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

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who played as a

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, currently

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club Alverca. Over 12 seasons, he amassed

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

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, Vitória de Guimarães and

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. He reached the 2011 Europa League final with the latter club, and also played in Russia and Turkey. Custódio was part of the Portugal squad at Euro 2012, 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

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, making his

debut on 23 March 2002 in a 2–0 home win against Salgueiros; he finished the 2003–04 season with 27 league appearances. In the 2006–07 campaign, coach Paulo Bento 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 Dynamo Moscow. Custódio returned to Portugal in January 2009, re-joining childhood club Vitória de Guimarães along with Cícero Semedo. On 31 August of the following year, he moved to

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neighbours

. 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 Marítimo, 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 Benfica in the

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semi-finals second leg, with Braga qualifying for the final 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 Djamal Mahamat's presence in the

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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 Akhisar Belediyespor, 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 Portimonense. Custódio resigned on 1 July 2020 with five games left of the season, having won two and lost three of his six fixtures. Two years later, he was put in charge of the reserves.

International career

A Portugal under-21 international, Custódio appeared in two

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editions,

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and

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. He was selected by full side manager Paulo Bento 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 the injured Raul Meireles.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Sporting CP *

: 2001–02 *

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: 2006–07 *

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runner-up: 2004–05 Braga *

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: 2012–13 *Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2014–15 *UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2010–11 Portugal U16 *

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Portugal U21 *

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: 2003

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Custodio Castro 1983 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Guimarães Men's 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 men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's B international footballers Portugal men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2012 players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers S.C. Braga managers S.C. Braga B managers F.C. Alverca managers