Quick Facts
Biography
Diogo Meireles Costa (born 19 September 1999) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Porto B as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Rothrist, Canton of Aargau to Portuguese parents, Costa relocated to Santo Tirso at the age of 7. He joined FC Porto's academy in 2011, from Casa do Benfica de Póvoa de Lanhoso.
Costa made his senior debut with the reserve team on 6 August 2017, in a 1–2 home loss against Gil Vicente F.C. for the LigaPro. He finished the season with a further 31 appearances, helping to a seventh-place finish.
On 15 May 2018, Costa renewed his contract until June 2022. In September, he was named the club's Newcomer of the Year; late in the same year, Spaniard Iker Casillas – who started for the first team – heaped praise upon him, regarding him as his "successor".
Costa won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League with Porto, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final in Nyon, Switzerland on 29 April. Days later, after Casillas suffered a heart attack, Vaná replaced him as starting goalkeeper and Costa was called up to the bench for the final three games of the season, starting with a 4–0 win at C.D. Aves on 4 May.
On 25 September 2019, Costa made his first-team debut in the opening group match of the Taça da Liga, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory over C.D. Santa Clara.
International career
In July 2018, Costa played four matches out of five at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held in Finland, helping Portugal win the tournament for the first time ever but missing the final due to a muscle injury. Previously, on 25 May, the 18-year-old won his first cap for the under-21 side, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 friendly win over Italy.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 March 2019
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto B | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 32 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | LigaPro | 14 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 46 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | |||||
Honours
Club
Porto Youth
- Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2015–16
- UEFA Youth League: 2018–19
Porto B
- Premier League International Cup: 2017–18
International
Portugal
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2016
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2018
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: Team of the Tournament 2016
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship: Team of the Tournament 2017
Orders
Medal of the Order of Merit