Rui Costa

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b. 1972midfielder Portugal

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Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Rui Manuel César Costa is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club Benfica. — Wikipedia

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Every goal

from the international archive · 17 goals in 14 matches

All (17)UEFA Euro qualification (10)FIFA World Cup qualification (4)UEFA Euro (2)FIFA World Cup (1)

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Competition	Venue
2004-06-24	England	D2–2(h)	110'	UEFA Euro	Lisbon
2004-06-16	Russia	W2–0(h)	89'	UEFA Euro	Lisbon
2002-06-10	Poland	W4–0(n)	88'	FIFA World Cup	Jeonju
2000-09-03	Estonia	W3–1(a)	15'	FIFA World Cup qualification	Tallinn
1999-10-09	Hungary	W3–0(h)	15' (pen)	UEFA Euro qualification	Lisbon
1999-06-09	Liechtenstein	W8–0(h)	80' 90' (pen)	UEFA Euro qualification	Coimbra
1999-03-31	Liechtenstein	W5–0(a)	16' (pen) 79'	UEFA Euro qualification	Vaduz
1998-09-06	Hungary	W3–1(a)	84'	UEFA Euro qualification	Budapest
1996-10-09	Albania	W3–0(a)	88'	FIFA World Cup qualification	Tirana
1995-11-15	Republic of Ireland	W3–0(h)	60'	UEFA Euro qualification	Lisbon
1995-08-15	Liechtenstein	W7–0(a)	41' 70' (pen)	UEFA Euro qualification	Eschen
1994-09-07	Northern Ireland	W2–1(a)	8'	UEFA Euro qualification	Belfast
1993-09-05	Estonia	W2–0(a)	61'	FIFA World Cup qualification	Tallinn
1993-06-19	Malta	W4–0(h)	8'	FIFA World Cup qualification	Porto