Costinha (footballer, born 1992)

João José Pereira da Costa (born 25 August 1992), known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for C.D. Santa Clara as an attacking midfielder.

For other people named Costinha, see Costinha (disambiguation).
Costinha
Personal information
Full name João José Pereira da Costa
Date of birth (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Santa Clara
Number 20
Youth career
2000–2006 Esperança Coimbra
2006–2009 Porto
2007–2008 → Padroense (loan)
2009–2011 Académica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Sertanense 1 (0)
2011–2012 Tocha 20 (6)
2012–2013 Fredericia 35 (3)
2014–2015 Lusitano Vildemoinhos 48 (19)
2015–2019 Vitória Setúbal 100 (8)
2019 Chaves 22 (2)
2020– Santa Clara 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2020

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 União Desportiva da Tocha.[1]

In January 2014, after one and a half seasons in the Danish 1st Division with FC Fredericia,[2] Costinha returned to his country's lower leagues after signing with Lusitano FCV.[3] He moved straight to the Primeira Liga in summer 2015 after agreeing to a contract at Vitória de Setúbal,[4] 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[5] and scoring his first goal the following weekend in the 4–0 away victory over Académica.[6]

Costinha played 32 matches in both the 2016–17 and 2017–18 campaigns, scoring once[7] and twice[8][9] respectively as his team managed to consecutively avoid relegation. On 15 January 2019, he joined fellow league 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.[10]

References
  1. "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.
  2. Banke, Jesper (16 May 2013). "FC Fredericia hjalp AB over stregen". Fredericia Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Costinha começa a brilhar" [Costinha starts to shine]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. 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.
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