Ricardo Costa (footballer)

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Ricardo Costa
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa
Date of birth	May 16, 1981
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	183 cm
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Porto
Youth clubs
N/A - 2000	Boavista
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000 -	FC Porto	68 (3)
National team**
2005 -	Portugal	6 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006.

Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa (born May 16, 1981 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal), usually known simply by Ricardo Costa (pron. IPA: [ʁi'kaɾdu 'kɔʃtɐ]) is a Portuguese football (soccer) player who currently plays as a defender for FC Porto.

Costa is a product of Boavista's youth system, although he moved to Porto when he was still an apprentice. He made his debut for the Porto first team in a 2002 derby match against Boavista.

He played for Portugal at under-21 level and was also a part of the Olympic team that played in Athens 2004. He was called up to the first team squad for the 2006 World Cup.

	Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Ricardo | 2 Ferreira | 3 Caneira | 4 Costa | 5 Meira | 6 Costinha | 7 Figo | 8 Petit | 9 Pauleta | 10 Viana | 11 Simão | 12 Quim | 13 Miguel | 14 Valente | 15 Boa Morte | 16 Carvalho | 17 Ronaldo | 18 Maniche | 19 Tiago | 20 Deco | 21 Nuno Gomes | 22 Santos | 23 Postiga | Coach: Scolari

FC Porto - Current Squad
1 Helton | 2 R. Costa | 3 Pepe | 4 P. Emanuel | 5 Čech | 6 Ibson | 7 Quaresma | 8 Lucho | 9 Lisandro | 10 Anderson | 11 T. Sektioui | 12 Bosingwa | 13 Fucile | 14 B. Alves | 15 Ezequias | 16 R. Meireles | 17 Vieirinha | 18 P. Assunção | 19 Šokota | 20 Jorginho | 21 Alan | 23 Postiga | 24 P. Ribeiro | 26 J. Paulo | 28 Adriano | 29 B. Moraes | 31 D. Valente | 99 Baía | Manager: J. Ferreira