The Forgotten Legend Who Sacrificed His Legacy To Save His Childhood Club

Grande Rui!

Portugal has been producing so many world class players over the the years

The Portuguese can`t play football, you have never won a World Cup and never will , Rui Costa was an ok player ,the only extremely good player you have in all your history is Cristiano Ronaldo, enough said!

I never forgot about him. My father and I never missed a Fiorentina or AC Milan game when he was playing. Obrigado Rui Costa pelas muitas boas recordações que nos proporcionou. gostaria que meu pai ainda estivesse vivo para lembrar daqueles dias.

Thank you for that, for any benfica fan he is loved and is a club legend

as portuguese man and benfica fan this video brings me so much joy. it saddens me that Portugal didn't win the euros in 2004 but knowing that Rui Costa ended up being our president makes me so happy < 3 great vid

He might have been forgotten by the world, but football fans have not and will never forget him. What an absolute legend!

Rui Costa and totti I don't joke with them

As a Fiorentina Fan I can say Rui Costa is NOT forgotten

If you haven't already you should do a video on matt le tissier- an English man who scored a hatrick for england and never got the France 98 world cup call up...and a player who never left his home club - Southampton. The man was as good as catona, gazza and Bergkamp....that kind of flair and stunning goals against the Premier leagues top.teams

Everyone knows Costa. He’s not forgotten.

How do people in comments not know who rui costa is .. he was a former footballer, some even considerd him better than Zidane in his prime .. but he sacrificed his carrer to play for benfica , his childhood club , and he is the president of the same club now .. that is why speed calling him president

I am often slyly laughed at for supporting Portugal in international games. People think I support Portugal because of Ronaldo. They simply cannot accept that I can admire players like Rui Costa, Ricardo (keeper who actually watched for the ball to save the penalty rather than purely guessing), Miguel, Luis Figo, Simao Sabrosa, Tiago, Quaresma, etc. Portugal is so much more than Ronaldo.

Honestly he wasn’t better then zidane I feel like you’re reaching on that one

What a legend he was. There is loads of players in the 90s or even before that what would been great to see them playing these days would of been great to see

Never knew the player i wasn't born in that era but wow im close to tears. Really beautiful story with the sweetest ending

Nobody forgets him when he shows up us the best option in an icon player pick

great player but Zidane was better sorry

hahahahaha no just no

He was good but not better than Zidane my friend

Rui costa better than Zidane?!?!?!??
This is the biggest joke i ever heard omg 🥴🥴😣😖😖🫣
You should go to prison 🥴

"Portugal President" -IshowSpeed

The Rui Costa and Batistuta combo was so iconic

What a player he was .
I remember him been bought on in Istanbul and it nearly worked link up with shevchenko was still there
If not for dudek it would of surely gone the other way

Better than Zidane? W H A T E V E R ! Costa was a good player but relax he was no match for the great Z I D A N E !

Maybe instead of repeating the video of him signing autographs, you could actually show more of him playing so that we can truly compare him to Zidane. I don't doubt your sincerity but this video isn't compelling evidence of your claim that he was better.

Lol, Batishtuta 😭😭

Rui Costa is not forgotten, be serious, he was a very good player. He wasn't as good as Zidane, let's make that clear.

As a 50 yo Fiorentina fan, thank you.

The streets never forget ballers like Rui . NEVER

Whahaha what a joke

True fans remember legends like him

What about the corruption issues while at Benfica? Surely that undermines the narrative that he loves the club above all else?

1.Saying that Rui Costa might be better than Zidane is ludicrous.
2. Rui Costa was never forgotten.
3. Considering the above, this video is trash.

Rui is a much better human being than zidane sure equally genius too only thing like what every mentioned priorities. However there is another element we missed out, its called 'luck'.

My takeaway here is that I should make the effort to pronounce his name properly instead of just saying "roo-ee". Portugese is hard!

anyone who watched football at the time remembers rui costa

Não obstante da sua qualidade, melhor que o Zidane? back then?! é entrar no delírio dizer que foi melhor que Zidane.

The fact he was called " La Luce " (the light) makes the fact that he became benfica's president even more coincidential... Benfica stadium is called "Stadium of Light" 🧐

That Portugal side (late 90s - early 2000s) was perhaps the best team Portugal could ever assemble. It's disappointing that they did not win a major trophy.

My President! 🦅

Rui Costa was Firmino before Firmino.

I'm surprised he hasn't changed his name into Rui Benfica.

I cry now

Esquecido jamais será. O meu Presidente❤️

comparing this crying baby to Zidane is an insult

I am a Fan of FC Porto, but Rui Costa is the personification of loving a club and now a day where exists billions of euros involved in player's paychecks sadly that love and loyalty has a price.

Rui Costa was a superstar. I'm not sure what this video is getting at. It makes out like he went unrecognised. That's bollocks.

One of my favorite Portuguese player hands down

In the admin's eyes, Luis Nani is way better than David Beckham and Pepe is world's most likeable CB because he loves his country so much! Lucas❤🇵🇹