Emmanuel Da Costa

For the comics character Emmanuel da Costa, see Emmanuel da Costa (comics).

Emmanuel Da Costa (born 3 September 1977) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He currently works as manager at the club Hesperange.

Emmanuel Da Costa

Da Costa as Quevilly manager in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-09-03) 3 September 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Rouen, France
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hesperange (manager)
Youth career
	St Etienne-du-Rouvray
1993–1994	Marseille
1994–1998	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Viry-Châtillon
1999–2000	Dieppe
2000–2001	Rouen
2001–2002	Rouen B
2002–2004	Oissel
Managerial career
2004–2009	Rouen (youth)
2009–2011	Rouen B (assistant)
2009–2012	Rouen (assistant)
2012	Rouen
2013	Compiègne
2013–2020	Quevilly
2020	SC Lyon
2021–2022	Créteil
2022–2024	Saint-Étienne (assistant)
2024–	Hesperange
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

Da Costa played football at an amateur level in the French lower division. An intelligent midfielder, his career was plagued by injuries.^[1] Da Costa began coaching at Rouen, and eventually became a professional coach when he promoted Quevilly-Rouen to Ligue 2 in 2017.^[2]

Da Costa left Quevilly-Rouen in May 2020.^[3] A few days later, he was announced as manager of SC Lyon.^[4] He was sacked from the job on 18 December 2020, after just one win in 16 games.^[5] On 15 March 2021, he was announced as manager of Créteil.^[6]

On 9 June 2022, it was announced that Da Costa had joined Ligue 2 side Saint-Étienne as assistant manager to Laurent Batlles.^[7]

In June 2024, Da Costa became new manager of Hesperange in Luxembourg.^[8]

Personal life

Born in France, Da Costa is of Portuguese descent.^[9]