Hélder Costa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Benfica B | 72 | (15) |
| 2014–2017 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Monaco (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 35 | (10) |
| 2017– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 53 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Portugal U17 | 18 | (4) |
| 2011 | Portugal U18 | 14 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (4) |
| Portugal U20 | 5 | (3) | |
| 2014–2017 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) | |
| 2018– | Portugal | 1 | (1) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2018 | |||
Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa (born 12 January 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He has also represented Portugal from under-16 all the way through to the senior side.
Club career
Benfica
On 11 August 2012, Costa made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Braga B where he played 72 minutes as a winger.[2]
His first professional goal came on 23 August 2013, in a 3–0 home win over Portimonense, one of eight that season including on 23 November in a 4–3 triumph against Oliveirense in which he was also sent off.[3]
On 25 January 2014, he debuted with Benfica in a 2013–14 Taça da Liga third round match against Gil Vicente, playing the final 13 minutes of the 1–0 win at the Estádio da Luz as a substitute for Miralem Sulejmani;[4] he played no further part as Benfica went on to win the tournament. On 5 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick in Segunda Liga against Olhanense in a home win (5–1).[5]
Deportivo loan
On 19 January 2015, he was loaned to La Liga's Deportivo de La Coruña until the end of the season.[6] He made six appearances for the Galicians, all from the bench.
Monaco loan
On 10 July 2015, he joined Ligue 1 club Monaco on a one-year loan.[7] He scored his first goal in a top division on 8 November, opening an eventual 3–1 loss away to Bordeaux.[8]
Wolverhampton Wanderers
On 29 July 2016 he moved on a season-long loan to English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers,[9] for whom he made his debut on 6 August as a substitute in a 2–2 draw at Rotherham United.[10] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 EFL Cup win against Cambridge United on 23 August.[11]
On 30 January 2017, he signed permanently on a four-and-a-half year deal worth a reported £13 million, breaking Wolverhampton Wanderers transfer record at the time.[12]
International career
Costa represented Portugal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[13] Although he did not score in the team's run to the semi-finals, he was named in the Team of the Tournament.[14]
He also represented Portugal at the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[15]
Costa received his first call-up to the senior squad ahead of the UEFA Nations League fixtures in October 2018.[16]
Club statistics
- As of match played 6 October 2018[17]
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2012–13 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 37 | 8 | — | — | — | 37 | 8 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 7 | — | — | — | 23 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 15 | — | — | — | 72 | 15 | ||||
| Benfica | 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deportivo (loan) | 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Monaco (loan) | 2015–16 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2016–17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 40 | 12 | |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 79 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 88 | 18 | ||
| Career total | 182 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 38 | |
Honours
Benfica
Wolverhampton Wanderers
References
- ↑ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ↑ "Benfica B 2-2 Braga B". lpfp.pt. LPFP. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Benfica B bate Oliveirense na abertura da 16.ª jornada" [Benfica B beat Oliveirense in the opening game of the 16th matchday] (in Portuguese). Diario de Notícias. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Benfica - Gil Vicente (Fase 3 - jornada 3 Taça da Liga 2013-2014) - Liga Portugal". ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "Segunda Liga - Jornada 14 - SL Benfica B vs SC Olhanense". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
- ↑ "Futebol: Hélder Costa emprestado ao Desportivo da Corunha" [Football: Hélder Costa loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hélder Costa cedido ao Mónaco" [Hélder Costa on loan to Monaco] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Revivez la victoire des Girondins qui ont bien réagi face à Monaco" [Relive the victory of the Girondins who reacted well against Monaco] (in French). 20 Minutes. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Helder Costa: Wolves sign Benfica winger on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Rotherham 2–2 Wolves". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Wolves 2-1 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ "Helder Costa: Wolves sign on-loan Benfica winger for club-record fee". BBC Sport. 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Sub-19: Rui Silva substitui José Costa" [Sub-19: Rui Silva replaces José Costa] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sub-20: Ilídio Vale convoca 20 para o Torneio de Toulon" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Fernando Santos divulga convocados" (in Portuguese). FPF. 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Hélder Costa at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
External links
- Hélder Costa at Soccerbase
- Hélder Costa – UEFA competition record
- Hélder Costa at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)