Samú Costa

Samuel "Samú" Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Mallorca.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Samú Costa
Personal information
Full name Samuel Almeida Costa
Date of birth (2000-11-27) 27 November 2000
Place of birth Aveiro, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
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 4 (1)
International career‡
2019 Portugal U19 6 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 6 (1)
2022–2023 Portugal U21 7 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-upArmenia 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023

Club career

Braga

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]

Almería

On 10 September 2020, Costa was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.[4] 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.[5]

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 Valladolid. On 23 September, he further extended his link until 2029.[6]

Mallorca

On 10 August 2023, Costa agreed to a five-year contract with RCD Mallorca also in the Spanish first division.[7]

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.

Career Statistics

Club
As of match played 4 June 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
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[lower-alpha 1] 0 40 2
Almería 2021–22 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
Career Total 118 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 126 4
  1. Appearances in Segunda División play-offs

References
  1. "Samuel Costa" (in Spanish). UD Almería. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Samú Costa renueva hasta 2029" [Samú Costa renews until 2029] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  7. "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.
  8. Samú Costa at Soccerway
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