Hélder Costa (footballer)

Hélder Costa
Personal information
Full name Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa
Date of birth (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2012 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Benfica B 72 (15)
2014–2017 Benfica 0 (0)
2015 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2016 → Monaco (loan) 25 (3)
2016–2017 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 19 (8)
2017– Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (4)
National team‡
2009 Portugal U16 11 (0)
2010 Portugal U17 18 (4)
2011 Portugal U18 14 (1)
2012–2013 Portugal U19 11 (4)
Portugal U20 5 (3)
2014– Portugal U21 1 (0)
Portugal U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2016

Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa (born 12 January 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

He also has represented Portugal up to Portugal U23 level.

Club career

Benfica

On 11 August 2012, Costa made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Braga B where he played 72 minutes as a winger.[1]

His first professional goal came on 23 August 2013, in a 3–0 home win over Portimonense, one of eight that season including on 23 November in a 4–3 triumph against Oliveirense in which he was also sent off.[2]

On 25 January 2014, he debuted with Benfica in a 2013–14 Taça da Liga third round match against Gil Vicente, playing the final 13 minutes of the 1–0 win at the Estádio da Luz as a substitute for Miralem Sulejmani;[3] he played no further part as Benfica went on to win the tournament. On 5 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick in Segunda Liga against Olhanense in a home win (5–1).[4]

Deportivo loan

On 19 January 2015, he was loaned to La Liga's Deportivo de La Coruña until the end of the season.[5] He made six appearances for the Galicians, all from the bench.

Monaco loan

On 10 July 2015, he joined Ligue 1 club Monaco on a one-year loan.[6] He scored his first goal in a top division on 8 November, opening an eventual 3–1 loss away to Bordeaux.[7]

Wolves

On 29 July 2016 he moved on a season-long loan to English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers,[8] for whom he made his debut on 6 August as a substitute in a 2–2 draw at Rotherham United.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 EFL Cup win against Cambridge United on 23 August.[10]

On 30 January 2017, he signed permanently on a four-and-a-half year deal worth a reported £13 million, breaking Wolves' transfer record.[11]

International career

Costa represented Portugal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[12] Although he did not score in the team's run to the semi-finals, he was named in the Team of the Tournament.[13]

He also represented Portugal at the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[14]

Club statistics

As of match played 15 June 2017[15]
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2012–13 120———120
2013–14 378———378
2014–15 237———237
Total 7215———7215
Benfica 2013–14 0000100010
Deportivo (loan) 2014–15 60———60
Monaco (loan) 2015–16 253320000285
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2016–17 35103121—4012
Career total 1382863310014732

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. ↑ "Benfica B 2-2 Braga B". lpfp.pt. LPFP. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Benfica B bate Oliveirense na abertura da 16.ª jornada" [Benfica B beat Oliveirense in the opening game of the 16th matchday] (in Portuguese). Diario de Notícias. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Benfica - Gil Vicente (Fase 3 - jornada 3 Taça da Liga 2013-2014) - Liga Portugal". ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Segunda Liga - Jornada 14 - SL Benfica B vs SC Olhanense". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  5. ↑ "Futebol: Hélder Costa emprestado ao Desportivo da Corunha" [Football: Hélder Costa loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Hélder Costa cedido ao Mónaco" [Hélder Costa on loan to Monaco] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Revivez la victoire des Girondins qui ont bien réagi face à Monaco" [Relive the victory of the Girondins who reacted well against Monaco] (in French). 20 Minutes. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Helder Costa: Wolves sign Benfica winger on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 29 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Rotherham 2–2 Wolves". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Wolves 2-1 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Helder Costa: Wolves sign on-loan Benfica winger for club-record fee". BBC Sport. 30 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sub-19: Rui Silva substitui José Costa" [Sub-19: Rui Silva replaces José Costa] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Sub-20: Ilídio Vale convoca 20 para o Torneio de Toulon" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Hélder Costa at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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