Rui Costa

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Rui Costa
Rui Manuel César Costa, OIH, usually referred to simply as Rui Costa (pron. ) (born March 291972 in Lisbon), is a Portuguese football player. He is an attacking midfielder for Portuguese club SL Benfica and is also capable of playing as a deep-seated defensive midfielder. He is considered to be the best Portuguese playmaker of all time and is commonly known as the maestro, or "The number 10", as reference to his outstanding skills as an offensive centre midfielder. His pin-point passes, extraordinary vision on the pitch and ferocious right-footed kick made him famous all around Europe. In 2004, he was named by Pelé to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living football players.
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