Sérgio Costa

Sérgio Costa
Personal information
Full name Sérgio e Castro Costa
Date of birth (1973-11-18) 18 November 1973
Place of birth Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Team information
Current team
 Jeju SK (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2006–2007 Sporting (youth)
2007–2009 Sporting (analyst)
2010–2014 Portugal (analyst)
2016 Cruzeiro (assistant)
2016–2017 Olympiacos (assistant)
2017–2018 Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic (assistant)
2018–2022 South Korea (assistant)
2023–2025 United Arab Emirates (assistant)
2025– Jeju SK

Sérgio e Castro Costa (born 18 November 1973) is a Portuguese professional football manager who manages Jeju SK.

Career

During the summer of 2006, Costa was appointed as a youth manager of Portuguese side Sporting. Four years later, he was appointed as an analyst of the Portugal national football team. Following his stint there, he was appointed as an assistant manager of Brazilian side Cruzeiro in 2016. The same year, he was appointed as an assistant manager of Greek side Olympiacos.

Ahead of the 2018 season, he was appointed as an assistant manager of Chinese side Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic. Six months later, he was appointed as an assistant manager of the South Korea national football team, where he was assistant manager of the team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[1] Subsequently, he was appointed as an assistant manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team in 2023. Eighteen months later, he was appointed manager of South Korean side Jeju SK.[2]

Management style

Costa has preferred the 4–4–2 formation. South Korean news website OhmyNews wrote in 2026 that he "prioritizes rapid transitions between offense and defense based on intricate build-up patterns from the back, and prefers to emphasize active movement among his players".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeju SK Make a Statement with the Appointment of Foreign Head Coach Sergio Costa". Football Asian. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Sérgio Costa at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "'어느새 5위'... 반등 성공한 제주SK, 반전 드라마 중심에 선 세르지우 코스타 '지도력'" ['Suddenly in 5th place'... Jeju SK successfully rebounds, Sergio Costa's 'leadership' at the center of the dramatic turnaround] (in Korean). OhmyNews. 24 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
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