New Delhi: Former Captain Jorge Costa died at the age of 53 years after cardiac arrest at the team training environment, Porto announced on Tuesday and paid tribute to a “key character in the history of the club”.“The legendary captain of FC Porto and the current director of professional football died this Tuesday after cardiopulmonary arrest,” the club said in a statement.The former Portuguese international defender collapsed on Tuesday morning in the training area of the club.According to local media, he was hurried to the hospital, where he died shortly after his arrival.Costa spent most of his game career in the club, in 2004 won eight titles of the league and the Champions League under Jose Mourinho. He played 50 times for the Portuguese national team.It is one of the golden generation of Portuguese players who won the World Cup under 20 years, along with Luis Figo.“It’s a shock,” wrote Prime Minister Luis Montetén on social media, and said Costa as “an example of determination and determination”.Porto’s rivals Benfica and Sporting Lisbon also paid tribute.“Portuguese football is poorer,” Benfica said in her statement and greeted “a key figure in football and national sport, first as a player, then as a coach and recently as a manager”.
