Ricardo Costa

Ricardo Costa
Costa playing for Portugal in 2013
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1989–1992 Valadares Gaia
1992–2000 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Porto B 66 (12)
2002–2007 Porto 75 (3)
2007–2010 VfL Wolfsburg 42 (6)
2010 → Lille (loan) 10 (0)
2010–2014 Valencia 87 (7)
2014–2015 Al-Sailiya 15 (1)
2015–2016 PAOK 26 (0)
2016 Granada 14 (1)
2016–2017 Luzern 33 (1)
2017–2019 Tondela 59 (3)
2019–2020 Boavista 31 (1)
Total 458 (35)
National team
1999 Portugal U18 7 (0)
2001–2002 Portugal U20 13 (2)
2001–2004 Portugal U21 23 (0)
2005–2014 Portugal 22 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Third place 2004 Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðu ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 16 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but occasionally as a full-back.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 13 May 2018[2][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto 2001–02 Primeira Liga 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 6 0
2002–03 Primeira Liga 10 0 4 0 — 6[b] 1 — 20 1
2003–04 Primeira Liga 9 1 5 0 — 0 0 — 14 1
2004–05 Primeira Liga 24 1 1 0 — 6[c] 1 — 31 2
2005–06 Primeira Liga 18 1 2 0 — 3[c] 0 — 23 1
2006–07 Primeira Liga 8 0 1 0 — 2[c] 0 — 11 0
Total 75 3 13 0 — 17 2 — 105 5
Wolfsburg 2007–08 Bundesliga 20 2 3 0 — — — 23 2
2008–09 Bundesliga 11 3 2 0 — 6[b] 0 — 19 3
2009–10 Bundesliga 11 1 0 0 — 5[c] 0 — 16 1
Total 42 6 5 0 — 11 0 — 58 6
Lille 2009–10 Ligue 1 10 1 0 0 — — — 10 1
Valencia 2010–11 La Liga 29 0 2 0 — 7[c] 1 — 38 1
2011–12 La Liga 12 0 1 0 — 5[b] 1 — 18 1
2012–13 La Liga 26 4 4 0 — 6[c] 0 — 36 4
2013–14 La Liga 20 3 3 0 — 9[b] 1 — 32 4
Total 87 7 10 0 — 27 3 — 124 10
Al-Sailiya 2014–15 Qatar Stars League 15 1 0 0 — — — 15 1
PAOK 2014–15 Super League Greece 15 0 0 0 — — — 15 0
2015–16 Super League Greece 11 0 1 0 — 10[b] 1 — 22 1
Total 26 0 1 0 — 10 1 — 37 1
Granada 2015–16 La Liga 14 1 0 0 — — — 14 1
FC Luzern 2016–17 Swiss Super League 33 1 3 0 — 2[b] 0 — 38 1
Tondela 2017–18 Primeira Liga 32 2 1 0 1 0 — — 34 2
Career total 334 22 33 0 1 0 67 6 — 435 28
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, DFB-Pokal and Copa del Rey matches.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2005 2 0
2006 4 0
2010 4 0
2012 3 0
2013 4 1
2014 5 0
Total 22 1
List of international goals scored by Ricardo Costa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 2013 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal  Israel 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Porto[3]

VfL Wolfsburg

Orders

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ricardo Costa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ricardo Costa". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ricardo Costa". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Catuogno, Claudio (25 May 2009). ""Höhere Gewalt!"" [Higher power!]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança] (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.