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Denilson Costa
Personal information
Full name Denilson Costa de Oliveira
Date of birth (1968-06-10) 10 June 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth São João de Meriti, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Necaxa (Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Limonense
1991–1995 Olimpia 67 (32)
1995 Belén
1995–1997 Motagua 50 (20)
1997–2002 Olimpia 195 (67)
2003–2005 Marathón 91 (24)
2005–2006 Platense 32 (11)
2006 Heredia 18 (5)
2007 Atlético Olanchano 30 (1)
2007 Necaxa
International career
2003–2005 Honduras 5 (0)
Managerial career
2011– Necaxa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2006

Denilson Costa (born 10 June 1968 in São João de Meriti) is a Brazilian and naturalized Honduran football coach and former player.

He is currently the second all time top scorer in the Honduran Liga Nacional and was also the first to reach 150 goals.[1] Now he is a teacher in Honduras.

Club career

Born in Brazil, Denilson moved to Honduras in 1991 and made his professional debut in September 1991 for Olimpia against Súper Estrella, scoring the only goal of the game. He spent his entire career in Honduras, except for short spells in Costa Rica with Limonense and Belén and in Guatemala with Heredia. He finished his playing career at Necaxa to become the club's manager a few seasons later.[2]

He played 481 matches is Honduran professional football, which is still a record.[3]

International career

Denilson made his debut for his adopted homecountry Honduras in an October 2003 friendly match against Bolivia and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals.

His final international was a March 2005 friendly against the USA.

Managerial career

On 6 March 2011, Costa made his professional debut as coach with C.D. Necaxa in the 0–1 home defeat against C.D. Motagua.[4]

Personal life

Denilson married Costa Rican Mirta Yorleni Ortiz whom he met while playing in Limón. She is a niece of former Costa Rican international Enrique Rivers. He became a Honduran citizen in 2002.

References

  1. ^ "El adiós de un grande" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-11-27. Archived from the original on 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
  2. ^ Denilson Costa es el nuevo técnico del Necaxa - Diez Template:Es
  3. ^ Isaula, el nuevo caballo de hierro - La Prensa Template:Es
  4. ^ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – Motagua bautizó a Denilson Costa – 6 March 2011

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