Renata Aparecida da Costa (born 8 July 1986), commonly known as Renata Costa or Kóki, is a Brazilian

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and former player, most recently an assistant coach with

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. She represented the

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at three editions of the

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(

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and

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) and three Olympic football tournaments (

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Career

She played as a creative

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for

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's Botucatu FC from 2005, and was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the

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and

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. She is known for her precise passing and goal scoring prowess. In January 2008, Costa signed for Danish

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club OB Odense. Her new coach described her as a strong midfielder with good technique who could score goals and also play in defence. It was reported that Costa's

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was one of the first involving Brazilian female players to generate a profit for the selling club. On 24 September 2008, Costa's American transfer rights were drafted by the

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in the

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. Instead of joining the new American franchise, she accepted a competing offer from LdB FC Malmö of the Swedish

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. LdB FC took over the final year of Costa's Odense contract, paying an undisclosed transfer fee to the Danish club. In January 2014, Russian Top Division club

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announced the triple signing of Costa and her compatriots Danielli and Amanda Brunner. The club reached the 2014

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final, but were beaten 5–0 by

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. The Brazilian players were awarded new one-year contracts by Kubanochka in February 2015. Upon her return to Brazil, Costa joined

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, who had reformed in conjunction with

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and were known as Corinthians Audax. After helping Corinthians Audax to win the 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, she signed for ambitious Amazonas-based

in October 2017. Costa retired from playing following the 2019 season, but remained at the club as an assistant coach for a time before announcing her departure in June 2020. Despite playing as a midfielder at club level, with Brazil she played as a

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, notably alongside centre-backs Tânia and Aline.

Personal life

Car accident

In October 2007, Costa crashed her

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into another car at a level crossing. She and front seat passenger

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suffered minor injuries. Another Botucatu teammate, 16-year-old Cátia Oliveira, was asleep in the back seat and suffered a

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, resulting in

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. Costa was fined $576 for driving without a

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. Cátia, who had been called up to the

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on the day of the accident, later trained as a

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player and represented Brazil at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Renata 1986 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Footballers from Paraná (state) Olympic footballers for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Santos FC (women) players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists in football Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Rosengård players Kubanochka Krasnodar players Odense Q players Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Damallsvenskan players Botucatu Futebol Clube players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen