Diogo Costa

Diogo Costa
Costa with Portugal in 2024
Personal information
Full name Diogo Meireles da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Rothrist, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Porto
Number 99
Youth career
2008–2009 AMCH Ringe
2009–2011 CB Póvoa Lanhoso
2011–2019 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Porto B 51 (0)
2019– Porto 114 (0)
International career
2014 Portugal U15 1 (0)
2014–2015 Portugal U16 4 (0)
2015–2016 Portugal U17 14 (0)
2015 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Portugal U19 19 (0)
2017–2019 Portugal U20 10 (0)
2018–2021 Portugal U21 16 (0)
2021– Portugal 32 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European U21 Championship
Runner-up 2021 Hungary–Slovenia
UEFA European U19 Championship
Winner 2018 Finland
Runner-up 2017 Georgia
UEFA European U17 Championship
Winner 2016 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Diogo Meireles da Costa ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [diˈoɣuˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 19 September 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Porto, which he captains, and the Portugal national team.

Coming through Porto's youth system, Costa won the UEFA Youth League in 2019. He was promoted from the reserve side to the first-team in 2019, winning a domestic double of the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal in his first season. He broke into the starting line-up in 2021, aged 22, helping Porto to a second domestic double and being named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year in 2022 and 2023.

Costa represented Portugal at various youth levels, being part of the under-17 team that won the 2016 European Championship, the under-19 team that won the 2018 European Championship and the under-21 team that finished as runners-up at the 2021 European Championship. He made his senior international debut in 2021, representing Portugal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Diogo Costa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 19 January 2021.