Rui Costa, O Maestro [Goals & Skills] 

Every times he goes to San siro as guest he gets standing ovation of respect What a man

Me too . No one are better no ten than rui since 1990 until 2022 even not Kevin de bruyne or modric

@@edmondsimon9220 Zidane is much better than him

@@danielbroomhall8882 in overall yes in playmaking or number 10 no,

​@@danielbroomhall8882he's much better than zidane ever was

A cousin agree with you.

Well said. I always had great respect for him too. I am a Milan fan from Greece :)

@angelo well put. Similar to my observation. I watched him since Portugal won 1988 world cup junior. Rui is true example person and one gifted player ever. God bless Rui Costa....from Indonesia. 🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨

100% agree. I'm a portuguese Benfica fan because of two players, João Vieira Pinto and Rui Costa. But Rui...is what you wrote. Class, calm, education, fair-play and respect. I'm wish I could have saw the best years of him at Benfica (the early 90's). The Maestro, for life.

me too dude

Very well put. Forca 🇵🇹

U were lucky

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Yes together with pablo aimar

@@facundovalverdi8380 Requelme? he is rarely mentioned too

underrated for who ?? he is a fucking legend for us in Portugal ;)

Better than Beckham

@@petecartaxo different positions différent play style

Same like me dude

Follow Luis Alberto in Lazio you two.

@@alphonseelric5722 Is the most similar player to Rui in today's game for sure,not the same level, but same style yes.

​@@alphonseelric5722 Nah...dont exist comparisson Rui is magic and played in the Era most competitive...I mean in this Era the role of creative midfielder is the "Mecca" of football since years 50's to 90's for this reason in the 90's Era the massive count of creatives was a amazing and all this brains was a magical and names for example...Hagi,Rai,Laudrup,Okocha,Djalminha,Baggio,Stojcovic,Rivaldo,Hassler,Littbarski,Matthaus,Savicevic,Brolin,Bergkamp,Scifo,Ginola,Le Tessier,Zola,Francescoli,Maradona, Zidane,Balakov,and many more bro this was a most unique recolection of natural talent of history.

@@dicesaresuarez7911 They were supported by the tactics from that era. Alberto is the closest to that archetype. In fact, of all you mentioned, Luis is the most similar to Rui even in the aesthetic of his movements. Very talented too. Maybe not as much as Rui but better than having nothing.

He was class player I love Rui costa

@@nuuradinmahamed9760 When people think of milan golden generation,they usually mention players like Kakà,Maldini,Nesta,Gattuso,Shevchenko,Seedorf,Serginho,Dida but rarely mention Rui Costa.It's sad :(

@@robertoshea9825 I remember all of them including Rui Costa. It is impossible to forget him.

not Gullit and Basten?

great comment... few ppl know how incredible Paulo Sousa was. This comes from a die hard Benfica fan that saw Paulo leave Benfica for rival Sporting. But one thing is to hate the guy another is to speak football language. If not for the injuries, Paulo would be one of the best 6 that ever played the game. What made him one of the best 6 were 2 simple skills, positioning and passing. He just didnt need to run, he was always one step ahead of everyone in the field. Anyway, still hate the guy, he's a fucking cunt :)

Zidane

This is exactly my thought as well. Even better than Zidane for me.

He's not... Stop this BS narrative Rui is LEGEND for Portugal and part of Italy... Man like Milan was the best club of 20th Century and he was their maestro ..he's not underrated... Board for Benfica Advice position for Milan..

He was not better than Zidane, but he had more elegance than him

@@FatStarZzzz bro are you saying he's not a legend? If that's what you're saying then you are clearly wrong

@Mário Gama Eu não estou de acordo. De facto ele não era um portento de força, mas Rui Costa tinha uma visão e inteligência de jogo e uma técnica que compensavam a sua falta de força. Ele dava-se mesmo ao luxo de se aventurar em posições de um extremo e cruzar como um figo ou Beckham. Penso que ele não dava hipóteses às defesas contrárias, porque ele sabia precisamente e perfeitamente como, onde e a quem deixar a bola. Sorte tiveram o Benfica, Fiorentina e AC Milan:) o meu Porto teve direito a Deco, Lucho, James Rodriguez, Herrera e Oliver Torres que eram bem bons.. kkkk

@@ferreiramarco2829 Sou Portista, e acho que Deco e Rui Costa estão em outro patamar, do que esses que mençionaste. Herrera? nem sequer é 10, nem têm tecnica para. E não acho que o Deco esteja atrás do Rui Costa em nada. Não é só aquilo que ele fez no Porto, mas no barça e no Chelsea também. Zidane sim acabava por ser superior a esses dois, não há volta a dar. Qualquer das maneiras falta jogadores assim ao futebol hoje em dia. Era um gosto vê-los jogar.

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Sou brasileiro mas admiro muito a classe e a facilidade de jogar do rui costa melhor que esses jogadores do brasil

Mejor que Deco obviamente si es

He was joyful to watch , I bet there is no complete midfielder for the past 20 years better than him but unluckily he play in small club

@@TheTanzanitepure AC Milan is not a small club.

@@donnydarko4700 before he joined ac milan he was in small club

@@donnydarko4700 he joined milan after he was already passed his best time

Barca would be perfect! AC Milan was out of his prime!

Totally agree... I real old fashioned No10....

very. Everyone is remembering Eusebio, Figo, or Ronaldo, and - while I haven't watched Eusebio playing because I wasn't born at that time - I did watch Figo and Penaldo close enough to be able to say that Portugal's best player of all times and the real number 10 has been Rui Costa, not anyone else. His ease of controlling the ball, or finding breaches in the enemy defenses and creating scoring opportunities out of nothing is out of this world. Actually, you can see in this clip what I mean. The OP did a great job at compiling the best of Rui, and you can see how easy it is for him to dribble 2,3, even 4 players at a time and make that perfect pass for Shevchenko and Inzaghi. Truly a magician on the pitch.

@Mário Gama maybe. But I like him more than any other portuguese player :)

Not by me.

@Mário Gama he was almost 30 when he joined AC Milan... it was too late... he waited at fiorentina too long... one of the best natural No10 ever... similar to Zidane in his style.... gifted!

@@blabla-rg7ky Cristiano Ronaldo is the best Portuguese ever. Maradona is Argentina best player ever. Cry more Pessi fan

Luis Figo, Nani, tb

he played with batigol thank you very much

He made BATISTUTA top scorer in seria A

Parabéns pelo teu comentário, quem ama o jogo sabe reconhecer o talento e a classe mesmo nos rivais,eu por exemplo sendo benfiquista tinha uma admiração enorme pelo Fernando Gomes,quer como jogador quer como grande Senhor que era.

@@nunobrito7855 Obrigado, Nuno. Haja bem senso, haja saude, haja luz, em Portugal.

Felt he was a little bit more elegant than zizou. Most elegant is rui costa, zidane, falcao and figo.

I was very little but I remember when he played against Benfica in Lisbon. Benfica lost that match. He scored and started crying and the whole stadium was cheering him on we never forget our own you can find that on RU-vid he was playing for Fiorentina at the time. He's the reason I always like Fiorentina and AC Milan

@@dianastc3710 i know.i love him cause he played with heart and refuse big money for his childhood club. something that is missing in today's era. Luckily he played in the right era. Football fans of the past know very well about loyalty. If Rui Costa played in today's era, maybe he wouldn't get much attention

😂🤣😂 maestro..

in which game was that?

@@andressaluiza212 Portugal vs England Euro 2000,one of is best games ever.

In 2000...and also that great goal in 2004

@@Overlorde79 Yes... Figo screamer open up the great came back after 0-2 down.

The ball just crossed between 4 real madrid players. Pure art !

Vdd MT habilidoso si tivesse hj em Portugal portugal tava MT top joao feliz i cr7

fully agree with you. Rui is the only Portuguese player that I really like, and ever liked. Granted, I haven't seen Eusebio play because I wasn't born at the time he has been at the peak of his career, but after Eusebio I have watched all of Portugal's greatest: Figo, Couto, Penaldo, Rui, etc. And of all these - otherwise big names - Rui has been the closest you can get to a football magician. I'm so glad that I've watched him play for Milan in an age when I have been a die-hard Milan fan, and so sad that Berlusconi couldn't find a way for both him and Pirlo to play. I don't remember if this is true or not, but if I remember correctly this is the reason he has left Milan (because Pirlo would take his place into the starting XI), and it's understandable for a player like Rui to feel offended by benching him. Too bad we couldn't see both him and Pirlo on the pitch. What a time that would have been! :)

@@blabla-rg7ky Figo was my favourite portuguese player when I was a child but Rui Costa was a great player too. Many people talks about Deco, for example, but for me Rui Costa was best in everything.

@@diogoribeiroscp I have seen all portugal's greats starting with the 90s and Rui Costa is by far the most technical of them all. Just my opinion

@Jean Jacque Lundi nope

@Jean Jacque Lundi I might, but not today. Thanks for the tip, though :)

Rivaldo era Gênio!!! O cara jogou demais!!! Ele foi irado!!!

Ppl old enough 2 really remember him know how incredible rivaldo was, 2 many youngers just know him for the play acting incident in the 2002 WC. Sad really coz the guy was one the greatest ever in his prime

Rivaldo was no inferior to Ronaldinho and he also has a Ballon D'Or trophy. He was just overshadowed by Ronaldo9.

Played in the wrong national team. And arguably he could have had a better club carreer as well. History is all about PERCEPTION.

​@@jeanlundi2141Portugal were strong and stupidly did not qualify for the 1998 World Cup.

@ROBERT DEAN did nt zidane play number 5

@@footballdays5548 He played 5 in Real Madrid. The rest he played 10. ( Figo had the 10 shirt in Real at the time). At any case, he didn't meant the number he meant the role.

@El Vaginhõs Platini was better than him, ask any Juve fan that have seen both of them play.

He is so famous in 90s dan 00s , he is one of the best attacking midfielders not underrated in his era The real underrated player is Guti Hernandez all corners of the world know how great Rui Costa was in her prime, even now, but even fans of the Madrid era now barely know who is Guti so sad

Aninto Jati Nugroho Dont forget the one and only Robbie Savage 😂

Rivaldo wasn't a midfield maestro... he wore No10 but he was more of a striker

@@Iresaoirse rivaldo is a magician can play playmaker or second striker

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Again, i come back here to see ur cmt.