Tiago Costa

Tiago Costa
Personal information
Full name	Tiago José Ribeiro Costa
Date of birth	(1985-04-22) 22 April 1985
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current team	Académico Viseu
Number	22
Youth career
1994–1997	CF Santa Iria
1997–1998	Benfica
1998–1999	Alverca
1999–2004	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2006	Benfica B	30	(1)
2006	Hearts	1	(0)
2006–2007	Vitória Setúbal B	33	(2)
2007–2008	Vihren	6	(0)
2008–2009	Varzim	14	(2)
2009	Vizela	2	(0)
2010	Politehnica Timişoara	0	(0)
2010–2011	Estoril	16	(2)
2011–2012	Rio Ave	1	(0)
2011–2012	→ Leixões (loan)	8	(0)
2012–2013	Olympiakos Nicosia	17	(0)
2013	Hapoel Tel Aviv	12	(0)
2013–2014	Doxa	6	(0)
2014–	Académico Viseu	23	(0)
National team
2003	Portugal U18	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 16 February 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Tiago José Ribeiro Costa (born 22 April 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académico de Viseu FC as a right back.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Costa started his football career with hometown's S.L. Benfica, but only appeared officially for the reserves. In the 2006 summer he signed for Scottish club Heart of Midlothian, making his Scottish Premier League debut against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 28 August. However, he failed to feature again for the team and was released on 13 November;^[1] again in his homeland he represented Vitória de Setúbal, but again only competed with the B-side.

In June 2007 Costa moved clubs and countries again, joining Bulgaria's FC Vihren Sandanski. He appeared in less than one fourth of the games as his team finished in tenth position in the top division, and returned to Portugal where he successively played for Varzim S.C. and F.C. Vizela, respectively in the second and third levels.

Costa signed for FC Politehnica Timişoara in Romania in January 2010 on a five-month contract, being released on 4 June after failing to make a single official appearance and moving to G.D. Estoril Praia shortly after. He started 2011–12 in his country's top flight with Rio Ave FC, but returned to division two in the following transfer window, joining Leixões S.C. on loan.