Rui Costa

Rui Manuel César Costa (an haife shi ne ranar 29 ga Maris, 1972), wanda aka fi sani da Rui Costa, tsohon dan kwallon kafa ne daga kasar Portugal wanda ya shahara wajen taka rawa a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari. Ana daukarsa a matsayin daya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasan Portugal na zamaninsa saboda kwarewarsa wajen bayar da kwallo, hangen nesa a fili da kuma iya kirkirar damar cin kwallo ga abokan wasansa.

Rui Costa ya fara taka kwallo tun yana karami a makarantar koyon wasan kwallon kafa ta kungiyar Benfica. Ya shiga makarantar horaswar kungiyar tun yana yaro, inda malamai suka lura da basirarsa wajen sarrafa kwallo da kirkirar wasa. Bayan shekaru yana koyon wasa a matakin matasa, ya samu damar shiga babbar kungiyar Benfica a shekarar 1990.

A Benfica, Rui Costa ya zama daya daga cikin fitattun matasa masu tasowa a kasar Portugal. Salon wasansa ya ja hankalin masu kallo saboda yadda yake sarrafa kwallo cikin nutsuwa da kuma bayar da dogayen passes masu anfani. A cikin shekaru kadan ya zama muhimmin dan wasa a kungiyar, inda ya taimaka wajen samun nasarori a gasar cikin gida.

A shekarar 1994, Rui Costa ya koma kungiyar Fiorentina ta kasar Italiya. Wannan canji ya zama babban mataki a rayuwarsa ta kwallon kafa saboda gasar Serie A a lokacin tana daga cikin mafi karfi a duniya. A Fiorentina ya kafa kyakkyawar alaka da fitaccen dan wasa Gabriel Batistuta, inda hadin kansu ya taimaka wajen kara karfin kungiyar sosai.

Lokacin da yake Fiorentina, Rui Costa ya taimaka wa kungiyar lashe Coppa Italia da kuma Supercoppa Italiana. Magoya bayan kungiyar sun kasance suna kaunarsa saboda biyayyarsa da kuma yadda yake taka leda cikin nishadi. Har yanzu ana daukarsa daya daga cikin gwarazan kungiyar duk da cewa ya shafe shekaru kadan idan aka kwatanta da wasu fitattun ‘yan wasan kungiyar.

A shekarar 2001, Rui Costa ya koma kungiyar AC Milan a ciniki mai tsada sosai a lokacin. A Milan ya buga tare da manyan taurari irin su Paolo Maldini, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf da Andriy Shevchenko. Duk da cewa ya samu kalubale wajen samun matsayi na dindindin a wasu lokuta, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen nasarorin da kungiyar ta samu.

Rui Costa ya taimaka wa AC Milan wajen lashe gasar UEFA Champions League ta shekarar 2002–03. Haka kuma kungiyar ta lashe Serie A a kakar 2003–04. Kwarewarsa wajen tsara wasa daga tsakiya ta taimaka wajen karfafa kungiyar a lokuta masu muhimmanci.

A matakin tawagar kasa, Rui Costa ya wakilci Portugal tsawon shekaru masu yawa. Ya fara haskawa sosai ne bayan Portugal ta lashe gasar FIFA World Youth Championship ta shekarar 1991 tare da wasu matasan ‘yan wasa masu hazaka. Wannan rukuni na ‘yan wasa daga baya aka fi sani da “Golden Generation” na Portugal.

Rui Costa ya wakilci Portugal a manyan gasa da dama ciki har da UEFA Euro 1996, Euro 2000 da Euro 2004. A gasar Euro 2000 ya taka rawar gani sosai, inda Portugal ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe. Ana tuna shi saboda iya sarrafa wasan tsakiya da bayar da passes masu karya garkuwar abokan hamayya.

Bayan ya yi ritaya daga buga kwallo a shekarar 2008, Rui Costa ya ci gaba da aiki a harkar kwallon kafa ta fuskar gudanarwa. Ya koma Benfica inda ya rike mukamai daban-daban a bangaren shugabanci da gudanar da harkokin wasanni. Daga baya ya zama shugaban kungiyar Benfica, daya daga cikin manyan kungiyoyi mafi tarihi a Portugal.

Masana kwallon kafa da dama suna kallon Rui Costa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kwarewa wajen bayar da taimakon kwallaye a zamaninsa. Salon wasansa ya kasance mai cike da kirkira, nutsuwa da fasaha. Duk da cewa bai fiye cin kwallaye ba, ya shahara wajen taimaka wa abokan wasansa su samu damar cin kwallo cikin sauki.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Rui Costa a garin Amadora dake kasar Portugal. Tun yana yaro yake sha’awar wasan kwallon kafa, kuma iyayensa sun taimaka masa wajen bunkasa wannan baiwa. Yana daga cikin yara masu tasowa da suka samu horo mai kyau a makarantar Benfica, wanda hakan ya taimaka wajen zama daya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasan Portugal daga baya.

Salon wasa

Rui Costa ya shahara da iya rarraba kwallo, hangen nesa da kirkirar dama daga tsakiya. Ya kasance dan wasa mai iya amfani da kafafunsa biyu wajen bayar da passes masu kyau. Haka kuma yana da kwarewa wajen bugun fanareti da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida.

Nasarori

Fiorentina

• Coppa Italia: 1995–96, 2000–01
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

AC Milan

• Serie A: 2003–04
• UEFA Champions League: 2002–03
• Coppa Italia: 2002–03
• UEFA Super Cup: 2003

Portugal U20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1991

Hanyoyin waje

• FIFA Profile
• UEFA Profile