Rui Manuel César Costa,
OIH, usually referred to simply as Rui Costa (
pron. ) (born
March 29,
1972 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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