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Júlio A. Costa is a Sports Scientist and Researcher affiliated with the Portugal Football School, the education and research unit of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). He is member of the health and performance unit and Portugal Football School of the FPF and acts as the sports scientist of the Portuguese U-17 National (male) soccer team. Within in the FPF since 2020, Júlio has participated in the under-17 European Championship Cyprus 2024 (reached at FINAL), under-19 European Championship Slovakia 2022 and the under-17 European Championship Israel 2022 (reached at semi-finals). Júlio has a Post-Doc and PhD in Sport Sciences from the Portugal Football School (Portuguese Football Federation) and the University of Porto, respectively, and his research interests are focused on exercise physiology, injury prevention, strength and conditioning, and monitoring of training and match loads. Authored and co-authored scientific papers published in national and international peer-reviewed journals and guest lecturer at Universities in Portugal.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
JÚLIO COSTA

Citation names

  • COSTA, JÚLIO A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3C15-67EE-FFDD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8225-8667

Email addresses

  • jahdc@hotmail.com (Professional)
  • julio.costa@fpf.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Portugal Football School, Portuguese Football Federation, FPF, 1495-433 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal;, 1495-433, Oeiras, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • pt.linkedin.com/pub/júlio-costa/a6/a95/8b4/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/01 - 2024/02/05
Concluded
 Postdoctoral researcher-Sports Sciences (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Sports Science
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2020/12/15
Concluded
 Doctor of Philosophy - Sport Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Sports Science
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
"Monitoring Sleep and Heart Rate in Female Soccer. Cardiac autonomic function and sleep patterns after training sessions and matches in female soccer players" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/01 - 2015
Concluded
 Masters on High Performance Sport Training (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
"Analysis of performance and plasma stress markers of elite female football players during an official FIFA tournament" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 (A - Excellent)
2010/09/01 - 2013
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Ciências do Desporto (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
""n/a"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16,33 (A - Very Good)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/12/31 - Current Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal
2021/11 - Current Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
2021/11 - Current Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Europeia - Ensino Superior Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade Europeia - Ensino Superior Lisboa, Portugal
2021/03 - 2022 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - Current Investigador Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/30 - 2020/12/15 PhD in Sports Science Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
Center of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2016/10/31 Researcher Student (EuroFIT). The goal of EuroFIT is to harness the ‘love of the game’ to engage football fans in health-promoting lifestyle changes through their loyalty and attachment to their clubs Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2015/10/31 Master degree on High Performance Sport training in the Faculty of Sports at University of Porto (FADE, UP). Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2013/07/31 Graduate in Sport Science in the Faculty of Sport Science and Physical Education, at University of Coimbra (FCDEF, UC). Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2013/07/30 Was member of Teaching Council, Scientific Council and the Assembly at University of Coimbra. Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current The Influence of Elastic Band Training on the Knee Joint Muscles Strength and Agility in Elite Female Football Players: A Comparison Between Three Development Stages
2023.01085.BDANA
Supervisor
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2026/01/01 - 2029/01/01 ASAS - Active Streets Around Schools
project nº 14933
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/09 - 2020 Autonomic cardiac function and sleep responses to acute exercise of elite female athletes.
SFRH/BD/128531/2017
PhD Student Fellow
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017/02 - 2019/09 Autonomic cardiac function and sleep responses to training and match load in elite female football players.
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PhD Student Fellow
FIFA RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP 2017
2018/09 - 2018/12 SWEET Football
FIFA Research Scholarship 2018
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Saúde Pública do Porto, Portugal
 FIFA RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP 2017
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/02 - Current Active Streets Around Schools (ASAS)
14933
Investigação científica e desenvolvimento tecnológico (IC&DT)
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current Intervention Project in primary education. Project from FPF 2030 Strategy
FPF 2030
Researcher
Ongoing
2021/02 - Current Scoring for Health
0
Researcher
Erasmus Plus, Belgium

The European Football for Development Network , Netherlands
2021/01/01 - Current O Futebol em Portugal: Infraestruturas Desportivas
0
Researcher
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal
Ongoing
2020/09/01 - Current The effects of high environmental temperature on physical, physiological, and decision-making processes of elite female soccer players during a prolonged intermittent exercise
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Supervisor

Other

Designation Funders
2023/02 - Current Walking Football- Project from FPF 2030 Strategy
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Researcher
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. António Figueiredo; Coelho-e-Silva; Terrence Favero; Hugo Sarmento. "A case study comparing sleep in shared and individual rooms during a training camp in elite youth soccer players.". In A case study comparing sleep in shared and individual rooms during a training camp in elite youth soccer players.. 2025.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2607-9
  2. Júlio A. Costa. "Fatigue in Soccer: Acute and Residual Responses". In Guide to Monitoring Performance. 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-52087-7_5
  3. o. Corresponding author: o. "Programa de intervenção nas escolas do 1º ciclo: A Hora dos Super Quinas.". In Desafios da Escola e da Educação Física – Tradição e Inovação, 29. Portugal: Universidade da Madeira, 2024.
    Published
  4. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Importância do sono para o rendimento desportivo". In Treinar para Render. Portugal: Primebooks, 2023.
    Published
  5. "The importance of sleep in athletes". United Kingdom, 2022.
    10.5772/intechopen.102535
  6. Júlio Costa. "Assessment of Autonomic Cardiac Activity in Athletes". 2022.
    10.5772/intechopen.104778
  7. COSTA, JÚLIO. "12 Physiological Variables Training Impulse and Heart Rate Variability". In The Use of Applied Technology in Team Sport, 161-175. 2021.
    Published • 10.4324/9781003157007
Conference abstract
  1. Reis, C., Cardoso, V., Tomás, R., Costa, J. A., & Brito, J.. "Circadian phenotypes affect sleep of female soccer athletes with consequences to perceived wellbeing for those with circadian misalignment". Paper presented in 27th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), Sevilha, Spain., Sevilha, 2024.
    Published • 10.1111/jsr.14289
  2. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Match demands of elite beach soccer national teams. Does sex matter?". Paper presented in 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS), Glasgow, Scotland., Glasgow, 2024.
    Published
  3. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Combined effects of pre-cooling and in-play cooling breaks using ice towels and cold drinks during football matches in warm conditions.". Paper presented in 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS), Glasgow, Scotland., Glasgow, 2024.
    Published
  4. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Impact of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention program on Physical Activity Levels, Sleep Patterns, Aerobic Fitness, and Motor Competence". Paper presented in 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS), Glasgow, Scotland., Glasgow, 2024.
    Published
  5. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Light Influences Hormonal Production Differently According to Chronotype: A Naturalistic Study of Elite Female Football Athletes.". Paper presented in SLTBR 2024- 35th Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, 2024.
    Published
  6. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Monitoring External Load Metrics in U20 National Team Soccer players.". Paper presented in Applied Science in Football: International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  7. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "The influence of player position on physical demands of beach soccer.". Paper presented in Applied Science in Football: International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  8. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "The influence of na intermitente protocolo n strenght performance in female football players: a case study.". Paper presented in Applied Science in Football: International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  9. Henrique Sousa; Abade, Eduardo; Maia, Filipe; COSTA, JÚLIO A.; Rui Marcelino. "Analyzing Scoring Opportunities and Efficiency: A Comparative Study Between the Portuguese Liga BPI and Five of the Most Competitive Female Football Leagues". Paper presented in International Congress of Cidesd 2023, Vila Real, 2023.
    Accepted • 10.6063/MOTRICIDADE.31687
  10. Júlio A. Costa. "How much sleep does a football player need?". 2023.
  11. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Sleep during a training camp in elite adult female soccer players". Paper presented in EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF SPORT SCIENCE 4 - 7 July 2023, Paris, France, Paris, 2023.
    Published
  12. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "A School-Based Physical Activity Intervention among Primary School Children: Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Aerobic Fitness and Motor Competence". Paper presented in FOOTBALL IS MEDICINE CONFERENCE 2023, at Atlanta, USA, Atlanta, 2023.
    Published
  13. COSTA, JÚLIO A.. "Physical, physiological and thermoregulatory responses in soccer players under heat stress". Paper presented in World Congress on Science and Football 2023 at Groningen, Groningen, 2023.
    Published
  14. COSTA, JÚLIO. "A case study comparing sleep in shared and individual rooms during a training camp in elite youth soccer players". Paper presented in World Conference on Science and Soccer 2022, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published
  15. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Intra-individual variability in sleep and nocturnal heart rate variability of elite female soccer players during an international tournament". 2019.
  16. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Individual sleep and nocturnal heart rate variability profiles in elite female soccer players during an international tournament". 2019.
    https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.16967
Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, P., Cordovil, R., Costa, J. A., Seabra, A., Guilherme J. Vale, S., Luz, C., Flores, F., Lagoa, M., Almeida, G. "Improving motor competence of children. The “Super Quinas” intervention program in Portuguese primary schools.". Paper presented in Football is Medicine Conference 2025, Jyväskylä, Finland, Jyväskylä, 2025.
  2. Costa, J. A., Coelho, C., Ferraz, A., Brito., J., Guilherme J., Seabra, A., Travassos, B., Folgado, H., & Gonçalves, B.. "Effect of Goalkeeper on Walking Football Game: Influence on Physiological, Physical, Technical and Perceptual responses in Older Men.". Paper presented in Football is Medicine Conference 2025, Jyväskylä, Finland., Jyväskylä, 2025.
  3. Julio A Costa; Pedro Figueiredo; Michele Lastella; Fabio Y Nakamura; Jose Guilherme; João Brito. "695 EP078 – Sleep in shared compared to individual rooms during training camps in elite youth soccer players". 2024.
    10.1136/bjsports-2024-ioc.195
Conference poster
  1. Júlio A. Costa. "Sleep in shared compared to individual rooms during training camps in elite youth soccer players". 2024.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.24044.33925
  2. Alberto Pompeo Dos Santos; Júlio A. Costa; José Vilaça-Alves; Mark Williams; Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo; José Afonso; Filipe Casanova. "Effects of ambient temperature on physical, physiological and cognitive demands in Football: Where do we stand? A systematic review.". 2023.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.20914.89283
  3. "Individual nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity and sleep patterns in elite female soccer players during an international tournament". 2020.
  4. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Cardiac vagal outflow saturation and aerobic fitness changes in high-level female soccer players during the preseason". 2020.
Journal article
  1. Júlio A. Costa. "The Impact of a School-Based Physical Activity Program on Children's movement behaviors, aerobic fitness and motor competence: A Follow up Study". Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, section Physical Education and Pedagogy (2025):
    10.3389/fspor.2025.1541862
  2. Henrique Sousa; Eduardo Abade; Filipe Maia; Júlio A. Costa; Rui Marcelino. "Acute and chronic effects of elastic band resistance training on athletes’ physical performance: a systematic review". Sport Sciences for Health (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-024-01310-9.
    10.1007/s11332-024-01310-9
  3. Júlio A. Costa. "The Influence of Including Goalkeepers on the Intensity Demands of Walking Football Practice". Sports (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/12/12/346.
    10.3390/sports12120346
  4. Júlio A. Costa. "Improving motor competence of children. The “Super Quinas” intervention program in Portuguese primary schools". Journal of Physical Activity and Health (2024):
    10.1123/JPAH.2024-0484
  5. Júlio A Costa; Susana Vale; Rita Cordovil; Luís P Rodrigues; Vasco Cardoso; Rui Proença; Manuel Costa; et al. "104 Impact of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention program on Physical Activity Levels, Sleep Patterns, Aerobic Fitness, and Motor Competence". European Journal of Public Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae114.078.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckae114.078
  6. Júlio A. Costa. "Impact of temperature on physical and cognitive performance in elite female football players during intermittent exercise". Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (2024):
    10.1111/sms.14646
  7. Júlio A. Costa. "A School-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Primary School: Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Aerobic Fitness and Motor Competence". Frontiers Public Health (2024): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1365782/abstract.
    10.3389/fpubh.2024.1365782
  8. Júlio A. Costa. "Effects of "Football and Nutrition for Health" on body composition, physical fitness, eating behaviours, nutritional knowledge, and psychological status among 7 to 10 years schoolchildren.". Frontiers Pediatrics (2023):
    10.3389/fped.2023.1251053
  9. Júlio A. Costa. "Exploring Gut Microbiota and the Influence of Physical Activity Interventions on Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review". Healthcare (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/17/2459.
    10.3390/healthcare11172459
  10. Júlio A. Costa. "The effect of an intermittent protocol on strength performance in female football players: an exploratory study". Journal Motricidade (2023): https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.32173.
    10.6063/motricidade.32173
  11. Júlio A. Costa. "Effects of dietary supplements on athletic performance in elite soccer players: a systematic review". Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2023.2236060.
    10.1080/15502783.2023.2236060
  12. Júlio A. Costa. "The Impact of Sleep Interventions on Athletic Performance: A Systematic Review". Sports Medicine - Open (2023): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00599-z.
    10.1186/s40798-023-00599-z
  13. Micaela C. Morgado; Mónica Sousa; Cláudia Marques; André B. Coelho; Júlio A. Costa; André F Seabra. "Effects of Physical Activity and Nutrition Education on the Gut Microbiota in Overweight and Obese Children". Children (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/7/1242.
    10.3390/children10071242
  14. Júlio A. Costa; Konstantinos Spyrou; António Sancho; Joana F. Reis; João Brito. "Reliability of Maximal Strength and Peak Rate of Force Development in a Portable Nordic Hamstrings Exercise Device". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125452.
    10.3390/s23125452
  15. Júlio A. Costa. "Simulated Soccer Game Protocols: A Systematic Review on validated protocols that represent the demands of the game". The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2023):
    10.1519/JSC.0000000000004604
  16. Júlio Costa. "Sleep Duration is Associated with Overnight Changes in Perceived Fatigue in Elite Women Soccer Players". Science and Medicine in Football (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2163511.
    10.1080/24733938.2022.2163511
  17. Júlio Costa. "Intraindividual Relationships Between Training Loads and Heart Rate Variability in High-Level Female Futsal Players: A Longitudinal Study". International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, (2022): https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2021-0500.
    10.1123/ijspp.2021-0500
  18. Júlio Costa. "Evidence to Practice: Bridging the Gap in Environmental Challenges (Cold, Heat, Hypoxia) in Sport and Exercise: Acclimatization/Acclimation, Training, Competitions, Recovery, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Interventions". Frontiers in Active Living (2022): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2022.1090086/full.
    10.3389/fspor.2022.1090086
  19. "Training in women soccer players: a systematic review on training load monitoring". Frontiers in Psychology (2022): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.943857/abstract.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2022.943857
  20. "Associations between Training Load and Well-Being in Elite Beach Soccer Players: A Case Report". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/10/6209/htm.
    10.3390/ijerph19106209
  21. "Associations Between Esports Participation and Health: A Scoping Review". Sports Medicine (2022): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-022-01684-1.
    10.1007/s40279-022-01684-1
  22. "Comparing Sleep in Shared and Individual Rooms during a Training Camp in Elite Youth Soccer Player's: A Short Report". Journal of Athletic Training (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0042.22.
    10.4085/1062-6050-0042.22
  23. "Validation of FUT-SAT in the tactical performance of football players for low complexity formats in reduced and conditioned games.". Brazilian Journal of Development (2022):
    10.34117/BJDV8N1-492
  24. COSTA, JÚLIO; Júlio A. Costa; João Brito; Fábio Y. Nakamura; Hélder Dores; António Rebelo. "Associations between 24-hour heart rate variability and aerobic fitness in high-level female soccer players". Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14116.
    10.1111/SMS.14116
  25. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Cardiac autonomic function and sleep patterns after training sessions and matches in female soccer players.". British Journal of Sports Medicine (2021):
    10.1136/bjsports-2021-104223
  26. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Relationships between Sleep, Athletic and Match Performance, Training Load, and Injuries: A Systematic Review of Soccer Players.". Healthcare (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/7/808.
    10.3390/healthcare9070808
  27. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Monitoring individual sleep and nocturnal heart rate variability indices: the impact of training and match schedule and load in high-level female soccer players.". Frontiers in Physiology 12 678462 (2021): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.678462/abstract.
    Published • 10.3389/fphys.2021.678462
  28. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Sleep Indices and Cardiac Autonomic Activity Responses during an International Tournament in a Youth National Soccer Team". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021):
    10.3390/ijerph18042076
  29. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Feasibility and safety of a walking football program in middle-aged and older men with type 2 diabetes". Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2020.06.014.
    10.1016/j.pcad.2020.06.014
  30. Vincenzo Rago; João Brito; Pedro Figueiredo; Júlio Costa; Daniel Barreira; Peter Krustrup; António Rebelo. "Methods to collect and interpret external training load using microtechnology incorporating GPS in professional football: a systematic review". Research in Sports Medicine (2019): https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2019.1686703.
    10.1080/15438627.2019.1686703
  31. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Internal training load monitoring in professional football: a systematic review of methods using rating of perceived exertion.". The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness (2019): https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.19.10000-X.
    10.23736/s0022-4707.19.10000-x
  32. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Intra-individual variability of sleep and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in elite female soccer players during an international tournament.". PloS one (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218635.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0218635
  33. COSTA, JÚLIO. "USING THE RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION AND HEART RATE TO QUANTIFY TRAINING INTENSITY IN FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS: VALIDITY AND UTILITY". The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2019):
    doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003407
  34. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Does night-training load affect sleep patterns and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in high-level female soccer players?". International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (2018):
    10.1123/ijspp.2018-0652
  35. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Sleep patterns and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in female athletes are affected by the timing of exercise and match location". Chronobiology International (2018):
    10.1080/07420528.2018.1545782
  36. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Heart rate variability changes from traditional versus ultra-short-term recordings in relation to preseason training load and performance in futsal players". Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2018):
    10.1519/JSC.0000000000002910
  37. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Effects of late-night training on “slow-wave sleep episode” and hour-by-hour derived nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in female soccer players". International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (2018):
    10.1123/ijspp.2017-0681
  38. Rago, V.; Leo, I.; Pizzuto, F.; Costa, J.; Angeicchio, G.; Tafuri, D.; Raiola, G.; COSTA, JÚLIO. "Variation of oxidative stress of elite football players during pre-season and inseason". Journal of Physical Education and Sport 16 2 (2016): 326-329. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975789681&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7752/jpes.2016.02052
Magazine article
  1. COSTA, JÚLIO. "A influência das cargas de treino e jogo nos índices de sono em atletas da Seleção Nacional de futebol feminino durante um torneio internacional", Centro de pesquisa e desenvolvimento desportivo. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP), 2020, http://formacao.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/PremiosCOP/COP_PFO_TS/file085.pdf.
  2. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Aplicabilidade e segurança de um programa de walking football para indivíduos com diabetes tipo 2.", Centro de pesquisa e desenvolvimento desportivo. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP), 2019, http://formacao.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/PremiosCOP/COP_PFO_MH/file020.pdf.
  3. COSTA, JÚLIO. "É Tempo de Acordar: Monitorização do Sono em Atletas Femininas.", 2019, http://www.revdesportiva.pt/.
    10.23911/SPMD_2019_9
  4. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Padrões do sono e atividade autonómica cardíaca noturna após treinos e jogos realizados a diferentes horas do dia em futebolistas femininas", Centro de pesquisa e desenvolvimento desportivo. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP), 2018, http://formacao.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/PremiosCOP/COP_PFO_TP/file010.pdf.
Preprint
  1. Julio Alejandro Henriques Castro da Costa; Catarina Pereira; Ana Barbosa; André Seabra; João Brito; Ana Pinto; Catarina Martins; Rafaela Moreira; Bruno Gonçalves. "External and Internal Load Profiles of Male and Female Participants during a Walking Football Practice". 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.15.633234.
    10.1101/2025.01.15.633234
  2. Júlio A. Costa; César André Coelho; António Ferraz; João Brito; José Guilherme; André Seabra; Bruno Travassos; Hugo Folgado; Bruno Gonçalves. "The Influence of Including Goalkeepers On The Intensity Demands Of Walking Football Practice". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.2283.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202411.2283.v1
Report
  1. Henrique Sousa; Eduardo Abade; Filipe Maia; Júlio Costa; Rui Marcelino. 2023. Acute and Chronic Effects of Elastic Band Resistance Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2023.11.0109.
    10.37766/inplasy2023.11.0109
  2. Micaela Morgado; Mónica Sousa; André Coelho; Júlio Costa; André Seabra. 2023. Gut microbiota and physical activity impact in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a systematic review. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2023.7.0045.
    10.37766/inplasy2023.7.0045
  3. Rodrigo Abreu; Catarina B. Oliveira; Júlio Costa; João Brito; Vítor Hugo Teixeira. 2022. Effect of dietary supplements on athletic performance in elite soccer players: a systematic review. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.6.0088.
    10.37766/inplasy2022.6.0088
  4. Lúcio Cunha; Júlio Costa; Elisa A. Marques; João Brito; Michele Lastella; Pedro Figueiredo. 2022. The Impact of Sleep Interventions on Athletes Performance: A Systematic Review. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.5.0069.
    10.37766/inplasy2022.5.0069
  5. Julio Costa; Vincenzo Rago; Pedro Brito; Pedro Figueiredo; Ana Sousa; Eduardo Abade; João Brito. 2021. External and internal load during training sessions in elite women’s soccer: a systematic mini review. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.12.0038.
    10.37766/inplasy2021.12.0038
  6. Pedro Brito; Júlio Costa; João Brito; Pedro Figueiredo. 2021. Simulated Soccer Games Protocols: What we Know so far—A Systematic Review. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.2.0080.
    10.37766/inplasy2021.2.0080
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. COSTA, JÚLIO. "Analysis of performance and plasma stress markers of elite female football players during an official FIFA tournament". 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/80045.

Other

Other output
  1. Ph.D. Thesis JúlioCosta 2020. 2020. COSTA, JÚLIO. http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.33218.40645.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.33218.40645
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/26 Monitorização dos índices do sono e da variabilidade da frequência cardíaca noturna: o impacto dos horários e da carga de treino e jogo em jogadoras de futebol. 9º Soccer Experience, Viçosa, Brazil. ISSN: 1983-7194.
The brazilian Journal of Soccer Science (Viçosa, Brazil)
2021/07/13 Associations between Sleep Indices and Overnight Changes in Subjective Fatigue in Elite Female Soccer Player's. Sports Sciences Congress 2021 (Faculty of Human Kinetics)
Faculty of Human Kinetics (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/03/06 Cardiac vagal outflow saturation and aerobic fitness changes in high-level female soccer players during the preseason ECSS Congress Sevilla / Spain, July 1-3, 2020
European College of Sports Science (Sevilha, Spain)
2020/01/25 Heart rate behaviour in type 2 diabetes participants of a walking football program: beta-blockers influence. Football is Medicine Conference 2020
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands)
2019 Nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in patients with type 2 diabetes engaged in a walking football programme. Football is Medicine Conference 2019. Odense, Denmark.
Football is Medicine Conference 2019. Odense, Denmark. (Odense, Denmark)
2019 SWEET-FOOTBALL: Development of an evidence-based walking football program for middle-aged and older patients with type 2 diabetes. Football is Medicine Conference 2019. Odense, Denmark.
Football is Medicine Conference 2019. Odense, Denmark. (Odense, Denmark)
2019 Activity profile during walking football training sessions in patients with type 2 diabetes. Football is Medicine Conference 2019. Odense, Denmark.
Football is Medicine Conference 2019. Odense, Denmark. (Odense, Denmark)
2019 Individual sleep and nocturnal heart rate variability profiles in elite female soccer players during an international tournament. International Congress CIDESD, Maia, Portugal.
International Congress CIDESD, Maia, Portugal. (Maia, Portugal)
2019 Intra-Individual variability in sleep and nocturnal heart rate variability of elite female soccer players during an international tournament. 24th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS), Prague, Czech Republic.
24th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS), Prague, Czech Republic. (Praga, Czech Republic)
2019 Internal training load associations in female soccer players 15º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Desportiva 2019. Portimão, Portugal.
15º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Desportiva 2019. Portimão, Portugal. (Portimão, Portugal)
2019 Monitoring (nocturnal) autonomic cardiac function and sleep to understand fatigue in athletes. International Congress of Football and Futsal, AFA2024. Aveiro, Portugal.
International Congress of Football and Futsal, AFA2024. Aveiro, Portugal. (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019 Monitoring sleep quanlity and quantity in athletes. Meeting International Soccer, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Meeting International Soccer, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal. (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018 Effects of late-night training load on sleep patterns and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in female Athletes. International Conference Football is Medicine. In Revista Oficial da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol 2018.
International Conference Football is Medicine. In Revista Oficial da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol 2018. (Oeiras, Portugal)
2018 Effects of late-night training on “slow-wave sleep episode” and hour-by-hour derived nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in female soccer players. VI International Congress on Team Sports 2018. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain.
VI International Congress on Team Sports 2018. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. (Sevilha, Spain)
2018 Sleep patterns and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in female athletes are affected by the timing of exercise and match location. 14º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Desportiva 2018. Braga, Portugal.
14º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Desportiva 2018. Braga, Portugal. (Braga, Portugal)
2018 Autonomic cardiac function and sleep responses to training and match load of elite female soccer players. Conference Ph.D. Course in Sports Performance, Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity (CIDAF), Faculdade de Ciências e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
Conference Ph.D. Course in Sports Performance, Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity (CIDAF), Faculdade de Ciências e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 The sensitivity of “slow-wave sleep episode” derived heart rate variability to training load in female soccer players. In 4th Saúde Atlântica & ISAKOS & ESSKA International Meeting 2017 Porto, Portugal.
In 4th Saúde Atlântica & ISAKOS & ESSKA International Meeting 2017 Porto, Portugal. (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current WEmotionAI: Tracking Emotions in Elite Women's Futsal
Co-supervisor
 Doctorate in Sports Sciences (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2024 - Current Physiological, health and recovery markers under heat stress in soccer players.
Supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2024 - Current Monitoring sleep and performance of high-level track and field athletes during a competitive season.
Supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2023 - Current Caracterização do perfim de carga externa e interna e das relações espácio-temporais durante a prática do Walking Football
Co-supervisor
 Master in Health and Physical Activity (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023 - Current The Influence of Elastic Band Training on the Knee Joint Muscles Strength and Agility in Elite Female Football Players: A Comparison Between Three Development Stages
Co-supervisor
 Doctorate in Sports Sciences (PhD)
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2021/01 - Current Training load in soccer.
Co-supervisor
 High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2020/09 - Current The effects of high environmental temperature on physical, physiological, and decision-making processes of elite female soccer players during a prolonged intermittent exercise
Co-supervisor
 Sports Science (PhD)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Relatório de estágio na unidade de saúde e performance na federação portuguesa de futebol.
Co-supervisor
 Master in Soccer (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Physical and physiological responses of soccer players during a match played in heat conditions
Supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Reliability and diurnal variations of maximal strength and peak rate of force development during nordic hamstrings exercise
Supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2020 - 2024 The effects of high environmental temperature on physical, physiological and decision-making processes of elite female soccer players during a prolonged intermittent exercise.
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Desporto (PhD)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Desporto Educação Física Exercício e Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Influence of individualized chronic mild sleep restriction on tactical performance during small-sided games in male soccer players: a randomized trial
Co-supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Monitoring training and match load in soccer players: Implications for individual and team performance.
Co-supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Análise da performance fisica de jogos não reduzidos e a sua comparação com a performance física do jogo formal em jovens jogadores de futebol de elite
Co-supervisor
 Master in High Performance Sport (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/05 - Current The importance of sleep and recovery practices in performance Applied Science in Football International Conference Portuguese Football Federation, Portugal Football School https://pfsconference2024.fpf.pt/
Conference
 Applied Science in Football International Conference
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School , Portugal
2024/04 - Current Saúde e Performance no Futebol de Alto Rendimento 3º Edição FMH CAREER FÓRUM Faculdade Motricidade Humana, Lisboa https://www.fmh.ulisboa.pt/noticias/item/2387-3-fmh-career-forum
Seminar
 Saúde e Performance no Futebol de Alto Rendimento. 3º Edição FMH CAREER FÓRUM
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2024/03/02 - Current Super Quinas project: Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Aerobic Fitness and Motor Competence. 2024 Universidade da Madeira Desafios da Escola e da Educação Física: Tradição e Inovação. http://cda.uma.pt/new/cursos-24-DesaficosdaEscolaEdF%C3%ADsica-Tradi%C3%A7%C3%A3oInova%C3%A7%C3%A3o.html
Seminar
 Desafios da Escola e da Educação Física: Tradição e Inovação.
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2024/02/28 - Current Super Quinas project: Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Aerobic Fitness and Motor Competence. 2024 Universidade da Beira Interior / Unidade local de Saúde Cova da Beira Seminário de atividade física em obesidade pediátrica “Enceramento do projeto pró-lúdico https://www.chcbeira.min-saude.pt/noticias/ulscbeira-e-ubi-promovem-seminario-de-atividade-fisica-em-obesidade-pediatrica/
Seminar
 Seminário de atividade física em obesidade pediátrica “Enceramento do projeto pró-lúdico
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/12/04 - Current Da evidência à prática: A importância do sono no rendimento do atleta 2023 Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo IV Seminário Internacional de Ciclismo https://www.fpciclismo.pt/formacaover/seminario-internacional-de-ciclismo#
Seminar
 IV Seminário Internacional de Ciclismo
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
2021/12/11 - Current Importância e monitorização do sono em atletas. PERFORSCIENCE @perforscience https://www.instagram.com/perforscience/
Conference
 Importância e monitorização do sono em atletas.
PERFORSCIENCE, Portugal
2021/11/12 - Current Sports Medicine Summit Sociedade Portuguesa Medicina Desportiva (SPMD) Sleep in the female athlete https://spmedicinadesportiva.com/sms2021/
Congress
 Sports Medicine Summit
2021/05/14 - Current Conferência CIDAF (uid/dtp/04213/2020), novamente por Júlio Costa, parte II: "ESTUDOS EM FUTEBOLISTAS DOS SEXO FEMININO - treino, competições, sistema nervoso autónomo e qualidade do sono" com a participação do Prof. Doutor Jorge Conde (Fisiologista Clínico e Presidente do Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra) e do Prof. Doutor António José Silva (Presidente da Federação Portuguesa de Natação, professor catedrático na UTAD e investigador membro integrado da unidade CIDESD). Mais em: https://www.facebook.com/184110908841471/videos/2891947491074428
Conference
 XX Forum Internacional do Desporto
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
2021/05/07 - Current Conferência CIDAF (uid/dtp/04213/2020) por Júlio Costa "Monitorização do sono, fadiga, recuperação e desempenho atlético". O conferencista é licenciado em Ciências do Desporto pela Universidade de Coimbra, em 2013, tendo obtido o prémio de melhor aluno, migrando para a Universidade do Porto, onde trabalhou sob orientação do Prof. Doutor António Natal, Prof. Doutor Eduardo Oliveira, Prof. Doutor João Brito, estando actualmente com funções de colaboração na Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=165663955471221
Conference
 XX Forum Internacional do Desporto
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
2023/04/28 - 2023/04/28 Importância do sono no desempenho de atletas FC Porto Football Sciences Institute MedSport Cross Talks https://www.fcportofootballsciencesinstitute.pt/medsport-cross-talks/
Congress
 MedSport Cross Talks
FC Porto Football Sciences Institute, Portugal
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/18 Injury prevention in soccer Football Association of Lisbon (AF Lisboa) Coach Course (UEFA C, B, A) https://afl.pt/formacoes-continuas/
Seminar
 Coach Course (UEFA C, B, A)
Football Association of Lisbon (AF Lisboa), Portugal
2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17 The importance of Sleep in Athletes. Postgraduate Course in Strength & Conditioning Training and Rehabilitation Faculty of Human Kinetics (FMH), Lisbon, Portugal Postgraduate Course in Strength & Conditioning Training and Rehabilitation
Faculty of Human Kinetics (FMH), Portugal
2023/02/21 - 2023/02/21 The importance of Sleep in Athletes. Postgraduate Course in Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Management Academia Clínica Espregueira
Seminar
 Postgraduate Course in Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Management
Academia Clínica Espregueira, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Relatório de estágio no departamento de observação, análise e scouting da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Maligno (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2024 Relatório de estágio em Futebol na equipa de juvenis A do Sport Club União Torreense.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José Coelho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2024 Relatório de estágio desenvolvido no Atlético dos Arcos A.D. Sub 19
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Cunha (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2024 O alto rendimento no Futebol de Formação.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Hugo Ferreira (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2024 Relatório de estágio em Futebol. Análise do Jogo.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Antunes (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2024 Soccer Match Analysis: A multidimensional study of the development process of youth players.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Édes Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
2023 Relatório de estágio Vitória Sport Clube Sub 19. Planeamento do Treino, Obervação e Análise da Performance.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Cunha (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2023 Relatório de estágio curricular: Monitorização e Potencialização de atletas juniores enquanto treinador estagiário de competição no Gil Vicente FC
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Simões (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2023 Training loads, spontaneous physical activity and sleep in youth elite canoe sprint athletes: Are they performing well in their daily lives?
(Thesis) Arguer
 André Bastos Coelho (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
2022 Relatório de estágio. Impacto do treino no percurso de uma época desportiva desenvolvido no Sport Clube Vianense-Futebol
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Cristino (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2021/07/29 RELATÓRIO DE ESTÁGIO "OPERACIONALIZAÇÃO DE UM MODELO DE JOGO"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alexandre José Cordeiro Sá Cachada (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2021/07/27 RELATÓRIO DE ESTÁGIO "PREPARAÇÃO E RECUPERAÇÃO FÍSICA NO TREINO DESPORTIVO DESENVOLVIDO NO VALADARES GAIA FC - FUTEBOL"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Miguel Pedra Sousa Carneiro (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2011 - 2013 Member - Assembly Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra Member - Assembly Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra
2011 - 2013 Member – Scientific Commitee Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra Member – Scientific Commitee Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra
2011 - 2013 Member – Teaching Council Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra Member – Teaching Council Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current - Evaluation and monitoring of training and matches - Research/scientific Methodolgy - Data analyses and statistics Master in football Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2021 - Current - Sports Physiology and Traumatology Applied to Soccer [Specialization in Sports Training – Master degree in Soccer] Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia Educação e Desporto, Portugal
2021 - Current Sports Physiology Applied to Soccer [Postgraduation – Human physiology and performance] Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2021 - 2023 - Human Physiology - Supervised activities in sports training - Biological and Physiological determinants of Sports Performance Sports Science – 1ST and Master degree Graduation and [Specialization in Sports Training – Master degree in Sports Trining] Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/03/18 Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto Foi pela procura de novos desafios que deixou a universidade onde concluiu a sua licenciatura e rumou à FADEUP para frequentar o mestrado, que concluiu e ao qual se seguiu o doutoramento. Pelo meio, diz ter encontrado exigência e os desafios que procurava e que o levariam a vencer o Prémio Ciências do Desporto, do COP, e a conseguir uma bolsa FIFA. Hoje, é investigador na Portugal Football School da FPF. Esta semana no ADN FADEUP estivemos à conversa com o antigo estudante Júlio Costa. Pa https://sigarra.up.pt/fadeup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=31432
2021/02/23 Portugal Football School Quatro investigadores da Portugal Football School assinam artigo publicado na passada sexta-feira. Pedro Figueiredo, Júlio Costa, João Morais e João Brito - todos afiliados na Portugal Football School - são quatro dos cinco autores de um estudo sobre a atividade cardíaca de jovens atletas durante o sono publicado na última sexta-feira (20 de fevereiro). Michele Lastella, da Universidade de Queensland, Austrália, é o outro signatário. Portuguese Football Federation
2020 Portugal Football School No trabalho realizado, procurou-se estudar a monitorização do sono e da frequência cardíaca em jogadoras de futebol feminino. Júlio Costa desenvolveu o seu doutoramento na Portugal Football School, numa parceria realizada com a Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto.
2020 A primeira menção honrosa foi atribuída à investigação sobre a “Aplicabilidade e segurança de um programa de walking football para indivíduos com diabetes tipo 2¿, de Romeu Mendes, Ana Barbosa, Elisabete Ramos, João Firmino-Machado, Maria João Sá, César André Coelho, Júlio Costa, Pedro Figueiredo, André Seabra e João Brito.
2019 Júlio Alejandro Costa desenvolveu um estudo sobre a relação entre o descanso e as cargas de exercício no futebol feminino. A investigação do estudante de doutoramento na FADEUP venceu o prémio Ciências do Desporto 2018, do Comité Olímpico de Portugal.
2019 Aos 27 anos, Júlio Alejandro Costa já é mais do que uma promessa dentro da investigação na área das Ciências do Desporto em Portugal. Autor de vários artigos publicados nalgumas das principais revistas científicas da área, este estudante de doutoramento da Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto (FADEUP) foi recentemente distinguido com o Prémio Ciências do Desporto 2018 – categoria Fisiologia e Biomecânica do Exercício, atribuído pelo Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e pela Fundação Millennium BCP.
2019 A Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, através da Portugal Football School, foi distinguida esta quarta-feira na cerimónia de entrega dos Prémios Ciências do Desporto 2019, realizada no Centro Cultural de Belém. Esta iniciativa do Comité Olímpico de Portugal visa contribuir para o desenvolvimento da investigação no nosso país.
2019 A Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, através da Portugal Football School, foi distinguida esta quarta-feira na cerimónia de entrega dos Prémios Ciências do Desporto 2019, realizada no Centro Cultural de Belém. Esta iniciativa do Comité Olímpico de Portugal visa contribuir para o desenvolvimento da investigação no nosso país.
2019 Os Prémios Ciências do Desporto, uma iniciativa do Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e da Fundação Millennium bcp, foram entregues esta quarta-feira no Centro Cultural de Belém, distinguindo trabalhos nas categorias de Fisiologia e Biomecânica do Desporto; Economia, Direito e Gestão do Desporto; e ainda História e Sociologia do Desporto. Ao todo foram recebidas 32 candidaturas, analisadas e avaliadas pelo júri presidido por João Paulo Villas-Boas, vogal da Comissão Executiva do COP.
2019 Fisiologia e Biomecânica do Desporto Vencedor: Padrões do sono e atividade autonómica cardíaca noturna após treinos e jogos realizados a diferentes horas do dia em futebolistas femininas, de Júlio Alejandro Henriques da Costa, João Brito e Fábio Nakamura.

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/04/07 - Current Sabe o que é um "cardápio de almofadas"? Meio a sério, meio a brincar, Júlio Costa explica que se trata de um fator importante a ter em conta no estágio de uma equipa de futebol. Acima de tudo porque cada indivíduo é um caso e no que respeita ao estudo do sono - seja de um modo geral seja no que respeita a atletas de alta competição - há toda a pertinência em individualizar as observações. O investigador da Portugal Football School e da Unidade de Saúde e Performance da FPF junta-se ao sexto episódio da série de podcast "Ciência e Futebol". Podcast: o sono nos atletas de alta competição, com Júlio Costa
2023/10/17 - 2033 Importância do sono em atletas Importância do sono em atletas

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
2016 - Current Ad hoc reviewer in scientific journals
Distinctions

Award

2025 Awarded “Best Free Communication in Football Is Medicine” 7th edition of the Football is Medicine conference at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Title: Improving motor competence of children. The “Super Quinas” intervention program in Portuguese prim
2025 UEFA recognizes “A Hora dos SuperQuinas” at the 2025 Grassroots Awards: Lisboa, PT
Union of European Football Association, Switzerland
2024 Prémios Ciências do Desporto. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e REPSOL
Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Portugal
2023 Prémios Viver Saudável 2023 : Football and Nutrition for HealthPrémios Viver Saudável 2023 : Football and Nutrition for Health Issued by **WINNER** Prémios Viver Saudável 2023 : Football and Nutrition for Health · Nov 2023
2020 Prémios Ciências do Desporto. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e da Fundação Millennium BCP.
2019 Prémios Ciências do Desporto. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e da Fundação Millennium BCP
Prémios Ciências do Desporto. Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e da Fundação Millennium BCP, Portugal
2018 Best Free Communication in Sports Medicine
14º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Desportiva, Braga, Portugal, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 British Journal of Sport Medicine. PhD Academy Awards: Cardiac autonomic function and sleep patterns after training sessions and matches in female soccer players.
British Journal of Sport Medicine, United Kingdom
2017 FIFA Research Scholarship 2017
2017 Bolsa de doutoramento SFRH/BD/128531/2017 (Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologias [FCT])
Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologias , Portugal
2017 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) SFRH/BD/ 128531/2017
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 3% of the best students at University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012 3% of the best students at University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal