External links
- Profile at the Juventus FC website
- Alberto Costa national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Alberto Costa – UEFA competition record ( archive )
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Oliveira Baio [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal [2] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2022 | Vitória de Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Vitória de Guimarães B | 19 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:55, 15 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Alberto Oliveira Baio (born 29 September 2003), known as Alberto Costa, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Juventus.
Born in Santo Tirso in the Porto metropolitan area, Costa joined the youth ranks of Vitória de Guimarães in 2013. He was promoted to the under-23 team when he was 17, and after playing one game for them and having trained with the B-team, he signed a three-year contract in April 2021; the release clause was €30 million. [3]
Costa began training with the first team in October 2023, and was included in matchday squads under manager Álvaro Pacheco. [2] The following 11 January, he made his first-team debut in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal, in a 1–0 home win over Penafiel; he played the final minutes as a substitute after Miguel Maga's muscular injury. [1] His league debut was his only game of the Primeira Liga season, 15 minutes off the bench in a 3–0 loss away to Sporting CP on 21 April 2024. [4]
Costa signed a contract extension on 17 October 2024, keeping him at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques until June 2028. [5] He scored his first goal on 12 December in a UEFA Conference League league phase match away to St. Gallen, helping to a 4–1 win in Switzerland. [6]
On 15 January 2025, Costa transferred to Juventus on a contract lasting until July 2029. The transfer fee was €12.5 million over four financial years, €1.3 million in additional fees and up to €2.5 million in bonuses. [7] During an injury crisis with five defenders missing, he made his debut on 26 February in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia at home to Empoli, playing the final six minutes in place of Andrea Cambiaso as his team drew 1–1 and lost on penalties. [8] [9]
Costa was first called up for the Portugal under-18 team for two friendly matches against Norway in Lisbon in June 2021. [10] In March 2023, he was capped twice for the under-20 team against Romania and the Czech Republic. [11]
Though not one of his legal surnames, Costa chose the surname for his career, in tribute to his stepfather who raised him from an early age. [12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitória de Guimarães B | 2022–23 | Liga 3 | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 [c] | 1 | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| Juventus | 2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
