Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro (born 24 May 1983), known simply as Custódio, is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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, currently a

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. Over 12 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 209 matches and 12 goals, representing in the competition

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and

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. 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

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, earning a total of ten

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in one year.

Club career

Custódio was born in the village of Brito,

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. From 2001 to 2007 he played for

, making his

debut on 23 March 2002 in a 2–0 home win against

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; he finished the 2003–04 season with 27 league appearances. In the 2006–07 campaign, coach

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named Custódio

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in recognition of his history at Sporting and consistent displays in the previous seasons. Incidentally, in that timeframe, he also fell out of favour in the team's rotation and, in June 2007, was sold to

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side

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. Custódio returned to Portugal in January 2009, re-joining childhood club

along with

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. On 31 August of the following year, he moved to Minho neighbours

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. In his first season at the ''

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'', Custódio battled for first-choice status with Brazilians

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and Vandinho, but managed to appear in 21 competitive matches. On 5 February 2011 he scored from close range in a 2–1 away win against

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, helping his team finish fourth in the league. On 5 May he netted arguably the most important goal of his career, heading from a

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for the game's only in a home victory over

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in the

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semi-finals second leg, with Braga qualifying for

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on the

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. Custódio spent the first half of 2011–12 on the sidelines, nursing a serious knee injury. When he returned to full fitness, however, he benefitted from

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'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). In May 2017, after two and a half seasons in the Turkish

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with

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, the 34-year-old Custódio retired and returned to Braga, being named assistant manager at the reserve side. On 3 March 2020, he left the under-17s and was appointed at the helm of the first team, replacing Sporting-bound

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. On his debut three days later, he managed a 3–1 home victory over

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. Custódio resigned on 1 July 2020 with five games left of the season, having won two and lost three of his six fixtures.

International career

A Portugal under-21 international, Custódio appeared in two

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editions,

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and 2006. He was selected by full side manager

for his 23-man squad for

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, and made his debut on 2 June, a 1–3 friendly loss with

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in Lisbon. In the finals in

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and

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, he played 20 minutes in the decisive 2–1 group stage defeat of the

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after replacing injured

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Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

Sporting CP *

: 2001–02 *

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: 2006–07 *

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runner-up: 2004–05 Braga *

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

*UEFA Europa League runner-up:

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*Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2014–15

International

Portugal Under-16 *

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Portugal Under-21 *

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: 2003

References

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National team data
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Custodio Castro 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Guimarães Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers Vitória S.C. players S.C. Braga players Russian Premier League players FC Dynamo Moscow players Süper Lig players Akhisarspor footballers Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal B international footballers Portugal international footballers UEFA Euro 2012 players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers S.C. Braga managers