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{{Short description|Brazilian footballer and manager (1906–1999)}}
{{Portuguese name|Rodrigues|da Costa}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Flávio Costa
| image       = Flávio Rodrigues da Costa, técnico de futebol (sem data).tiff
| caption     =
| fullname    = Flávio Rodrigues da Costa
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1906|9|14|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Carangola]], [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil
| position= [[Defensive midfielder]]
| clubs1 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]| caps1= 83 | goals1=8
| years1 = 1926–1936
| managerclubs1 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ)|Portuguesa da Ilha]]
| manageryears1 = 1934–1937
| manageryears2 = 1937
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1999|11|22|1906|9|14|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| manageryears3 = 1938
| managerclubs3 = [[Santos Futebol Clube|Santos]]
| manageryears4 = 1938–1945
| managerclubs4 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| manageryears5 = 1945–1950
| managerclubs5 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| manageryears6 = 1946
| managerclubs6 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| manageryears7 = 1947–1950
| managerclubs7 = [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
| manageryears8 = 1951–1952
| managerclubs8 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| manageryears9 = 1953–1956
| managerclubs9 = [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
| manageryears10 = 1955–1956
| managerclubs10 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| manageryears11 = 1956–1957
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Porto|Porto]]
| manageryears12 = 1957–1958
| managerclubs12 = [[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa]]
| manageryears13 = 1959–1960
| managerclubs13 = [[Colo-Colo]]
| manageryears14 = 1960–1961
| managerclubs14 = [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]
| manageryears15 = 1962–1965
| managerclubs15 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| manageryears16 = 1965–1966
| managerclubs16 = [[FC Porto|Porto]]
| manageryears17 = 1970
| managerclubs17 = [[Bangu Atlético Clube|Bangu]]
}}

'''Flávio Rodrigues da Costa''' (14 September 1906 – 22 November 1999) was a Brazilian [[association football|football]] player and manager. He managed the Rio de Janeiro clubs [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] and [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]], as well as [[Colo Colo]] of Chile, and [[FC Porto]] of Portugal.

Costa coached the [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian squad]] at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]; the loss against Uruguay has been described as Brazil's greatest humiliation of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dunmore |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uJdBgAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of the FIFA World Cup |date=2015-01-14 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8743-5 |pages=187 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Uruguay: Brazil's nemesis in 1950 . . . and in 2014 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/uruguay-brazil-s-nemesis-in-1950-and-in-2014-1.1813899 |access-date=2023-01-03 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> As a consequence of his World Cup failure, he lost his prestige among the Brazilian press and supporters of the national team. However, he was again manager of the Brazilian team in 1955 and in 1956.

He died in [[Rio de Janeiro]] in November 1999.

==Playing career==
From 1926 until 1936, Costa played 145 matches, mostly as a [[midfielder]], in the black and red jerseys of Flamengo and scored 15 goals in the process. From September 1934 forward he was [[Player-coach|player-manager]].

The climax of his playing career was the winning of the state championship of Rio de Janeiro in 1927.

==Managerial statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=140|Team
!rowspan=2 width=140|Nation
!rowspan=2 width=125|From
!rowspan=2 width=125|To
!colspan=8|Record
|-
!width=40|G
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=50|Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|16 September  1934
|align=left|10 January  1937
| 102 || 63 || 21 || 18 || {{#expr: 63/ 102 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ)]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1937
|align=left|1937
| 22 || 6 || 3 || 13 || {{#expr: 6/ 22 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1938
|align=left|1938
| 16 || 7 || 2 || 7 || {{#expr: 7/ 16 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|8 December  1938
|align=left|18  November  1945
| 293 || 164 || 62 || 67 || {{#expr: 164/ 293 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|14 May  1944
|align=left|16  July  1950
| 41 || 27 || 6 || 8 || {{#expr: 27/ 41 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|10 March 1946
|align=left|21 December 1946
| 49 || 27 || 6 || 16 || {{#expr: 27/ 49 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1947
|align=left| 1950
| 114 || 92 || 13 || 9 || {{#expr: 92/ 114 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|17 February 1951
|align=left|21 December 1952
| 101 || 63 || 15 || 23 || {{#expr: 63/ 101 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1953
|align=left|1956
| 103 || 62 || 24 || 17 || {{#expr: 62/ 103 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|13 November 1953
|align=left|13 November 1953
| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr: 1/ 1 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1 April 1956
|align=left|8 August 1956
| 13 || 7 || 3 || 3 || {{#expr: 7/ 13 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[FC Porto]]
|align="left"|{{POR}}
|align=left|August 1956
|align=left|3 April 1957
| 32 || 20 || 4 || 8 || {{#expr: 7/ 13 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1957
|align=left|1958
| 75 || 37 || 18 || 20 || {{#expr: 37/ 75 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Colo-Colo]]
|align="left"|{{CHI}}
|align=left|1959
|align=left|1960
| 27 || 16 || 6 || 5 || {{#expr: 16/ 27 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[São Paulo FC]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1960
|align=left|1961
| 64 || 31 || 16 || 17 || {{#expr: 31/ 64 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|21 January 1962
|align=left|22 July 1965
| 220 || 122 || 43 || 55 || {{#expr: 63/ 101 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[FC Porto]]
|align="left"|{{POR}}
|align=left|1965
|align=left|1966
| 29 || 17 || 7 || 5 || {{#expr: 17/ 29 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Bangu AC|Bangu]]
|align="left"|{{BRA}}
|align=left|1970
|align=left|1970
| 25 || 5 || 5 || 13 || {{#expr: 5/ 25 * 100 round 2}}
|-
!align="center" colspan="4"|Total
! 1,327 !! 767 !! 254 !! 306 !!  {{#expr: 767 / 1327 * 100 round 2}}
|}

==Statistical overview==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan=4 | Coaching career
|-
! From
! To
! Club
! Titles
|-
| 1970
| 1970
| [[Bangu AC]]
|
|-
| 1965
| 1966
| [[FC Porto]] (Portugal)
|
|-
| 21/01/1962
| 22/07/1965
| [[CR Flamengo]] (RJ)
| 1963 - [[Campeonato Carioca]]
|-
| 1960
| 1961
| [[São Paulo FC]]
|
|-
|1959
|1960
| [[Colo-Colo]]
|
|-
| 1956
| 1957
| FC Porto (Portugal)
|
|-
| 1/04/1956
| 8/08/1956
| [[Brazilian national football team|Brazil (National Team)]]
|
|-
| 13/11/1955
| 13/11/1955
| Brazil (National Team)
|
|-
| 1953
| 1956
| [[CR Vasco da Gama]] (RJ)
|
|-
| 17/02/1951
| 21/12/1952
| CR Flamengo (RJ)
|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| 1947
| 1950
| CR Vasco da Gama (RJ)
| 1947 - Campeonato Carioca<br>
1948 - [[South American Club Championship 1948|Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões (South American Championship of Champions Clubs)]]<br>
1949 - Campeonato Carioca<br>
1950 - Campeonato Carioca<br>
1953 - [[Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer|Torneio Intercontinental Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer (Intercontinental Rivadavia Correa Meyer Tournament)]]
|-
| 14/05/1944
| 16/07/1950
| Brazil (National Team)
| 1949 - [[Copa América]]
|-
| 10/03/1946
| 21/12/1946
| CR Flamengo (RJ)
|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| 8/12/1938
| 18/11/1945
| CR Flamengo (RJ)
| 1939 - Campeonato Carioca<br>
1940 - [[Torneio Rio - São Paulo]]<br>
1942 - Campeonato Carioca<br>
1943 - Campeonato Carioca<br>
1944 - Campeonato Carioca
|-
| 16/09/1934
| 10/01/1937
| CR Flamengo (RJ)
|
|-
! colspan=4 | Playing Career
|-
! From
! To
! Club
! Titles
|-
| 1926
| 1936
| CR Flamengo (RJ)
| 1927 - Campeonato Carioca
|}
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan=4 | Brazil National Team Statistics
|-
! P
! W
! D
! L
|- style="text-align:center"
| 56
| 35
| 9
| 12
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004449/http://www.museudosesportes.com.br/noticia.php?id=26210 |date=dmy |title=Flávio Costa at Museu dos Esportes}} {{in lang|pt}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004235/http://www.museudosesportes.com.br/noticia.php?id=4001 |date=dmy |title=Flávio Costa article at Museu dos Esportes}} {{in lang|pt}}
* {{Sambafoot coach|298_Flavio_Costa}}

{{South American Championship / Copa América winning managers}}
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{{Brazil Squad 1950 World Cup}}
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{{São Paulo Futebol Clube managers}}
{{FC Porto managers}}
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