Samuel "Samú" de Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Mallorca and the Portugal national team.
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| Full name | Samuel de Almeida Costa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aveiro, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Mallorca | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Beira-Mar | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Gafanha | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Palmeiras Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Braga B | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Braga | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Almería (loan) | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Almería | 70 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Mallorca | 46 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portugal U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Portugal | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBraga
editBorn in Aveiro, Costa represented Beira-Mar, Gafanha, Palmeiras FC de Braga and Braga as a youth. He made his Campeonato de Portugal debut for the latter's B-team on 2 November 2019 in a game against Bragança.[3]
On 25 July 2020, Costa played his first match for Braga, coming on as a substitute for Pedro Amador in the 46th minute in a match against Porto.[4]
Almería
editOn 10 September 2020, Costa was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.[5] He made his debut abroad seventeen days later, starting in a 2–0 away win over CD Lugo.
Costa scored his first professional goal on 24 January 2021, netting the opener in a 2–2 home draw against CE Sabadell FC. On 11 June, after being regularly used, he was bought outright and signed a five-year contract.[6]
Costa helped the Andalusians in their promotion to La Liga as champions, and made his top tier debut on 14 August 2022, starting in a 2–1 home loss to Real Madrid. On 23 September, he further extended his link until 2029.[7]
Mallorca
editOn 10 August 2023, Costa agreed to a five-year contract with RCD Mallorca also in the Spanish first division.[8]
International career
editOn 12 October 2024, Costa debuted for Portugal national football team in a 2–1 victory against Poland during a UEFA Nations League match, coming as a substitute for Bernardo Silva.[9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 10 November 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Braga B | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Braga | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Almería (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Almería | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 113 | 3 | ||||
| Mallorca | 2023–24 | La Liga | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 164 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 177 | 5 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División promotion play-offs
References
edit- ^ "player profile".
- ^ "Samuel Costa" (in Spanish). UD Almería. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Sporting Braga II vs. Bragança". Soccerway. 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Sporting Braga vs. Porto". Soccerway. 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Samú Costa, un todo terreno para el centro del campo" [Samú Costa, an all-round for the centre of midfield] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "El Almería hace efectiva la opción de compra por Samú Costa" [Almería exercise the buyout clause over Samú Costa] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Samú Costa renueva hasta 2029" [Samú Costa renews until 2029] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Samu Costa se convierte en nuevo jugador del RCD Mallorca" [Samu Costa becomes the new player of RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Mateu, Cesar (13 October 2024). "Samú Costa debuta con Portugal y su foco internacional se expande" [Samú Costa debuts with Portugal and his international focus expands]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Samú Costa at Soccerway
External links
edit- Samú Costa at BDFutbol
- Samú Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Samú Costa at Soccerway
- Samú Costa national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)