Samuel Costa (footballer)

Samuel Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000), sometimes known as Samú, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería as a central midfielder.

Samuel Costa
Personal information
Full name Samuel Almeida Costa
Date of birth (2000-11-27) 27 November 2000
Place of birth Aveiro, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Almería
Number 22
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) 37 (2)
2021– Almeria 27 (0)
National team‡
2019 Portugal U19 6 (0)
2019– Portugal U20 6 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-upArmenia 2019
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2020

Club career

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.[1]

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.[2] On 10 September, he was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.[3]

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.

References
  1. "Sporting Braga II vs. Bragança". Soccerway. 2 November 2019.
  2. "Sporting Braga vs. Porto". Soccerway. 25 July 2020.
  3. "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.
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