used on the right winger.
Career
Ricardo Martins da Costa started playing handball in his hometown. For the local first division club, FC Porto , he made his debut in the Portuguese first division and won the Portuguese championship in 1999. In 2003 he moved to league rivals Águas Santas; In 2005 he signed a contract with the Spanish first division club Algeciras BM . He stayed there for only a year, after which he was signed by the top club Ademar León . With the men from the province of the same name, he reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 2007 , but was defeated by the German HSV Hamburg there . Behind Denis Kriwoschlykow , he was only second choice in the right- winger position for a long time. For the 2011/12 season he returned to FC Porto and ended his career after winning the championship in 2012.
Ricardo Martins da Costa has made over 200 international appearances for the Portuguese national team and scored more than 450 goals. With his country he took part in the European handball championship in Croatia in 2000 and in the men's handball world championship in 2003 in his own country and took seventh place in the former and twelfth place in the latter.
Web links
- Squad of León with Martins da Costa
- Ricardo Martins da Costa in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Martins da Costa, Ricardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martins Texeira da Costa, Ricardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Porto , Portugal |