Custódio Castro

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Custódio Castro

Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro (born 24 May 1983), known simply as Custódio, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of Braga B.

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Custódio
Custódio playing for Portugal in 2013
Personal information
Full name Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro[1]
Date of birth (1983-05-24) 24 May 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Brito, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Braga B (manager)
Youth career
1993–1994 Torcatense
1994–2000 Vitória Guimarães
2000–2001 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Sporting CP B 48 (5)
2002–2007 Sporting CP 95 (4)
2007–2008 Dynamo Moscow 9 (0)
2009–2010 Vitória Guimarães 27 (0)
2010–2015 Braga 87 (8)
2015–2017 Akhisar Belediyespor 76 (4)
Total 342 (21)
International career
1999 Portugal U15 5 (0)
2000 Portugal U16 11 (2)
2000 Portugal U17 7 (1)
2001–2003 Portugal U19 8 (3)
2003 Portugal U20 10 (4)
2003–2006 Portugal U21 13 (0)
2006 Portugal B 1 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal 10 (0)
Managerial career
2020 Braga
2022– Braga B
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2004 Germany
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2000 Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Over 12 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 209 matches and 12 goals, representing in the competition Sporting CP, Vitória Guimarães and Braga. He reached the 2011 Europa League final with the latter club, and also competed professionally in Russia and Turkey.

Custódio was part of the Portugal squad at Euro 2012, earning a total of ten caps in one year.

Club career

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Custódio was born in the village of Brito, Guimarães.[2] From 2001 to 2007 he played for Sporting CP, making his Primeira Liga debut on 23 March 2002 in a 2–0 home win against Salgueiros;[3] he finished the 2003–04 season with 27 league appearances.

In the 2006–07 campaign, coach Paulo Bento named Custódio captain in recognition of his history at Sporting and consistent displays in the previous seasons.[4] Incidentally, in that timeframe, he also fell out of favour in the team's rotation[5] and, in June 2007, was sold to Russian Premier League side Dynamo Moscow.[6]

Custódio returned to Portugal in January 2009, re-joining childhood club Vitória Guimarães along with Cícero Semedo.[7] On 31 August of the following year, he moved to Minho neighbours Braga.[2]

In his first season at the Estádio Municipal de Braga, Custódio battled for first-choice status with Brazilians Leandro Salino and Vandinho,[8] but managed to appear in 21 competitive matches. On 5 February 2011 he scored from close range in a 2–1 away win against Marítimo,[9] helping his team finish fourth in the league. On 5 May he netted arguably the most important goal of his career, heading from a corner kick for the game's only in a home victory over Benfica in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals second leg, with Braga qualifying for the final on the away goals rule.[10]

Custódio spent the first half of 2011–12 on the sidelines, nursing a serious knee injury.[11] When he returned to full fitness, however, he benefitted from Djamal Mahamat's presence in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and begun appearing regularly in the starting XI, scoring against Marítimo (2–1 away win) and former team Guimarães (4–0, at home).[12]

In May 2017, after two and a half seasons in the Turkish Süper Lig with Akhisar Belediyespor, the 34-year-old Custódio retired and returned to Braga, being named assistant manager at the reserve side.[13] On 3 March 2020, he left the under-17s and was appointed at the helm of the first team, replacing Sporting-bound Ruben Amorim.[14] On his debut three days later, he managed a 3–1 home victory over Portimonense.[15]

Custódio resigned on 1 July 2020 with five games left of the season, having won two and lost three of his six fixtures.[16] Two years later, he was put in charge of the reserves.[17]

International career

A Portugal under-21 international, Custódio appeared in two UEFA European Championship editions, 2004 and 2006. He was selected by full side manager Paulo Bento for his 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2012,[18] and made his debut on 2 June, a 1–3 friendly loss with Turkey in Lisbon.[19] In the finals in Poland and Ukraine, he played 20 minutes in the decisive 2–1 group stage defeat of the Netherlands after replacing the injured Raul Meireles.[20]

Career statistics

Club

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More information Club, Season ...
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP B 2001–02 152152
Total 152152
Sporting CP 2001–02 10000010
2002–03 00000000
Total 10000010
Sporting CP B 2002–03 333333
Total 333333
Sporting CP 2003–04 2701030310
2004–05 2543083367
2005–06 2704020330
2006–07 1504120211
Total 9441211531218
Dynamo Moscow 2007 9010100
Total 9010100
Vitória Guimarães 2008–09 100002000120
2009–10 1502050220
2010–11 20000020
Total 270207000360
Braga 2010–11 131001071212
2011–12 173003020223
2012–13 282205180433
2013–14 212403110283
2014–15 802010110
Total 8788013218112611
Akhisar Belediyespor 2014–15 1521000162
2015–16 3309000421
2016–17 1702000190
Total 65212000--773
Career Total 2982026120233437727
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International

More information Portugal, Year ...
Portugal[23]
YearAppsGoals
201260
201340
Total100
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Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 February 2024
More information Team, Nat ...
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Braga Portugal 5 March 2020 1 July 2020 62131111+0033.33 [24]
Braga B Portugal 9 June 2022 Present 502111186352+11042.00
Total 562312217463+11041.07
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Honours

Sporting CP

Braga

Portugal U16

Portugal U21

References

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