New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Former Porto captain Jorge Costa died on Tuesday at the age of 53 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the club's training centre, the Portuguese side said.

The former defender, who was serving as Porto's Director of Professional Football in his second season in the role, was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.

As per a Spanish media outlet Diario AS, "Costa began to feel unwell throughout Tuesday morning and, after losing consciousness, was treated there by the club's doctors, who used a defibrillator until the national services arrived Medical Emergencies (INEM) to take him by ambulance to the hospital."

Over his career, Costa played 530 games in all competitions - 383 for Porto and 50 for Portugal's nation...