 Costa with Portugal in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Diogo Meireles da Costa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1999[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rothrist, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 104 | (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 | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:03, 12 October 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 and the Portugal national team. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he is known for his reflexes, passing, and ball-playing ability.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Diogo Costa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 19 January 2021.