Kammala wannan jumla: Costinha ya taka leda fiye da sau 50 tare da Portugal, yana fitowa tare da tawagar 'yan wasa a gasar cin kofin duniya daya da kuma gasar zakarun Turai biyu kuma yana cikin tawagar da ta kai wasan karshe a gasar zakarun Turai a shekara ta 2007.
Yuro na shekara ta 2004. Bayan ya yi ritaya, ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan Beira-Mar, Paços Ferreira, Académica da Nacional.