Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sandro Rafael Ferreira Costa | ||
Date of birth | (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Barcelos, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Limianos | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Braga | ||
2009–2014 | Gil Vicente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Vilaverdense | 30 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Gil Vicente | 88 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Rieti | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Pinhalnovense | 25 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Oriental Dragon | 53 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Vianense | 39 | (0) |
2024– | Limianos | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:12, 2 May 2024 (UTC) |
Sandro Rafael Ferreira Costa (born 23 September 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for A.D. Os Limianos.
Club career
Gil Vicente
Born in Barcelos, Braga District, Costa played youth football with S.C. Braga and Gil Vicente FC, joining the latter's academy at the age of 14. He made his senior debut with Vilaverdense F.C. in the lower leagues.
Costa's first match in the Segunda Liga with Gil occurred on 8 August 2015, when he featured the entire 1–1 home draw against C.D. Mafra. In January 2016, he was voted the competition's best young player.
Rieti
On 30 July 2018, Costa signed a two-year contract with Italian Serie C club F.C. Rieti. He did not appear in any competitive games due to a serious cruciate ligament injury, and left by mutual consent on 15 May 2019.
References
- ^ "Sandro Costa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- Ferreira, Bruno José (5 July 2018). "Sandro Costa muda-se do Gil Vicente para a Roménia" [Sandro Costa moves from Gil Vicente to Romania] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Sandro conquista prémio de janeiro" [Sandro conquers January award]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 19 February 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- "Gil Vicente-Mafra, 1–1: Galos falham vitória nos descontos" [Gil Vicente-Mafra, 1–1: Roosters miss win in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- "Dal Gil Vicente ecco Sandro Costa: Biennale per lui" [From Gil Vicente here's Sandro Costa: Two years for him] (in Italian). F.C. Rieti. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- "Rescissione consensuale per Sandro Costa" [Mutual termination for Sandro Costa] (in Italian). F.C. Rieti. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
External links
- Sandro Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Sandro Costa at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Barcelos, Portugal
- Men's association football central defenders
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- S.C. Braga players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- Vilaverdense FC players
- C.D. Pinhalnovense players
- SC Vianense players
- A.D. Os Limianos players
- FC Rieti players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen