David Costa (footballer)

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David Costa
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Costa with RC Lens in 2024
Personal information
Full name David Pereira da Costa
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Lens
Number 10
Youth career
2013–2019 Lens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Lens II 22 (1)
2020– Lens 107 (9)
International career‡
2019 Portugal U18 4 (0)
2020 Portugal U19 1 (1)
2022–2023 Portugal U21 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:16, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:16, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

David Pereira da Costa (born 5 January 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Lens.

Contents

Early life

Born in Portugal as one of six children, Costa moved to France at the age of 9. [1]

Club career

On 10 January 2019, Costa signed his first professional contract with Lens. [2] He made his professional debut in a 2–0 Ligue 1 win over Saint-Étienne on 3 October 2020. [3] He scored his first goal on 3 March 2021 against Saint-Étienne.

On 23 June 2021, Costa extended his contract with Lens to 2024. [4]

International career

Born in Portugal, Costa is of Cape Verdean descent. [5] He is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U21s. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2025 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens II 2018–19 Championnat National 2 10——10
2019–20 Championnat National 2140——140
2020–21 Championnat National 240——40
2021–22 Championnat National 221——21
2022–23 Championnat National 3 00——00
2023–24 Championnat National 310——10
Total221——221
Lens 2020–21 Ligue 1 7110—81
2021–22 Ligue 133330—363
2022–23 Ligue 131130—341
2023–24 Ligue 1254105 [a] 1315
2024–25 Ligue 1110102 [b] 0140
Total1079907112310
Career total12910907114511
  1. ↑ Three appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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References

  1. ↑ "Football : des bords du Tage au RC Lens, David Pereira Da Costa a bien grandi". LA VDN. 31 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "L'Équipe". www.lequipe.fr.
  3. ↑ "Lens vs. Saint-Etienne - 3 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "RC Lens: David Pereira Da Costa prolonge jusqu'en 2024". LA VDN (in French). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: Futebol França - Golo de David da Costa dá vitória ao Lens no reduto do Marselha". criolosports.com.
  6. ↑ "[Vidéo] David Pereira Da Costa a brillé avec le Portugal Espoirs". 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ David Costa at Soccerway
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