Alain da Costa

Alain da Costa Soarès (1935 – 9 January 2023) 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.

From 2013 he worked as president of the Gabonese Football Federation.

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