Denilson Costa

Denilson Costa
Personal information
Full name Denilson Costa
Date of birth (1968-06-10) 10 June 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth São João de Meriti, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Necaxa (Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Limonense 12 (9)
1991–1995 Olimpia 67 (32)
1995 Belén
1995–1997 Motagua 50 (20)
1997–2002 Olimpia 195 (67)
2003–2005 Marathón 91 (24)
2005–2006 Platense 32 (11)
2006 Heredia 18 (5)
2007 Atlético Olanchano 30 (1)
2007 Necaxa 16
International career
2003–2005 Honduras 5 (0)
Managerial career
2011 Necaxa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2006

Denilson Costa (born 10 June 1968) is a Brazilian and naturalized Honduran football coach and former player.

He is currently the second all-time top scorer in the Honduran Liga Nacional and was also the first to reach 150 goals.[1] Now he is a teacher in Honduras. Costa along with Marcelo Ferreira are among the only naturalized Honduran nationals to have played for the Honduras national football team.

  1. ^ "El adiós de un grande" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.