1953 - Today
José Alberto Barroso Machado e Costa (born 31 October 1953) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left winger, and is a manager. In 15 Primeira Liga seasons – 16 as a professional in total – he amassed totals of 301 matches and 37 goals in representation of four teams, mostly Porto. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Costa has received more than 4,174 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). José Costa is the 1,309th most popular soccer player (up from 2,223rd in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, José Costa ranks 1,309 out of 16,880. Before him are Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Shinji Kagawa, Fahrudin Jusufi, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Pierino Prati, and David Seaman. After him are Blagoje Marjanović, Štefan Čambal, Juan Evaristo, Theodoros Zagorakis, Luis de Souza Ferreira, and Bernard Lacombe.
1907 - 1973
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,303
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,304
1939 - 2019
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,305
1831 - 1924
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 1,306
1946 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,307
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,308
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 1,309
1907 - 1984
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,310
1908 - 1990
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,311
1902 - 1978
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,312
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,313
1908 - 2008
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,314
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,315
Among people born in 1953, José Costa ranks 171. Before him are Andreas Vollenweider, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Raoul Peck, James Russo, Colm Meaney, and Norman Finkelstein. After him are Gali Atari, Slavoljub Muslin, Richard Bremmer, Ivica Šurjak, Howard Schultz, and Francis Cabrel.
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 165
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 166
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 167
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 168
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 169
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 170
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 171
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 172
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 173
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 174
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 175
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 176
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 177
Among people born in Portugal, José Costa ranks 254 out of 555. Before him are Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), José Torres (1938), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431), Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho (1869), and Pedro Teixeira (1585). After him are Christopher Hampton (1946), José Policarpo (1936), Jorge de Montemor (1520), Marcos Portugal (1762), Manuel Bento (1948), and Bruno Alves (1981).
1400 - 1460
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 248
1938 - 2010
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 249
1932 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 250
1431 - 1457
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 251
1869 - 1959
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 252
1585 - 1641
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 253
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 254
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 255
1936 - 2014
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 256
1520 - 1561
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 257
1762 - 1830
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 258
1948 - 2007
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 259
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 260
Among soccer players born in Portugal, José Costa ranks 23. Before him are Fernando Gomes (1956), Paulo Bento (1969), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Fernando Couto (1969), Humberto Coelho (1950), and José Torres (1938). After him are Manuel Bento (1948), Bruno Alves (1981), Maniche (1977), António Simões (1943), Nené (1949), and João Pinto (1971).
1956 - 2022
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 17
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 18
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 19
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 20
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 21
1938 - 2010
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 22
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 23
1948 - 2007
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 24
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 25
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 28
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 29