Diego da Silva Costa
(born 7 October 1988) is a
Brazilian
-
Spanish
footballer
which he played as a
striker
for
Atletico Madrid
and the
Spanish national football team
the last time he played.
Costa was born in Brazil, and played for the
Brazil national football team
for the first time in 2013.
[4]
However, he then chose to play for Spain. This made the Brazilian football manager,
Luiz Felipe Scolari
, very angry.
[5]
The
Brazilian Football Confederation
have even asked the country's government to remove Costa's
citizenship
. (The right to be a country's citizen).
[6]
In March 2014, Costa became a member of the
Spanish national football team
. This was when he was granted his Spanish
citizenship
. He made his first appearance against
Italy
and represented Spain in the
2014 FIFA World Cup
.
Costa spent 2 years at
Barcelona Esportivo Capela
(Brazillian football club), from 2004 to 2006. After this, he then began his senior career in
Portugal
by joining
Penafiel
.
In the same year as joining
Braga
, he was sent on a loan spell to
Penafiel
. He played 13 league games with 5 goals.
In 2007, Costa joined Atletico Madrid for a fee of
€
1,500,000. Unfortunately, he didn't get a game to play due to
loan spells
.
Diego Costa remained at Braga in 2007 but on a loan spell. This time, he made 7 league appearances, but he failed to score a goal. In the UEFA Cup, he scored his first goal in a domestic cup against
Parma F.C.
(Italian football team).
He was then loaned to
Celta
for the 2007-08 Segunda Division season. In that season, he made an impressive 30 appearances and scored 5 goals.
Staying in the
Segunda Division
, he then joined on loan Albacete Balompie for the 2008-09 season. At this loan spell, he made 35 league appearances and 9 goals.
Costa was bought by
Real Valladolid
from Atletico Madrid in 2009 Transfer Window. In this 2009-10 season, he made 34 league appearances with 8 goals. But it wasn't enough to keep Valladolid in
La Liga
, the top division in Spain. Valladolid was eventually relegated to the
Segunda Division
.
Costa returned to
Atletico
in June 2010 for an undisclosed fee. Since then, Costa has made a superb 94 league appearances and 43 league goals during his 4 year spell with the club. In his time, he suffered with a few injuries during his time. This include his hamstring injury he suffered near to the end of the 2013-14
La Liga
season.
On 1 July 2014, it was announced that
Chelsea
had agreed a fee with Atletico to sign Costa for a fee of £32 million. He made his first league appearance against
Burnley
in a game which he scored in for
Chelsea
to win 3?1.
- As of match played 14 April 2024
[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
- As of match played 1 July 2018
[8]
National team
|
Year
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Brazil
|
2013
|
2
|
0
|
Total
|
2
|
0
|
Spain
|
2014
|
7
|
1
|
2015
|
3
|
0
|
2016
|
4
|
3
|
2017
|
2
|
2
|
2018
|
8
|
4
|
Total
|
24
|
10
|
Career total
|
26
|
10
|
- As of match played 20 June 2018. Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Costa goal.
[8]
[9]
Atletico Madrid
Chelsea
Atletico Mineiro
Gremio
Individual
Records
During his international career, he started with the Brazilian National Team in 2013. He only made 2 appearances with no goals. But controversy was created when Costa was granted a Spanish citizenship in 2014. Then, Costa adopted Spain as his national side. He made his debut against Italy on the 5 March 2014, Spain won 1?0. Costa was called-up to play for Spain in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He started for both of the first two games of Spain's tournament against Holland and
Chile
, but was rested against
Australia
. Spain lost 5?1 against Holland And 2?0 against Chile. They did win 3?0 against Australia in their final group game, but it wasn't enough to keep them to progress into the knock out phases. Costa is still yet to score a goal for Spain during his time playing as a striker for the national side.
- ↑
"Acta del Partido celebrado el 06 de abril de 2019, en Barcelona"
[Minutes of the Match held on 6 April 2019, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation
. Retrieved
17 June
2019
.
[
permanent dead link
]
- ↑
"FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Spain"
(PDF)
. FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 28. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 11 June 2019
. Retrieved
17 June
2019
.
- ↑
"Diego Costa"
.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C
. Archived from
the original
on 22 March 2023
. Retrieved
7 November
2022
.
- ↑
"Italy 2 - 2 Brazil Match report - 3/21/13 Friendlies - Goal.com"
.
www.goal.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2018-06-17
. Retrieved
2019-02-15
.
- ↑
"Diego Costa snubs call up from home country Brazil to represent Spain - inside World Soccer"
.
www.insideworldsoccer.com
.
- ↑
Jackson, Henry.
"CBF demand Diego Costa loses Brazilian citizenship - Goal.com"
.
www.goal.com
.
- ↑
Diego Costa
at Soccerway
- ↑
8.0
8.1
"Diego Costa"
.
National-Football-Teams.com
. Retrieved
22 August
2014
.
- ↑
"Diego Costa"
.
European Football
. Retrieved
25 March
2017
.
- ↑
Rose, Gary (17 May 2014).
"Barcelona 1?1 Atletico Madrid"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
25 May
2014
.
- ↑
"Diego Costa: His last trophy, the story of his abrupt Atletico departure and a possible move to Turkey"
. Marca. 18 June 2021.
- ↑
"Ronaldo red as Atletico win the Cup"
. ESPN FC. 17 May 2013
. Retrieved
18 May
2013
.
- ↑
McNulty, Phil (25 May 2014).
"Real Madrid 4?1 Atletico Madrid"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
27 April
2019
.
- ↑
Hafez, Shamoon (16 May 2018).
"Marseille 0?3 Atletico Madrid"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
27 April
2019
.
- ↑
"Slick Atletico seal Super Cup success"
. UEFA. 27 August 2010. Archived from
the original
on 24 October 2018.
- ↑
"Chelsea 1?4 Atl Madrid"
. BBC Sport. 1 September 2012. Archived from
the original
on 13 January 2016.
- ↑
Sanders, Emma (15 August 2018).
"Real Madrid 2?4 Atletico Madrid"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
27 April
2019
.
- ↑
18.0
18.1
"Diego Costa: Overview"
. Premier League
. Retrieved
29 September
2018
.
- ↑
McNulty, Phil (27 May 2017).
"Arsenal 2?1 Chelsea"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
18 May
2019
.
- ↑
McNulty, Phil (1 March 2015).
"Chelsea 2?0 Tottenham Hotspur"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
27 April
2019
.
- ↑
"Atletico Mineiro wins 1st Brazilian championship in 50 years"
.
AP NEWS
. 3 December 2021.
Archived
from the original on 3 December 2021
. Retrieved
3 December
2021
.
- ↑
"Premios Liga BBVA y Liga Adelante a los mejores del mes"
[Liga BBVA and Liga Adelante prizes for the best of the month] (in Spanish).
Liga de Futbol Profesional
. 22 October 2013
. Retrieved
8 November
2014
.
- ↑
"Liga BBVA team of the season"
. Archived from
the original
on 5 December 2018
. Retrieved
26 January
2016
.
- ↑
"Diego Costa gana el Trofeo EFE como mejor iberoamericano de la Liga espanola"
[Diego Costa wins the Trofeo EFE as the best Ibero-American in the Spanish Liga].
El Economista
(in Spanish). 18 May 2014
. Retrieved
13 September
2014
.
- ↑
"UEFA Champions League squad of the season"
. UEFA. 2 June 2014
. Retrieved
26 January
2016
.
- ↑
"Simeone, Courtois and Diego Costa, received awards from MARCA"
. Atletico de Madrid. 10 November 2014.
- ↑
"Chelsea's Eden Hazard named PFA Player of the Year"
. BBC Sport. 26 April 2015
. Retrieved
7 May
2018
.
- ↑
"Costa sets UEFA Super Cup record with first minute goal against Real Madrid"
. Goal.com. 15 August 2018.