Samuel Costa (footballer)

Samuel Costa
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Almeida Costa
Date of birth	27 November 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth	Aveiro, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Almería
Number	22
Youth career
2008–2013	Beira-Mar
2013–2015	Gafanha
2015–2016	Palmeiras Braga
2016–2019	Braga
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	Braga B
2020–2021	Braga
2020–2021	→ Almería (loan)
2021–	Almeria
National team‡
2019	Portugal U19
2019–	Portugal U20
Honours
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2020

Samuel Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000), sometimes known as Samú, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería on loan from Braga as a central midfielder. On the 1 July 2021 he will join UD Almería on a permanent basis.^[1]

Club career[]

Born 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.^[2]

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.^[3] On 10 September, he was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.^[4]

International career[]

Costa was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to Spain at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia.

References[]

^ "Oficial: Samú Costa ya es del Almería".
^ "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.

External links[]

Samuel Costa at BDFutbol
Samuel Costa at ForaDeJogo
Samuel Costa at Soccerway
Samuel Costa at Portuguese Football Federation

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[1] "Oficial: Samú Costa ya es del Almería".

[2] "Sporting Braga II vs. Bragança". Soccerway. 2 November 2019.

[3] "Sporting Braga vs. Porto". Soccerway. 25 July 2020.

[4] "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.

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