Rui Manuel César Costa
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Rui Manuel César Costa is a retired Portuguese attacking midfielder renowned for his playmaking brilliance at clubs like Benfica, Fiorentina, and AC Milan, as well as for the Portugal national team.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rui Manuel César Costa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6613864 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Rui Manuel César Costa Context triple: [Rui Costa, fullName, Rui Manuel César Costa]
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A.
Bruno Costa
Bruno Costa is a businessman best known as the co-founder of the British coffeehouse chain Costa Coffee.
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B.
Jorge Costa
Jorge Costa is a retired Portuguese central defender and football manager best known for his long and successful playing career with FC Porto and the Portugal national team.
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C.
Roberto Barroso
Roberto Barroso is a prominent Brazilian jurist and Supreme Federal Court justice who currently serves as the court’s president.
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D.
Ricardo Costa
Ricardo Costa is a Portuguese former professional footballer best known for his defensive versatility and appearances for clubs such as Porto, Wolfsburg, and Valencia, as well as the Portugal national team.
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E.
Sérgio Costa
Sérgio Costa is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Costa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rui Manuel César Costa Target entity description: Rui Manuel César Costa is a retired Portuguese attacking midfielder renowned for his playmaking brilliance at clubs like Benfica, Fiorentina, and AC Milan, as well as for the Portugal national team.
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A.
Bruno Costa
Bruno Costa is a businessman best known as the co-founder of the British coffeehouse chain Costa Coffee.
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B.
Jorge Costa
Jorge Costa is a retired Portuguese central defender and football manager best known for his long and successful playing career with FC Porto and the Portugal national team.
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C.
Roberto Barroso
Roberto Barroso is a prominent Brazilian jurist and Supreme Federal Court justice who currently serves as the court’s president.
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D.
Ricardo Costa
Ricardo Costa is a Portuguese former professional footballer best known for his defensive versatility and appearances for clubs such as Porto, Wolfsburg, and Valencia, as well as the Portugal national team.
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E.
Sérgio Costa
Sérgio Costa is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Costa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
ⓘ
attacking midfielder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Portugal ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-03-29 ⓘ |
| familyName | Costa ⓘ |
| givenName | Rui ⓘ |
| hasRole | president of S.L. Benfica ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of the greatest Portuguese playmakers of his generation ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
long-range shooting
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playmaking ability ⓘ technical skill ⓘ vision and passing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| leagueDebutFor |
S.L. Benfica
ⓘ
linked to:
SL Benfica
|
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Portugal under-21 national team
ⓘ
linked to:
Portugal national under-21 football team
|
| name | Rui Manuel César Costa ⓘ |
| nationality | Portuguese ⓘ |
| nicknamed | O Maestro ⓘ |
| occupation |
football executive
ⓘ
sports director ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
ⓘ
2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ UEFA Euro 1996 ⓘ UEFA Euro 2000 ⓘ UEFA Euro 2004 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lisbon ⓘ |
| playedAlongside |
Gabriel Batistuta
ⓘ
Luís Figo ⓘ
linked to:
Luis Figo
Paolo Maldini ⓘ |
| playedFor |
AC Milan
ⓘ
ACF Fiorentina ⓘ
linked to:
Fiorentina
Portugal national football team ⓘ S.L. Benfica ⓘ
linked to:
SL Benfica
|
| playedInLeague |
Primeira Liga
ⓘ
Serie A ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | attacking midfielder ⓘ |
| previousPosition | director of football at S.L. Benfica ⓘ |
| representedNationalTeam | Portugal ⓘ |
| retiredFromPlaying | association football ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shirtNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| won |
Coppa Italia with Fiorentina
ⓘ
Primeira Liga with Benfica ⓘ Serie A title with AC Milan ⓘ Supercoppa Italiana with Fiorentina ⓘ Taça de Portugal with Benfica ⓘ
linked to:
Taça de Portugal
UEFA Champions League with AC Milan ⓘ
linked to:
UEFA Champions League
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| youthClub |
Benfica youth academy
ⓘ
linked to:
SL Benfica
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Input
Subject: Rui Manuel César Costa Description of subject: Rui Manuel César Costa is a retired Portuguese attacking midfielder renowned for his playmaking brilliance at clubs like Benfica, Fiorentina, and AC Milan, as well as for the Portugal national team.
Referenced by (2)
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