Pedro Costa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Miguel Castro Brandão Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Arouca, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Arouca | ||
| 1996–2000 | Boavista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Boavista | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Gondomar | 27 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Famalicão | 20 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Braga B | 38 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Braga | 37 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Académica | 60 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Arouca | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Boavista | 34 | (0) |
| Total | 225 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–1998 | Portugal U16 | 12 | (0) |
| 1998 | Portugal U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Portugal U18 | 12 | (0) |
| 2001 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Pedro Miguel Castro Brandão Costa (born 21 November 1981 in Arouca, Aveiro) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.
Club career
A product of Boavista FC's youth system that still appeared with modest Gondomar S.C. and F.C. Famalicão in his early years as a senior, Costa joined Primeira Liga club S.C. Braga in the 2002–03 campaign. He made his first-team debut on 26 April 2003, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against S.L. Benfica.
After only 37 league appearances for Braga in five seasons combined – he was also regularly played by the reserves in the third division during his stint – Costa moved to Associação Académica de Coimbra for the 2007–08 season. Again mainly used as a backup with the Students, he appeared on both sides of the defensive sector when called upon, playing in a career-best with the professionals 22 games in his second year, as the team finished in seventh position.
In June 2011, after having appeared in 11 league matches during the season (13 overall), 30-year-old Costa left Académica and signed for F.C. Arouca in the second level, where he started playing football as a youngster.
External links
- Pedro Costa at TheFinalBall.com
- Pedro Costa at ForaDeJogo
- Pedro Costa at Soccerway