Fábio Costa

Fabio Costa
Personal information
Full name	Fabio Costa
Date of birth	27 November 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Camaçari, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1992	Bahia
1993	Cruzeiro
1994	PSV Eindhoven
1995–1996	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Vitória
2000–2003	Santos
2004–2005	Corinthians
2006–2013	Santos
2010–2011	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)
2013	→ São Caetano (loan)
Total
International career
1999–2000	Brazil U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Costa (born 27 November 1977 in Camaçari, Bahia) is a former Brazilian goalkeeper.

Career

Costa played for Brazil under-23 and won the 1996 Toulon Tournament and the 2000 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament. He was part of the Brazil under-23 team who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, headed by coach Luxemburgo.

Still uncapped for the senior national team, he was summoned by coach Emerson Leão for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup to be hosted by Japan and South Korea, but did not enter the field during the competition.

In 2010, he played only in the international friendly between Santos x Red Bull / NY.

On 16 December 2013, Costa, who has his contract ended in last day of the year, announced his retirement of football. According to him: "It was 21 years as a professional footballer, I have played since I was 15 years old. I lost my joy of playing. I have no hurts from Santos, I just stay sad for being not chosen."^[1]