Rute Costa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ana Rute Campos Costa | ||
Date of birth | 1 June 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Famalicão, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | S.C. Braga | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Casa Povo Martim | ||
2012–2014 | Boavista F.C. | ||
2014–2016 | Clube de Albergaria | ||
2016– | S.C. Braga | 58 | (0) |
International career | |||
2012 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
Portugal Women's Beach Soccer | 5 | (0) | |
2017– | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ana Rute Campos Costa (born 1 June 1998) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for S.C. Braga of the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.
Career
Club
Costa started his career at Portuguese Second Division's team Casa do Povo de Martim. In 2012, she moved to First Division's club Boavista. Two years later, she signed with Clube de Albergaria where she stayed for two seasons until 2016,[1] when Costa signed with S.C. Braga.[2][3] Costa was voted the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino Goalkeeper of the Season in June 2018.[4]
International
Costa represented Portugal at several levels, starting on 15 March 2012 in a 2-1 defeat against Wales U19 team.[5] She also played for the Portuguese women's beach soccer team. On 19 January 2017 Costa debuted for the Portugal senior team in a 1-0 defeat against Northern Ireland.[6] On 6 July 2017 she was called by coach Francisco Neto to represent Portugal at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the first time the Portuguese national team qualified for a women's football major tournament.[7]
Personal life
Costa played volleyball for her entire adolescence and she almost became a professional player. Costa is graduated in Sports science and has a Master's degree in her field of study.[3][8][9]
References
- ^ Costa, Sandra. "Rute Costa não sofre há quatro jogos consecutivos no Albergaria". Futebol Feminino Portugal. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Rute Costa renova com o SC Braga". SC Braga. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ a b Hilário, Frederico. "À conversa com… Rute Costa (Futebol Feminino SC Braga)". Última Barreira. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Ana Borges eleita melhor jogadora da época 2017/2018" (in Portuguese). Record. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Portugal - País de Gales". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Portugal - Irlanda do norte". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "As eleitas para o Europeu". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ ""O futebol feminino em Portugal está no caminho certo", diz Rute Costa, goleira do Braga e da Seleção Portuguesa". Torcedores.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Coimbra, Rodrigo. "Rute Costa: "O futebol feminino está a crescer e para mim é um privilégio fazer parte desse momento"". MSN.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
External links
- Rute Costa at Soccerway
- Rute Costa at WorldFootball.net
- Player's Profile at Portuguese Football Federation
- Player's Profile at SC Braga
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Portugal women's international footballers
- Portuguese women's footballers
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Clube de Albergaria players
- S.C. Braga (women's football) players
- Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players
- People from Nazaré, Portugal
- Portuguese women's football biography stubs