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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1931-08-01)1 August 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 10 November 2020(2020-11-10) (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Verona, Italy | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1955 | Botafogo | 51 | (36) |
| 1955–1961 | Roma | 149 | (71) |
| 1960–1961 | →Fiorentina (loan) | 30 | (8) |
| 1961–1963 | Atalanta | 52 | (18) |
| 1963–1966 | Juventus | 51 | (11) |
| 1966–1967 | Hellas Verona | 31 | (5) |
| 1967–1968 | Ascoli | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1958 | Italy | 1 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dino da Costa (Italian:[ˈdiːnoda(k)ˈkɔsta],Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈdʒinudɐˈkɔstɐ]; 1 August 1931 – 10 November 2020) was a Brazilian-Italian professionalfootballer, who played as acentral midfielder orstriker.[1]
Da Costa was born inRio de Janeiro, Brazil. A prolific and effectivecentre-forward,[1] he began his football career in his native country withBotafogo (1948–55), for whom he scored 36 goals from 51 appearances in theCampeonato Carioca, winning the top-goalscorer award in 1954, with 24 goals, and the league title in 1948, forming a notable attacking partnership withVinício.[1][2][3] He later moved to Italy, where he played for a number of clubs inSerie A. He made his Serie A debut on 18 September 1955, againstVicenza, withRoma, for whom he scored 71 times in 149 appearances between 1955 and 1961, also winning theInter-Cities Fairs Cup with the club in 1961, and winning theCapocannoniere Award during the1956–57 season as the Serie A top goalscorer, with 22 goals.[1] Alongside Roma legendFrancesco Totti, he is the joint all-time top scorer in theRome Derby in official competitions, with 11 goals, and 12 including friendly matches.[4]
During his time with Roma, Da Costa also played forFiorentina on loan during part of the1960–61 season, during which he won theCoppa Italia, theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup, and theCoppa delle Alpi. After returning to Roma briefly during the following season, he moved toAtalanta (1961–63), where he won his secondCoppa Italia in 1963, later moving toJuventus (1963–66), underHeriberto Herrera, where he won his thirdCoppa Italia title in 1965. He also played forVerona inSerie B (1966–67), andAscoli inSerie C (1967–68), at the end of his career.[1][5][6]
Despite being born in Brazil, Da Costa played once at senior international level forItaly, scoring his only goal in a 2–1 defeat toNorthern Ireland, on 15 January 1958;[1] the defeat meant that Italy had failed to qualify for the1958 FIFA World Cup, finishing second in their group, behind Northern Ireland, by a single point.[7]
Following his professional footballing career, Da Costa also served briefly as a coach in the lower divisions,[1][5][6] and the Vatican'sCampionato della Città del Vaticano.[8]
Da Costa died in Verona on 10 November 2020, aged 89.[9]
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