Ricardo Costa (footballer)

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Ricardo Costa
Personal information
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 Flag of Portugal FC Porto
Youth clubs
 ? -2000 Flag of Portugal Boavista FC
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000- Flag of Portugal FC Porto 71 (3)   
National team2
2005- Flag of Portugal 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.


Flag of Portugal Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place Flag of Portugal

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