Douglas Costa

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Douglas Costa

Douglas Costa celebrates a goal against Real Sociedad
Personal information
Full nameDouglas Costa de Souza
Date of birth (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990
Place of birthSapucaia do Sul, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current clubShakhtar Donetsk
Number20
Youth career
2001–2002Novo Hamburgo
2002–2008Grêmio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2010Grêmio28(2)
2010–Shakhtar Donetsk110(23)
National team
2009Brazil U-2012(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Douglas Costa de Souza (born 14 September 1990 in Sapucaia do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul), commonly known as Douglas Costa or simply Douglas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk as a forward.[1] He started his career with Grêmio, before moving to Shakhtar in January 2010 for a fee of €6 million. He won numerous trophies with Shakhtar, including a domestic treble in the 2010–11 season (Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup).

Club career

Grêmio

Douglas began his career with Grêmio, joining the club at the age of 12. He made his debut for the club at the age of 18 in a 2–1 victory over Botafogo on 4 October 2008. His first goal for the club also came in this match.[2] On 14 June 2009 he was given a red card in a 0–0 draw with Fluminense.[3] On 29 November 2009, he netted the first goal in a 4–2 victory over Grêmio Recreativo Barueri.[4] He joined Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk on 10 January 2010. He made 37 appearances for Grêmio, including 28 league appearances, scoring twice.

Shakhtar Donetsk

2009–10

On 10 January 2010, Douglas signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth €6 million.[5] His debut came in a Europa League tie against English side Fulham on 18 February which Shakhtar lost 2–1. He came on as a substitute in the 75th minute, replacing Jádson.[6] His home debut came in the return leg on 25 February. Douglas came on as 53rd minute replacement for Willian, assisting Jádson for Shakhtar's equaliser in a 1–1 draw.[7] Shakhtar lost the tie 3–2 on aggregate. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win against Metalist Kharkiv on 14 March 2010.[8] On 28 March he scored a goal in injury time in a 3–1 victory against Arsenal Kyiv.[9] He scored a goal in a 3–0 victory over Chornomorets Odesa on 25 April.[10] On 1 May he scored a late goal in Shakhtar's 2–0 win against Metalurh Zaporizhya.[11] He scored Shakhtar's third goal in a 3–2 victory over Tavriya Simferopol on 9 May.[12] In his first season with Shakhtar, Douglas made 15 appearances, including 13 league appearances, scoring 5 goals, all of which came in the league. Shakhtar won the 2009–10 Premier League title, Douglas' first trophy with the club.[13]

2010–11

Douglas playing for Shakhtar in 2011

Douglas' first appearance in the 2010–11 season came in the 7–1 Super Cup win against Tavriya on 4 July.[14] On 30 July, he netted a brace in a 3–1 victory against Arsenal Kyiv.[15] He scored the fourth goal in Shakhtar's 5–0 victory over Sevastopol.[16] On 28 September he scored a penalty, and assisted two Luiz Adriano goals in a 3–0 Champions League victory over Portuguese club Braga.[17] On 28 September he scored a penalty in a 4–0 win against Arsenal Kyiv.[18] On 16 February he netted the second goal, and assisted the third for Luiz Adriano, in a 3–2 victory over Roma.[19] Shakhtar won the tie 6–2 on aggregate. On 1 April he scored a late goal in a 3–1 victory over Illichivets Mariupol.[20] He came on as a 95th minute substitute in Shakhtar's 2–0 Ukrainian Cup Final victory over Dynamo Kyiv on 25 May.[21] Shakhtar managed to end the season as treble winners, winning the Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup.[22] Douglas made a total of 42 appearances for the club, scoring 7 goals. 27 of the appearances and 5 of the goals came in the league.

2011–12

Shakhtar started the 2011–12 season with a 3–1 loss in the Super Cup to Dynamo Kyiv on 5 July. Douglas played the full 90 minutes.[23] His first goal of the season came on 9 September, scoring the final goal in a 5–1 victory against Volyn Lutsk.[24] On 2 October he scored the equalising goal in a 4–1 victory over Zorya Luhansk.[25] On 6 November he scored the first goal in a 2–0 win over Obolon Kyiv.[26] On 27 November he scored a penalty to open the scoring in a 5–0 victory over Karpaty Lviv.[27] On 2 December he netted a goal against Arsenal Kyiv in a comprehensive 5–0 win.[28] On 11 December he scored the first goal in a 4–0 win against Kryvbas.[29] On 27 April he scored a 90th minute goal in a 4–3 victory over Volyn in the Ukrainian Cup.[30] He made a 62nd minute substitute appearance, replacing Henrikh Mkhitaryan, in Shakhtar's 2–1 extra time victory over Metalurh Donetsk.[31] At the end of the season Shakhtar won the Premier League and the Ukrainian Cup, Douglas' third Premier League title success in his third year with the club.[32] He played 38 matches, scoring 7 goals. 27 of the appearances and 6 of the goals came in the league.

2012–13

Douglas opened the 2012–13 season with a goal in Shakhtar's 2–0 win against Metalurh Donetsk in the Super Cup, his second success in the Super Cup with Shakhtar.[33] Douglas scored his first league goal of the season on 3 November 2012, when he converted a 20th minute penalty against Metalurh Zaporizhya, the match finished 2–0 thanks to a late goal by Luiz Adriano.[34] On 24 November, Douglas came off the bench in the 55th minute, replacing team captain Darijo Srna, and netted a goal seven minutes later when he was played in by Armenian striker Henrik Mkhitaryan, as Shakhtar defeated FC Hoverla Uzhhorod 5–1.[35]

During the group stages of the season's edition of Champions League, Douglas only managed three substitute appearances, totaling twenty-three minutes, as Shakhtar finished second in the group behind Serie A champions Juventus, while dumping holders Chelsea out of the competition.[36] Following an underwhelming first half of the 2012–13 campaign, Douglas came off the bench to score a vital goal in Shakhtar's 2–2 first leg draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Round of 16 tie on 13 February 2013.[37]

2013-14

In mid-season Costa helped Shakhtar win the 2014 United Supercup, a tournament between the top-two placed clubs from Russia and Ukraine, becoming the joint top scorer of the tournament.[38]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 November 2013
Season Club League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2008Grêmio 61------61
2009 221--2070311
Total 282--2070372
2009–10Shakhtar 135--20--155
2010–11 2754010210427
2011–12 276515010387
2012–13 275305111367
2013–14 152105210224
Total 109231212554115330
Career total 1372512127511119032

Honours

Club

Shakhtar Donetsk

International

Brazil Under-20

References

  1. ↑ Douglas Costa zu Shakhtar
  2. ↑ "Douglas Costa special matches". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Fluminense vs Gremio 0–0". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Gremio v Gremio Recreativo Barueri 4–2". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Douglas increases the height". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Fulham vs Shakhtar 2–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Fulham 1–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Metalist 2–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Arsenal Kyiv 3–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Chornomorets 3–0". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Metalurh Zaporizhya vs Shakhtar 0–2". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Tavriya vs Shakhtar 2–3". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Ukraine 2009/10". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Tavriya 7–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  15. ↑ "Arsenal Kyiv vs Shakhtar 1–3". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  16. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Sevastopol 5–0". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  17. ↑ "Braga vs Shakhtar 0–3". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  18. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Arsenal Kyiv 4–0". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  19. ↑ "Roma vs Shakhtar 2–3". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  20. ↑ "Illichivets vs Shakhtar 1–3". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  21. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv vs Shakhtar 0–2". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  22. ↑ "Ukraine 2010/11". Retrieved 13 September 2012. 
  23. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Dynamo 1–3". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  24. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Volyn 5–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  25. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Zorya 4–1". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  26. ↑ "Obolon vs Shakhtar 0–2". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  27. ↑ "Karpaty vs Shakhtar 0–5". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  28. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Arsenal Kyiv 5–0". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  29. ↑ "Kryvbas vs Shakhtar 0–4". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  30. ↑ "Volyn vs Shakhtar 3–4". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  31. ↑ "Metalurh Donetsk vs Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  32. ↑ "Ukraine 2011/12". Retrieved 13 September 2012. 
  33. ↑ "Metalurh Donetsk vs Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2". Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  34. ↑ "SHAKHTAR DONETSK VS. METALURH ZAPORIZHYA 2 – 0". Soccerway. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2013. 
  35. ↑ "SHAKHTAR DONETSK VS. HOVERLA 5 – 1". Soccerway. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2013. 
  36. ↑ "The comeback of the new Ronaldinho". ESPNFC. 13 February 2013. 
  37. ↑ "Hummels header earns Dortmund draw in Donetsk". UEFA. 13 February 2013. 
  38. ↑ http://www.championat.com/football/_other/937/statistic/player/bombardir.html

External links

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