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Fullname: | Rubens Josué da Costa |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1928 |
Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Position: | Attacking midfielder, Forward |
Youthyears1: | 1945–1947 |
Youthclubs1: | Ypiranga |
Years1: | 1947–1950 |
Years2: | 1951 |
Years3: | 1951–1957 |
Years4: | 1956–1957 |
Years5: | 1957–1959 |
Years6: | 1960–1963 |
Clubs1: | Ypiranga[1] |
Clubs2: | Portuguesa Desportos[2] |
Clubs3: | Flamengo |
Clubs4: | → Santa Cruz[3] (loan) |
Clubs5: | Vasco da Gama[4] |
Clubs6: | APEA Prudentina |
Caps1: | 67 |
Goals1: | 25 |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Caps3: | 77 |
Goals3: | 43 |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Caps5: | 42 |
Goals5: | 16 |
Nationalyears1: | 1952–1954 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Rubens Josué da Costa (24 November 1928 - 31 May 1991) was a Brazilian football player. He was included in the Brazil national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals.
Rubens played club football for Ypiranga-SP, Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Portuguesa Desportos, Santa Cruz-PE, and Prudentina, winning the Campeonato Carioca in 1953, 1954 and 1955 with Flamengo and in 1958 with Vasco da Gama.[5]