Danny da Costa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vieiraand the second or paternal family name is da Costa.

Danny da Costa

Da Costa with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Danny Vieira da Costa
Date of birth	(1993-07-13) 13 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Neuss, Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Right back/right wing-back
Team information
Current team	Mainz 05
Number	21
Youth career
1999–2001	Winfriedia Mülheim
2001–2010	Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Bayer Leverkusen	6	(0)
2011–2012	Bayer Leverkusen II	2	(0)
2012–2016	FC Ingolstadt	86	(0)
2015	FC Ingolstadt II	2	(0)
2016–2017	Bayer Leverkusen	3	(0)
2017–2022	Eintracht Frankfurt	129	(9)
2021	→ Mainz 05 (loan)	16	(0)
2022–	Mainz 05	48	(0)
International career
2009–2010	Germany U17	11	(1)
2010–2011	Germany U18	6	(0)
2011–2012	Germany U19	6	(0)
2012–2013	Germany U20	6	(0)
2013–2014	Germany U21	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024

Danny Vieira da Costa (born 13 July 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back or right wing-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.

Club career

Early career

With his club having already advanced to the knockout stage of the Europa League, the 17-year-old da Costa made his Leverkusen debut as a second-half substitute against Atlético Madrid, coming on for Gonzalo Castro. ^{[2] [3] [4]} da Costa made his Bundesliga debut on 24 September 2011, facing off against Bayern Munich and the manager who gave him his debut, Jupp Heynckes. da Costa would go on to make 6 appearances in the Bundesliga, as well as one in the Champions League, coming against Barcelona in the first round of the knockout stage..

FC Ingolstadt

In the offseason, da Costa secured a move to 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt, initially on a two-year loan. ^[5] da Costa made his club debut on 3 August 2012 against Energie Cottbus, and started the first two games of the season at right-back before being supplanted by Andreas Görlitz. ^[6] da Costa made his return on match day 7, coming on as a substitute against 1860 Munich. This led to a run of 13 consecutive starts for Ingolstadt, and da Costa finished the season having started 26 of their 34 games with his club finishing in the middle of the table. da Costa also made 26 starts in the 2013–14 season.

On 31 October 2014, in a match between the table leaders at the time, Ingolstadt and Fortuna Düsseldorf, da Costa suffered a leg injury in a collision with Lukas Schmitz, and had to be stretchered off. ^[7] The injury was severe − a fractured tibia − ^[8] and put his career in jeopardy. da Costa made his competitive return in the DFB-Pokal against Unterhaching on 9 August 2015 in advance of Ingolstadt's first ever season in the Bundesliga. ^[9] da Costa appeared in the Bundesliga for the first time with Ingolstadt on 25 September, coming on as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw. He would make two more substitute appearances before earning his first start in the final match of the Hinrunde, a 1–0 loss to former club Bayer Leverkusen. da Costa started all but one match in the second half, as Ingolstadt survived their first season in 10th position. With three matches left in the season, football magazine kicker reported that Leverkusen would be exercising a buy back option on da Costa. ^[10] The news came days after the club announced that manager Ralph Hasenhüttl would not be returning, with Hasenhüttl eventually moving on to newly promoted side RB Leipzig. ^[11]

Return to Leverkusen

On 2 May 2016, da Costa officially returned to former club Bayer Leverkusen, with the move becoming effective 1 July. ^[12] da Costa was in and out of the squad during his lone season back with Leverkusen, making just three appearances in the Bundesliga. His lone start came against former club Ingolstadt, but he was substituted off at the half in favor of Wendell. ^[13] da Costa also made one appearance in Leverkusen's Champions League campaign, coming in the final day of the group stage against AS Monaco. He was one of seven changes from Leverkusen's previous Champions League tie, as they had already advanced to the knockout stage.

Eintracht Frankfurt

At the end of the 2016-17 season, da Costa signed for Eintracht Frankfurt. ^[14] da Costa sustained an injury in training prior to the fourth match day, a partial tendon tear which caused him to miss around three months of the season. ^[15] He made his return in their 2–1 cup victory over Heidenheim, coming on in extra time to provide the assist on Sébastien Haller's winner. ^{[16] [17]} Initially behind Timothy Chandler on the depth chart at right back, da Costa played his way into manager Niko Kovač's plans as he started the final 13 games of the season. Kovač lined da Costa up on the right and Chandler on the left, with fellow right-back contender Marius Wolf in the midfield. ^[18] On 3 March, da Costa scored his first senior goal, the only goal in a victory over Hannover. ^[19] da Costa featured in Eintracht's team that won the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against Bayern Munich, playing the forward ball that found Ante Rebić for the winner. The trophy was the club's first since 1988. ^[20]

da Costa began the 2018–19 season in good form, starting every match of the season at right-back under new manager Adi Hütter. Hütter sought to implement a pressing style, one da Costa was familiar with from his time at Leverkusen under Roger Schmidt. ^{[21] [22]} On 4 October, da Costa scored the first and final goals in Eintracht's 4–1 win over Italian side Lazio in the Europa League. ^[23]

Loan to Mainz 05

On 22 January 2021, da Costa moved to Mainz 05, on a loan until the end of the season. ^[24]

Return to Mainz

On 29 April 2022, Mainz 05 announced the return of da Costa on a three-year contract, beginning on 1 July 2022. ^[25]

International career

Da Costa has represented Germany at U17 making 11 appearances, ^[26] U18 making six appearances and currently six appearances at U19 level.

In July 2014 he was asked to switch his international allegiance to Angola. ^[27]

After missing the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship due to injury, da Costa was included in the provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. ^[28] However, da Costa did not make the final squad as Germany finished runners-up in the competition.

Career statistics

As of match played 21 December 2024 ^[29]

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayer Leverkusen	2010–11	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	2	0	–		2	0
	2011–12		6	0	0	0	1	0	–		7	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	3	0	–		9	0
FC Ingolstadt	2012–13	2. Bundesliga	27	0	1	0	–		–		28	0
	2013–14		27	0	3	0	–		–		30	0
	2014–15		12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
	2015–16	Bundesliga	20	0	1	0	–		–		21	0
	Total		86	0	6	0	–		–		92	0
Bayer Leverkusen	2016–17	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	1	0	–		4	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2017–18		17	1	4	0	–		–		21	1
	2018–19		34	2	1	0	14	2	1 [a]	0	50	4
	2019–20		19	1	4	1	14	2	–		37	4
	2020–21		6	0	1	0	–		–		7	0
	2021–22		11	0	1	0	2	0	–		14	0
	Total		87	4	11	1	30	4	1	0	129	9
Mainz 05 (loan)	2020–21	Bundesliga	16	0	–		–		–		16	0
Mainz 05	2022–23	Bundesliga	23	0	2	0	–		–		25	0
	2023–24	Bundesliga	19	0	2	0	–		–		21	0
	2024–25	Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	Total		48	0	4	0	–		–		52	0
Career total			246	4	21	1	34	4	1	0	302	9

1. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

Personal life

Da Costa is the son of an Angolan father and a Congolese mother, he lives with his family in Leverkusen district Opladen. ^[30]

Honours

Club

Eintracht Frankfurt

• DFB-Pokal: 2017–18 ^[31]
• UEFA Europa League: 2021–22

Individual

• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2018–19 ^[32]
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2018–19 ^[33]

References

1. "Danny da Costa" (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
2. "Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Atletico Madrid". UEFA. 16 December 2010.
3. "Da Costas gelungene Feuertaufe" (in German). kicker.de. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
4. "Danny da Costa" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
5. "Danny da Costa wechselt nach Ingolstadt". FC Ingolstadt 04. 3 July 2012.
6. "Da Costa hat die Nase vor Görlitz". kicker . 30 July 2012.
7. "Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-0 Ingolstadt: Spitzenspiel sees defences on top". Vavel. 31 October 2014.
8. "Halloween horror for Danny Da Costa as he breaks shin". Vavel. 31 October 2014.
9. Bernreuther, David (12 August 2015). "Da Costa: "Die Beine haben früher schlappgemacht"". kicker .
10. Kaiser, Harald (28 April 2016). "Leverkusen holt da Costa zurück".
11. "RB Leipzig bestätigt Verpflichtung von Hasenhüttl". Der Spiegel. 7 May 2016.
12. "BAYER LEVERKUSEN ZIEHT DIE RÜCKKAUFOPTION BEI DANNY DA COSTA" (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
13. "FCI CONTINUE RESURGENCE WITH VICTORY IN LEVERKUSEN". FC Ingolstadt. 18 December 2016.
14. "Da Costa unterschreibt bei der Eintracht" [Da Costa signs with Eintracht] (in German). kicker. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
15. "The Latest: Injuries and Partnerships". Eintracht Frankfurt. 14 September 2017.
16. "Eintracht reach DFB Cup quarter-finals with late win in Heidenheim". Eintracht Frankfurt. 21 December 2017.
17. "Haller schießt die Eintracht ins Viertelfinale". Hessenschau. 20 December 2017.
18. Kilchenstein, Thomas (16 February 2018). "Der Tempomann auf rechts". Frankfurter Rundschau .
19. "Danny da Costa header earns high-flying Eintracht Frankfurt all three points against Hannover". Bundesliga. 3 March 2018.
20. Jansen, Olaf (19 May 2018). "Pokalsieg gegen Bayern - Frankfurt gelingt die Sensation". Sportschau.
21. Richter, Louis (10 July 2018). "Hütters neue Philosophie: warum da Costa einen Vorteil hat". Onefootball.
22. Penfold, Chuck (5 October 2018). "Europa League: High-flying Eagles stun Lazio to top Group H". Deutsche Welle.
23. Xuequan, Me (5 October 2018). "Frankfurt see off Lazio 4-1 in UEFA Europa League". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018.
24. Gjerulff, Rune (22 January 2021). "Official: Mainz seal da Costa capture". Bulinews. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
25. "DANNY DA COSTA IS RETURNING TO MAINZ". Mainz 05. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
26. "Danny Vieira da Costa" (in German). DFB. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
27. Mark Gleeson (26 July 2014). "Angola extend their pool of talent ahead of Afcon qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
28. Roth, Norbert (3 March 2016). "Olympia statt OP". Donaukurier.
29. "da Costa, Danny" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
30. "Ein Eigengewächs startet durch" (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
31. "Bayern Munich 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt". Whoscored.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
32. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2018/19 Season". UEFA. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
33. "2018/19 Bundesliga Team of the Season". Bundesliga. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

• Profile at the 1. FSV Mainz 05 website (in German)
• Danny da Costa – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Danny da Costa at Soccerway