Personal information | |||
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Full name | João José Pereira da Costa [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 August 1992||
Place of birth | Coimbra, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tondela | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2006 | Esperança Coimbra | ||
2006–2009 | Porto | ||
2007–2008 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
2009–2011 | Académica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011 | Sertanense | 2 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Tocha | 20 | (6) |
2012–2013 | Fredericia | 35 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Lusitano Vildemoinhos | 48 | (18) |
2015–2019 | Vitória Setúbal | 100 | (8) |
2019 | Chaves | 22 | (2) |
2020–2023 | Santa Clara | 55 | (0) |
2023– | Tondela | 28 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:38, 19 May 2024 (UTC) |
João José Pereira da Costa (born 25 August 1992), known as Costinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela.
Born in Coimbra, Costinha finished his youth career at local club Académica de Coimbra. His first season as a senior was split between amateurs Sertanense F.C. and U.D. Tocha. [2]
In January 2014, after one and a half seasons in the Danish 1st Division with FC Fredericia, [3] Costinha returned to his country's lower leagues after signing with Lusitano FCV. [4] He moved straight to the Primeira Liga in summer 2015 after agreeing to a contract at Vitória de Setúbal, [5] making his debut in the latter competition on 16 August in a 2–2 home draw against Boavista F.C. where he played the full 90 minutes [6] and scoring his first goal the following weekend in the 4–0 away victory over Académica. [7]
Costinha played 32 matches in both the 2016–17 and 2017–18 campaigns. He scored once [8] and twice [9] [10] respectively, as his team managed to consecutively avoid relegation.
On 15 January 2019, Costinha joined fellow top-division side G.D. Chaves on a two-and-a-half-year deal worth €170,000, as his link at the Estádio do Bonfim was about to expire. [11] In his second appearance of a season that ended in relegation, he scored the only goal away to Portimonense SC. [12] On 10 August, in the club's first game back in the Liga Portugal 2, he was sent off in a 3–0 loss at C.D. Nacional. [13]
Costinha returned to the top flight at the start of 2020, on a three-year contract at C.D. Santa Clara. [14] On 22 July the following year, he scored on his European debut as a late substitute at KF Shkupi, concluding a 3–0 away win in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League. [15] He had an operation in August 2021 on his right Achilles tendon, and was not expected to return until March. [16]
On 23 June 2023, Costinha signed a two-year deal with second-division C.D. Tondela. [17]