Flávio Costa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Flávio Rodrigues da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | September 14, 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | November 22, 1999 (aged 93) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1936 | Flamengo | 83 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1934–1937 | Flamengo | ||
| 1937 | Portuguesa da Ilha | ||
| 1938 | Santos | ||
| 1938–1945 | Flamengo | ||
| 1945–1950 | Brazil | ||
| 1946 | Flamengo | ||
| 1947–1950 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1951–1952 | Flamengo | ||
| 1953–1956 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1955–1956 | Brazil | ||
| 1956–1957 | Porto | ||
| 1957–1958 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1959–1960 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1960–1961 | São Paulo | ||
| 1962–1965 | Flamengo | ||
| 1965–1966 | Porto | ||
| 1970 | Bangu | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Flávio Rodrigues da Costa (14 September 1906 – 22 November 1999) was a Brazilian football player and manager. He managed the Rio de Janeiro clubs Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, as well as Colo Colo of Chile, and FC Porto of Portugal.
Costa coached the Brazilian squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; the loss against Uruguay has been described as Brazil's greatest humiliation of the 20th century. As a consequence of his World Cup failure, he lost his prestige among the Brazilian press and supporters of the national team. However, he was again manager of the Brazilian team in 1955 and in 1956.
He died in Rio de Janeiro in November 1999.