Manuel da Costa (footballer, born 1986)

Manuel Marouane da Costa Trindade Senoussi (Arabic: مانويل مروان دا كوستا ترينداد السنوسي; born 6 May 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

He has played for Nancy, PSV, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, West Ham United, Lokomotiv Moscow, Olympiacos and Nacional.

As well as his ten appearances in Ligue 1 in the 2005–06 season with his debut coming in January – da Costa scored a memorable individual goal to help Nancy defeat Le Mans in the French League Cup semi-finals.

After rejecting offers from Bordeaux and Newcastle United, Da Costa opted to play in the Netherlands with PSV, where the glamour of Champions League football caught his eye.

The 20-year-old centre-back agreed a five-year contract with the Dutch champions to become new coach Ronald Koeman's second summer signing at €1 million.

Da Costa, after a first season to get acquainted to a new challenge, gradually became more important in Koeman's side in 2007–08, establishing himself as a versatile defender.

On 29 January 2008, it was confirmed by PSV that an agreement had been reached on the transfer of da Costa to ACF Fiorentina, subject to a medical.

[4] In August 2009 Da Costa signed a three-year contract with English side West Ham United, for an undisclosed fee, as part of a deal that took Savio Nsereko to Fiorentina.

On 28 August 2011, he provided assist for Felipe Caicedo to score the only goal in the game to beat FC Kuban Krasnodar 1–0.

However ahead of the new season, Da Costa was used less frequently by new manager Slaven Bilić and his first team opportunities at Lokomotiv Moscow became limited.

On 28 October 2012, Da Costa received a red card after a second bookable offence in a 2–1 loss against Rio Ave. After the match, he said that he took responsibility for fouling a player to concede penalty.

He signed a two-year contract for a reported fee of €1.9 million, where he would team up with his fellow Portuguese Marco Silva, who took over as Olympiacos coach in the summer.

[23][24] On 5 January 2019, Da Costa joined Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad for a transfer fee of €4.5 million.

Da Costa at Fiorentina
Da Costa at West Ham
Da Costa at Sivasspor
Da Costa clashes with Arsenal's Andrei Arshavin .