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Diego Costa
Personal information
Full name Diego da Silva Costa
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano (loan from Atlético Madrid)
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2006 Barcelona EP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Braga 0 (0)
2006 → Penafiel (loan) 13 (5)
2007–2009 Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
2007 → Braga (loan) 7 (0)
2007–2008 → Celta (loan) 30 (5)
2008–2009 → Albacete (loan) 35 (10)
2009–2010 Valladolid 34 (8)
2010– Atlético Madrid 28 (6)
2012 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 16 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2012

Diego da Silva Costa (born 7 October 1988 in Lagarto, Sergipe) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano on loan from Atlético Madrid in La Liga, as a striker.

Football career

Costa started his career at Barcelona Esportivo Capela, in São Paulo, being limited to street football until the age of 16.[1] His first professional adventure was in Portugal, as he signed in February 2006 with Sporting de Braga,[2] after which he spent the following months with the club's reserves.

In the 2006 summer, Costa was loaned to F.C. Penafiel, in the second division. In December, however, he was sold to Spain's Atlético Madrid, for €1.5 million and 50% of the player's rights.[3] He remained on loan at Braga until the end of the season, scoring his first goal for the club in the UEFA Cup, a 1–0 win at Parma FC (2–0 on aggregate). For the following two years, he would be again loaned, on both occasions to Segunda División outfits, starting with Celta de Vigo, then with Albacete Balompié, appearing and scoring regularly.

On 8 July 2009, Costa was sold to Real Valladolid as part of the deal that sent goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo in the opposite direction, with the transfer including a buy-back option that could be activated by Atlético at the end of the season.[4] He started strong for the Castile and León side, scoring six times in his first 12 matches, but only found the net once in the following five 1/2 months, as the campaign eventually ended in La Liga relegation.

In June 2010, Costa returned to the Colchoneros, initially as a backup to Sergio Agüero and Diego Forlán. Atlético also paid a undisclosed sum to Braga to buy all the residual 30% economic rights (Braga also had to pay an exceed of €0.833 million agent fee to Gestifute[5]). On 26 September, benefitting from injury to the Argentine (who was sitting on the substitutes bench), he scored the game's only goal, at home against Real Zaragoza.[6] On 3 April of the following year, already as a starter after manager Quique Flores demoted the Uruguayan from his position, he scored all of his team's goals in a 3–2 win at CA Osasuna.[7]

In late July 2011, during Atlético's preseason, Costa suffered a serious knee injury, going on to miss the majority of the season.[8] On 23 January 2012, he was loaned to fellow league club Rayo Vallecano, until June.[9] He scored four goals in his first three games, namely twice in a 5–3 away win against Levante UD.[10]

Club statistics

(correct as of 22 March 2012)
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Penafiel 2006–07 13 5 – – 0 0 13 5
Braga 2006–07 7 0 – – 2 1 9 1
Celta 2007–08 30 5 0 0 – – 30 5
Albacete 2008–09 35 10 0 0 – – 35 10
Valladolid 2009–10 34 7 2 1 – – 36 8
Atlético Madrid 2010–11 23 6 5 1 6 1 34 8
Atlético Madrid 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rayo Vallecano 11 8 0 0 0 0 11 8
Total 153 41 7 2 8 2 168 45

References

  1. ^ "A Primera desde la calle" (in Spanish). El País. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Relatório de transferências internacionais" (in Portuguese). Brazilian FA. 22 January 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "SC Braga - Futebol, SAD – Annual report and financial statements for 2006/2007" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  4. ^ Asenjo ya es el nuevo portero del Atlético (Asenjo new Atlético goalkeeper); Diario AS, 8 July 2009 Template:Es icon
  5. ^ "SC Braga - Futebol, SAD Relatórios e Contas 2010–11" (in Portuguese). SC Braga. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Atletico edge past rock-bottom Zaragoza". ESPN Soccernet. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Diego Costa treble seals Atletico triumph". ESPN Soccernet. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa to miss six months with cruciate ligament injury". Goal.com. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Diego Costa se marcha cedido al Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). Marca. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Bangoura and Costa inspire Rayo". ESPN Soccernet. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.


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