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Diego Costa
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Personal information
Full name Diego da Silva Costa
Date of birth (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Lagarto, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 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 (9)
2009–2010 Valladolid 34 (7)
2010– Atlético Madrid 56 (14)
2012 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 16 (10)
International career‡
2013– Brazil 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2013

Diego da Silva Costa (born 7 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid in La Liga, as a striker.

Club career

Atlético Madrid

Born in Lagarto, Sergipe, 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 S.C. 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 second level outfits, starting with Celta de Vigo, then with Albacete Balompié, appearing and scoring regularly.

Real Valladolid

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 games, but only found the net once in the following five 1/2 months as the campaign eventually ended in La Liga relegation.

Return to Atlético

In June 2010 Costa returned to the Colchoneros, initially as a backup to Sergio Agüero and Diego Forlán – Atlético also paid an undisclosed sum to Braga to buy all the residual 30% economic rights (the former 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 netted 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]

During December 2012, Costa was involved in several field altercations in two separate matches, starting in a 0–2 local derby loss against Real Madrid where he avoided disciplinary action, and being sent off in the following game at FC Viktoria Plzeň, for the season's Europa League (0–1 defeat, he eventually was handed a four-match ban by UEFA[11]).[12][13] This, however, did not deter coach Diego Simeone from continuing to start him, and he responded by netting three goals in two home contests, against Deportivo de La Coruña in the league (6–0)[14] and Getafe CF in the campaign's Copa del Rey (3–0).[15]

After the Copa del Rey semifinals against Sevilla FC, Costa took his goal tally in the competition to seven in as many games,[16] having scored three times in the tie: in the first leg he netted two penalties (2–1)[17] and, in the second at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, scored one after an individual effort and assisted Radamel Falcao in the other, also being involved in situations which resulted in two opponent players – Gary Medel and Geoffrey Kondogbia – receiving their marching orders in the 2–2 draw.[18]

Diego Costa scored Atlético's equalizing goal in their Copa del Rey final clash with city-rivals Real Madrid on 17 May.[19] A headed goal from Miranda in added extra-time provided Atlético with a first victory over their rivals in 25 games, a streak stretching back to 1999, as Los Colchoneros were crowned Copa del Rey champions for a tenth time.[20]

International career

On 5 March 2013, Costa was called-up by Brazilian national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari for friendlies with Italy in Geneva and Russia in London, both taking place late in that month.[21] He made his debut in the first match, replacing Fred midway through the second half of the 2–2 draw against Italy.

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Club statistics

(correct as of 8 May 2013)
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 9 0 0 – – 35 9
Valladolid 2009–10 34 7 2 1 – – 36 8
Atlético Madrid 2010–11 28 6 5 1 6 1 39 8
Atlético Madrid 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rayo Vallecano 16 10 0 0 0 0 16 10
Atlético Madrid 2012–13 28 8 8 8 5 2 41 18
Total 189 50 14 9 13 4 216 63

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). Braga's official website. 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.
  11. ^ "La UEFA castiga con cuatro partidos a Diego Costa" (in Spanish). Marca. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Sergio Ramos escupió primero a Diego Costa" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Plzeň pip Atlético to take top spot". UEFA.com. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Five-star show from Falcao". ESPN Soccernet. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  15. ^ "Él Atlético sí quiere la Copa" (in Spanish). Marca. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Diego Costa y Cristiano Ronaldo pelearán por el Pichichi copero" (in Spanish). Marca. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Once metros más cerca de la final" (in Spanish). Marca. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "El Atlético acepta el reto" (in Spanish). Marca. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Ronaldo red as Atletico win the Cup". ESPNFC. 17 May 2013.
  20. ^ "Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo off in Real Madrid loss". BBC Sport. 17 May 2013.
  21. ^ "Felipão chama Kaká e Diego Costa. Ronaldinho fica fora de amistosos" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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