Alain da Costa

Alain da Costa

Personal information
Full name	Alain da Costa Soarès
Date of birth	1935 (1935)
Place of birth	French Equatorial Africa
Date of death	9 January 2023 (aged 87)
Place of death	Libreville, Gabon
Managerial career
Years	Team
	USM Libreville
	Vantour Mangoungou
	Gabon U17
1987–1989	Gabon
1994–1997	Gabon
199x–2000	Gabon (assistant)
2000–2002	Gabon

Alain da Costa Soarès (1935 – 9 January 2023)^[1] was a Gabonese professional football manager and coach.

Career

Da Costa coached the USM Libreville and Vantour Mangoungou. Also he worked as manager of the Gabon U17 national team. From 1987 to 1989 and from 1994 to 1997 he led the Gabon senior national team. In June 2000 he again was a coach of the Gabonese Panthères.^[2][3]

From 2013 he worked as president of the Gabonese Football Federation.^[4]

Honours

USM Libreville

• Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 1987

Gabon

• CEMAC Cup: 1988
• Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals: 1996

Gabon U17

• African U-17 Championship: quarterfinals 1987

References

1. Alain Dacosta Suarès est mort avec son record (in French)
2. International Matches 2000 - Africa
3. International Matches 2002 - Africa
4. "Des associations revendiquent leur participation au congrès de la FEGAFOOT". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

External links

• Alain da Costa at WorldFootball.net
• Le football gabonais dans les années 1990 (in French)