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PLAYER FILE #P000111996 Best XI · Seat 10 · AMPosition: AMRetired · File sealed

1996 World Best XI · career ledger

Rui Costa

Name: Rui Costa · Player File #P00011
Creator: BallFact
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The silk of Fiorentina and Milan: 94 caps for Portugal, 2003 Champions League winner, and one of the defining number-tens between the two centuries. Every through ball, accounted.

Ledger span: 1992/93 — 2007/08 · 16 seasons Scale 1–99 · attributes L3 (arc-derived) · hard data L1/L2 Signed: Bong Weng · The Registrar

Index card

The file at a glance

Portugal caps

2003

UCL winner with Milan

Seasons in the ledger

Peak seasons ★

The ledger

Year-by-Year Attribute Matrix · 16 seasons

★ = peak season · ⇄ = transfer season · ▽ = valley. The matrix is rendered season by season from the local database: hard data (appearances/goals/honours) is audited public record; attribute values are arc-derived (L3), anchored to verified seasons. Method in the 1996 attribute master table.

Career attribute snapshots · Scale 1–99FILE #P00011⬇ Download this dossier as CSV

Season	Age	Pos	ATT					PLAY					DEF				PHY						MEN						OVR
			FIN	HEA	DRI	OFF	LSH	PAS	CRO	SET	THR	TOU	TAC	MAR	POS	INT	PAC	ACC	STA	STR	JUM	DUR	DEC	CMP	CON	LEA	WOR	FLA	OVR
1992/93	21		70	46	86	78	72	90	76	78	90	88	38	30	50	42	70	70	72	58	51	70	87	83	69	65	71	87	85
1993/94	22		70	46	86	78	72	90	76	78	90	88	38	30	50	42	71	71	73	59	52	71	87	83	69	65	71	87	86
1994/95	23		71	47	87	79	73	91	77	79	91	89	39	31	51	43	73	73	75	61	54	73	88	84	70	66	72	88	87
1995/96		AM	72	48	88	80	74	92	78	80	92	90	40	32	52	44	74	74	76	62	55	74	88	84	70	66	72	88	88
1996/97	25		71	47	87	79	73	91	77	79	91	89	39	31	51	43	73	73	75	61	54	73	88	84	70	66	72	88	87
1997/98	26		70	46	86	78	72	90	76	78	90	88	38	30	50	42	71	71	73	59	52	71	87	83	69	65	71	87	86
1998/99	27		70	46	86	78	72	90	76	78	90	88	38	30	50	42	70	70	72	58	51	70	87	83	69	65	71	87	85
1999/00	28		69	45	85	77	71	89	75	77	89	87	37	29	49	41	68	68	70	56	49	68	86	82	68	64	70	86	84
2000/01	29		68	44	84	76	70	88	74	76	88	86	36	28	48	40	67	67	69	55	48	67	86	82	68	64	70	86	84
2001/02	30		67	43	83	75	69	87	73	75	87	85	35	27	47	39	66	66	68	54	47	66	86	82	68	64	70	86	83
2002/03	31		66	42	82	74	68	86	72	74	86	84	34	26	46	38	64	64	66	52	45	64	85	81	67	63	69	85	82
2003/04	32		66	42	82	74	68	86	72	74	86	84	34	26	46	38	63	63	65	51	44	63	85	81	67	63	69	85	81
2004/05	33		65	41	81	73	67	85	71	73	85	83	33	25	45	37	61	61	63	49	42	61	84	80	66	62	68	84	80
2005/06	34		64	40	80	72	66	84	70	72	84	82	32	25	44	36	60	60	62	48	41	60	84	80	66	62	68	84	79
2006/07	35		63	39	79	71	65	83	69	71	83	81	31	25	43	35	59	59	61	47	40	59	84	80	66	62	68	84	78
2007/08	36		62	38	78	70	64	82	68	70	82	80	30	25	42	34	57	57	59	45	38	57	83	79	65	61	67	83	77

How to read

Reading the ledger

Follow two lines: the OVR column — every summit and valley of the curve lives there — and DUR (durability), the only column written by injuries rather than effort. Peaks are starred, valleys marked: the curve keeps every line. That is what a ledger is.

Method

Data Standard & Confidence

L1 · HighMulti-source agreed: career years, club path, major international honours (World Cup / continental / Ballon d'Or).
L2 · MediumSingle authoritative source: the fact card above (appearances, honours timeline) — editorial selection, not cross-checked line by line.
L3 · EditorialThe attribute matrix on this page: arc-derived (linear interpolation anchored to verified seasons + slope extrapolation); algorithm in scripts/db-careers.mjs.

Sources

S1 · Local database db/ballfact.sqlite · players/player_seasons/player_attributes (full-career hard data)

S2 · BallFact 1996 attribute master table (ballfact.com/players/1996/) · 1995/96 anchor season

S3 · Transfermarkt / RSSSF · appearance and transfer records (L2 cross-check)

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