Samú Costa
Samuel "Samú" Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería as a central midfielder.
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| Full name | Samuel Almeida Costa | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aveiro, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Almería | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Beira-Mar | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Gafanha | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Palmeiras Braga | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Braga | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Braga B | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Braga | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Almería (loan) | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2021– | Almeria | 51 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portugal U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | Portugal U20 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 July 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Aveiro, Costa represented Beira-Mar, Gafanha, Palmeiras FC de Braga and Braga as a youth. He made his Campeonato de Portugal debut for the latter's B-team on 2 November 2019 in a game against Bragança.[2]
On 25 July 2020, Costa played his first match for Braga, coming on as a substitute for Pedro Amador in the 46th minute in a match against Porto.[3] On 10 September, he was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.[4]
International career
Costa was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to Spain at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia.
References
- "Samuel Costa" (in Spanish). UD Almería. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- "Sporting Braga II vs. Bragança". Soccerway. 2 November 2019.
- "Sporting Braga vs. Porto". Soccerway. 25 July 2020.
- "Samú Costa, un todo terreno para el centro del campo" [Samú Costa, an all-round for the centre of midfield] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
External links
- Samú Costa at BDFutbol
- Samú Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Samú Costa at Soccerway
- Samú Costa national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
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