Diego Costa

Diego da Silva Costa (born 7 October 1988) is a Brazilian-Spanish footballer which he played as a striker for Atletico Madrid and the Spanish national football team the last time he played.

Diego Costa
Costa with Atlético Madrid in 2019
Personal information
Full name Diego da Silva Costa[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988[2]
Place of birth Lagarto, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Grêmio
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2006 Barcelona-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Braga 0 (0)
2006 → Penafiel (loan) 13 (5)
2007–2009 Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
2007 → Braga (loan) 6 (0)
2007–2008 → Celta (loan) 30 (6)
2008–2009 → Albacete (loan) 35 (10)
2009–2010 Valladolid 34 (8)
2010–2014 Atlético Madrid 94 (43)
2012 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 16 (10)
2014–2017 Chelsea 89 (52)
2017–2020 Atlético Madrid 61 (12)
2021–2022 Atlético Mineiro 15 (4)
2022–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 (1)
2023 Botafogo 12 (3)
2024– Grêmio 7 (6)
National team
2013 Brazil 2 (0)
2014–2018 Spain 24 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:29, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Football Career

Costa was born in Brazil, and played for the Brazil national football team for the first time in 2013.[4] However, he then chose to play for Spain. This made the Brazilian football manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari, very angry.[5] The Brazilian Football Confederation have even asked the country's government to remove Costa's citizenship. (The right to be a country's citizen).[6]

In March 2014, Costa became a member of the Spanish national football team. This was when he was granted his Spanish citizenship. He made his first appearance against Italy and represented Spain in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Youth career

Costa spent 2 years at Barcelona Esportivo Capela (Brazillian football club), from 2004 to 2006. After this, he then began his senior career in Portugal by joining Penafiel.

Senior Career

Penafiel (Loan)

In the same year as joining Braga, he was sent on a loan spell to Penafiel. He played 13 league games with 5 goals.

Atletico Madrid (2007–09)

In 2007, Costa joined Atletico Madrid for a fee of €1,500,000. Unfortunately, he didn't get a game to play due to loan spells.

Braga (Loan)

Diego Costa remained at Braga in 2007 but on a loan spell. This time, he made 7 league appearances, but he failed to score a goal. In the UEFA Cup, he scored his first goal in a domestic cup against Parma F.C. (Italian football team).

Celta de Vigo (Loan)

He was then loaned to Celta for the 2007-08 Segunda Division season. In that season, he made an impressive 30 appearances and scored 5 goals.

Albacete (Loan)

Staying in the Segunda Division, he then joined on loan Albacete Balompie for the 2008-09 season. At this loan spell, he made 35 league appearances and 9 goals.

Real Valladolid

Costa was bought by Real Valladolid from Atletico Madrid in 2009 Transfer Window. In this 2009-10 season, he made 34 league appearances with 8 goals. But it wasn't enough to keep Valladolid in La Liga, the top division in Spain. Valladolid was eventually relegated to the Segunda División.

Return to Atletico Madrid

Costa returned to Atletico in June 2010 for an undisclosed fee. Since then, Costa has made a superb 94 league appearances and 43 league goals during his 4 year spell with the club. In his time, he suffered with a few injuries during his time. This include his hamstring injury he suffered near to the end of the 2013-14 La Liga season.

Costa playing for Chelsea against Arsenal in October 2014

Chelsea

On 1 July 2014, it was announced that Chelsea had agreed a fee with Atletico to sign Costa for a fee of £32 million. He made his first league appearance against Burnley in a game which he scored in for Chelsea to win 3–1.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 April 2024[7]
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Penafiel (loan) 2006–07 Liga de Honra 13510———145
Braga (loan) 2006–07 Primeira Liga 6010—2[lower-alpha 3]1—91
Celta Vigo (loan) 2007–08 Segunda División 30610———316
Albacete (loan) 2008–09 Segunda División 351010———3610
Valladolid 2009–10 La Liga 34821———369
Atlético Madrid 2010–11 La Liga 28651—6[lower-alpha 4]1—398
2012–13 La Liga 311088—5[lower-alpha 4]2—4420
2013–14 La Liga 352761—9[lower-alpha 5]82[lower-alpha 6]05236
Total 94431910—20112013564
Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2011–12 La Liga 161000———1610
Chelsea 2014–15 Premier League 262010317[lower-alpha 5]0—3721
2015–16 Premier League 281242108[lower-alpha 5]2—4116
2016–17 Premier League 35205220——4222
2017–18 Premier League 000000000000
Total 895210461152—12059
Atlético Madrid 2017–18 La Liga 15332—5[lower-alpha 4]2—237
2018–19 La Liga 16200—4[lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 7]2215
2019–20 La Liga 23500—7[lower-alpha 5]000305
2020–21 La Liga 7200—00—72
Total 611232—163128119
Atlético Madrid total 155552212—36143221683
Atlético Mineiro 2021 Série A 15431—1[lower-alpha 8]0—195
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2022–23 Premier League 2311010——251
Botafogo 2023 Série A 13300—2[lower-alpha 9]0—153
Grêmio 2024 Série A 1000—1[lower-alpha 8]06[lower-alpha 10]686
Career total 430154421871571798543198
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Copa do Brasil
  2. Includes Football League Cup/EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. Appearances in Supercopa de España
  7. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  8. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  9. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  10. Appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

As of match played 1 July 2018[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil
201320
Total 2 0
Spain
201471
201530
201643
201722
201884
Total2410
Career total 26 10
As of match played 20 June 2018. Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Costa goal.[8][9]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 October 2014Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg7 Luxembourg3–04–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2 5 September 2016Estadio Reino de León, León, Spain12 Liechtenstein1–08–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 5–0
4 9 October 2016Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania14 Albania1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 24 March 2017El Molinón, Gijón, Spain15 Israel3–04–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 11 June 2017Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia16 Macedonia2–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 27 March 2018Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain18 Argentina1–06–1Friendly
8 15 June 2018Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia21 Portugal1–13–32018 FIFA World Cup
9 2–2
10 20 June 2018Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia22 Iran1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup

Honours
Chelsea supporters' banner in honour of Costa, November 2014

Atlético Madrid

Chelsea

Atlético Mineiro

Grêmio

  • Campeonato Gaúcho: 2024

Individual

Records

International career

During his international career, he started with the Brazilian National Team in 2013. He only made 2 appearances with no goals. But controversy was created when Costa was granted a Spanish citizenship in 2014. Then, Costa adopted Spain as his national side. He made his debut against Italy on the 5 March 2014, Spain won 1–0. Costa was called-up to play for Spain in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He started for both of the first two games of Spain's tournament against Holland and Chile, but was rested against Australia. Spain lost 5–1 against Holland And 2–0 against Chile. They did win 3–0 against Australia in their final group game, but it wasn't enough to keep them to progress into the knock out phases. Costa is still yet to score a goal for Spain during his time playing as a striker for the national side.

References
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