ConsideredDianggap onesebagai ofsalah thesatu greatestgelandang midfieldersterhebat of his generationdi andgenerasinya ofdan allsepanjang timemasa,<ref name="maestro"/><ref name="Bridging the generation gap">{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/291678/bridging-the-generation-gap|title=Bridging the generation gap|publisher=ESPN FC|last1=Brewin|first1=John|date=16 February 2004|access-date=25 March 2017}}</ref> Costa wasadalah aseorang classicklasik [[Squad number (association football)|numbernomor 10]], who usually playedyang inbiasanya abermain creativedalam roleperan askreatif ansebagai [[attackinggelandang midfielderserang]] behinddi thebelakang strikersstriker, buttetapi wasjuga alsomampu capablebermain ofsebagai playinggelandang as a [[deep-lying playmaker]], assebagai a [[second striker]], oratau as asebagai [[wingerPenyerang (associationsepak footballbola)|winger]]. DespiteTerlepas hisdari abilitykemampuannya, howeverbagaimanapun, he was alsodia knownjuga fordikenal beingtidak inconsistentkonsisten.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/zizou-laudrup-baggio-bergkamp-best-playmakers-90s/ |title=10 of the best playmakers of the 90s: Zizou, Laudrup, Baggio, Bergkamp... |publisher=Planet Football |last1=Storey |first1=Daniel |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=29 June 2020 }}</ref>
