Tiago Costa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiago José Ribeiro Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Leixões (on loan from Rio Ave) | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Benfica | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Benfica B | 30 | (1) |
| 2006 | Hearts | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Vitória Setúbal B | 33 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Vihren | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Varzim | 14 | (2) |
| 2009 | Vizela | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | FC Timişoara | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Estoril | 16 | (2) |
| 2011– | Rio Ave | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Leixões (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Tiago José Ribeiro Costa (born 22 April 1985 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. as a right defender.
[edit] Club career
Costa started his football career with hometown side S.L. Benfica, but only appeared officially for the reserves. In the 2006 summer, he signed for Scottish side Heart of Midlothian, making his Scottish Premier League debut against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 28 August. However, he failed to feature again for the club and was released on 13 November 2006;[1] again in his country, he represented Vitória de Setúbal, but again only competed with the B-team.
In June 2007, Costa moved clubs and countries again, joining Bulgaria's FC Vihren Sandanski. He appeared in less than one fourth of the games as his club finished in 10th position in the top division, and returned to Portugal where he successively played for Varzim S.C. and F.C. Vizela, respectively in the second and third levels.
Costa signed for FC Timişoara in Romania in January 2010 on a five-month contract, being released on 4 June after failing to make a single official appearance, and moving to G.D. Estoril Praia shortly after.
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Vitória F.C. players
- Varzim S.C. players
- G.D. Estoril-Praia players
- Rio Ave F.C. players
- Leixões S.C. players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group players
- FC Vihren Sandanski players
- FC Politehnica Timişoara players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Portuguese expatriates in Bulgaria
- Portuguese expatriates in Romania
