Costeado

Costeado
Personal information
Full name	João Ribeiro da Silva
Date of birth	3 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Creixomil, Portugal
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1972–1977	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1978	Vitória Guimarães
1978–1981	Fafe
1981–1983	Salgueiros
1983–1988	Vitória Guimarães
1988–1989	Beira-Mar
1989–1991	Estrela Amadora
1991–1992	Penafiel
1992–1995	Ronfe
Total
International career
1987	Portugal
Managerial career
1995	Ronfe
1996–1997	Paços Ferreira
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

João Ribeiro da Silva (born 3 January 1959), known as Costeado, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

Football career

Costeado was born in the village of Creixomil, Guimarães. During his professional career he played for Vitória de Guimarães (two spells, playing European competitions in the second), AD Fafe, S.C. Salgueiros, S.C. Beira-Mar, C.F. Estrela da Amadora and F.C. Penafiel; he also spent two years in amateur football with local Juventude de Ronfe, before retiring in 1995 at the age of 36.

Costeado was one of many players propelled to represent the Portugal national team following the Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and would win four caps during the following year. Over 11 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 matches and five goals.

Subsequently, Costeado worked as goalkeeper coach for several clubs, including his main one Vitória from 1998 to 2004.^[1]

^ "Rui Costeado: "Se fosse um craque como Couto"" [Rui Costeado: «If I was a star like Couto»]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 September 2001. Retrieved 31 January 2019.