Ricardo Costa (footballer)

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Personal information
Ricardo Costa

Full name	Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa
Date of birth	May 16, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Porto
Youth clubs
? -2000	Boavista FC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-	FC Porto	71 (3)
National team²
2005-	Portugal	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of October 11, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

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 P. Ferreira \| 3 Caneira \| 4 R. Costa \| 5 Meira \| 6 Costinha \| 7 Figo \| 8 Petit \| 9 Pauleta \| 10 H. Viana \| 11 Simão \| 12 Quim \| 13 Miguel \| 14 N. Valente \| 15 Boa Morte \| 16 R. Carvalho \| 17 C. Ronaldo \| 18 Maniche \| 19 Tiago \| 20 Deco \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 P. Santos \| 23 H. 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 \| 16 R. Meireles \| 17 Vieirinha \| 18 P. Assunção \| 20 Jorginho \| 21 Alan \| 22 Rentería \| 23 Postiga \| 24 P. Ribeiro \| 25 Lucas \| 26 J. Paulo \| 28 Adriano \| 29 B. Moraes \| 99 Baía \| Manager: J. Ferreira