In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Faria and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonçalo Faria Costa | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Estoril | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Os Amarelos | ||
| 2009–2021 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Sporting CP B | 25 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Portimonense | 42 | (0) |
| 2024– | Estoril | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 9 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 December 2022 | |||
Gonçalo Faria Costa (born 18 February 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primeira Liga club Estoril.
Professional career
Costa is a youth product of the academy of Os Amarelos and Sporting CP. He worked his way up Sporting's youth teams, before joining their U23 side in 2021. On 22 June 2022, he transferred to Portimonense for the 2022-23 season.
He made his professional and Primeira Liga debut with Portimonense as a starter in a 4–0 loss against his childhood club Sporting CP on 10 September 2022.
On 31 July 2024, Costa signed a four-year contract with Estoril.
International career
Costa is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U17s.
References
- "Sporting: o adeus emocionado de um jovem após 14 anos no clube". CNN Portugal.
- "Fichajes FC Barcelona | Gonçalo Costa, otra opción para el lateral izquierdo". sport. 18 June 2022.
- "Portimonense anuncia Ouattara, Moustapha Seck e Gonçalo Costa - Golo FM". 22 June 2022.
- "Estreia amarga para Gonçalo Costa". www.ojogo.pt.
- "Gonçalo Costa: Reforço 2024/2025" [Goncalo Costa: Reinforcement 2024/2025] (in Portuguese). Estoril. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- Utilisateur, Super (9 March 2017). "U17: Les 18 Portugais retenus pour jouer le tour d'Élite de l'Euro 2017". Footugal France.
External links
- Gonçalo Costa at Soccerway
- Gonçalo Costa at BDFutbol
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Setúbal
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Sporting CP B players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen