Costinha (footballer, born 1992)

João José Pereira da Costa (born 25 August 1992), known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela.

Costinha
Personal information
Full name João José Pereira da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992[1]
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tondela
Number 11
Youth career
2000–2006 Esperança Coimbra
2006–2009 Porto
2007–2008Padroense (loan)
2009–2011 Académica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Sertanense 2 (0)
2011–2012 Tocha 20 (6)
2012–2013 Fredericia 35 (3)
2014–2015 Lusitano Vildemoinhos 48 (18)
2015–2019 Vitória Setúbal 100 (8)
2019 Chaves 22 (2)
2020–2023 Santa Clara 55 (0)
2023– Tondela 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:45, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Coimbra, Costinha finished his youth career at local club Académica de Coimbra. His first season as a senior was split between amateurs Sertanense F.C. and U.D. Tocha.[2]

In January 2014, after one and a half seasons in the Danish 1st Division with FC Fredericia,[3] Costinha returned to his country's lower leagues after signing with Lusitano FCV.[4] He moved straight to the Primeira Liga in summer 2015 after agreeing to a contract at Vitória de Setúbal,[5] making his debut in the latter competition on 16 August in a 2–2 home draw against Boavista F.C. where he played the full 90 minutes[6] and scoring his first goal the following weekend in the 4–0 away victory over Académica.[7]

Costinha played 32 matches in both the 2016–17 and 2017–18 campaigns. He scored once[8] and twice[9][10] respectively, as his team managed to consecutively avoid relegation.

On 15 January 2019, Costinha joined fellow top-division side G.D. Chaves on a two-and-a-half-year deal worth 170,000, as his link at the Estádio do Bonfim was about to expire.[11] In his second appearance of a season that ended in relegation, he scored the only goal away to Portimonense SC.[12] On 10 August, in the club's first game back in the Liga Portugal 2, he was sent off in a 3–0 loss at C.D. Nacional.[13]

Costinha returned to the top flight at the start of 2020, on a three-year contract at C.D. Santa Clara.[14] On 22 July the following year, he scored on his European debut as a late substitute at KF Shkupi, concluding a 3–0 away win in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.[15] He had an operation in August 2021 on his right Achilles tendon, and was not expected to return until March.[16]

On 23 June 2023, Costinha signed a two-year deal with second-division C.D. Tondela.[17]

References

  1. "Costinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. "Costinha deixa Setúbal para reforçar Desportivo de Chaves "a título definitivo"" [Costinha leaves Setúbal to bolster Desportivo de Chaves "on a permanent basis"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. Banke, Jesper (16 May 2013). "FC Fredericia hjalp AB over stregen" [FC Fredericia helped AB cross the line]. Fredericia Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. Vaza, Marco (19 October 2015). "Jogadores que vieram da terceira e tiveram sucesso na primeira" [Players who came from the third and made it big in the first]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. "Costinha começa a brilhar" [Costinha starts to shine]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. "V. Setúbal-Boavista, 2–2: Empate surpresa gelou os sadinos" [V. Setúbal-Boavista, 2–2: Surprise draw froze the sadinos]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  7. "Briosa goleada em casa por Vitória eficaz" [Briosa thrashed at home by effective Vitória] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  8. "Golo de Costinha permite empate do Vitória de Setúbal com Sporting de Braga" [Costinha goal enables Vitória de Setúbal draw with Sporting de Braga]. Observador (in Portuguese). 26 February 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  9. "Vitória de Setúbal empata em Tondela e deixa último lugar" [Vitória de Setúbal draw in Tondela and leave last place]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  10. "Benfica segura a liderança com golo de Jiménez nos descontos" [Benfica hold on to first place with Jiménez goal in injury time] (in Portuguese). TSF. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  11. Lopes Pereira, Ricardo (15 January 2019). "V. Setúbal encaixa 170 mil euros com venda de Costinha ao Chaves" [V. Setúbal make 170 thousand euros with sale of Costinha to Chaves]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  12. Alves, Ricardo (29 January 2019). "A crónica do Portimonense–Chaves, 0–1: Largar a lanterna bem longe de casa" [Report on Portimonense–Chaves, 0–1: Getting off last place far away from home]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  13. "Nacional-Chaves, 3–0: domínio madeirense sem contestação" [Nacional-Chaves, 3–0: Uncontested Madeiran dominance]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 August 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  14. "Costinha promete "dar tudo em todos os jogos" pelo Santa Clara" [Costinha promises to "give everything in every game" for Santa Clara] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  15. "Conference League: Santa Clara vence primeira mão na Macedónia" [Conference League: Santa Clara win first leg in North Macedonia]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 July 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  16. Silva, Luís Pedro (17 August 2021). "Costinha operado só volta em março" [Costinho has operation and will only return in March]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  17. "Costinha apresentado como reforço do Tondela: ″Um casamento perfeito″" [Costinha presented as Tondela addition: "A perfect marriage"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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