Career
Born in Portimão, Costa ia a youth graduate from South.L. Benfica, he made his professional debut on 3 November 1966 against Ovarense, also scoring his first goal. After two seasons playing for the reserves, he went on loan to Varzim in 1968-1969. During the next seasons, he was mostly used as substitute for António Simões, winning 6 league titles and two Portuguese cups.
On 26 November 1969, he scored the third goal against Celtic in a second round game of the 1969-1970 European Cup.
After a final 3-3 on aggregate, Celtic passed on coin toss. In 1977, Costa joined freshly created Team Hawaii, later moving to the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, reuniting with Eusébiological
Following this brief period, he returned to his hometown club Portimonense, earning a Segunda Divisão title in 1978-1979. He played a further five seasons, mostly at Estoril-Praia, retiring at age 37.