Kukula (footballer)

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Kukula
Personal information
Full name Erson Stiven Dias Costa
Date of birth (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Trofense
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2010 Batuque
2010–2012 Marítimo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Marítimo B 81 (13)
2013–2017 Marítimo 13 (1)
2015–2016 → Feirense (loan) 42 (5)
2016–2017 → Vizela (loan) 33 (7)
2017–2019 Leixões 46 (6)
2019–2020 Sporting da Covilhã 41 (17)
2020–2022 Beroe 34 (4)
2022–2023 Sporting da Covilhã 45 (6)
2023– Trofense 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023

Erson Stiven Dias Costa (born 22 January 1993), simply known as Kukula, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese Liga 3 club Trofense.

In the 2012–13 season he scored his first goal in Liga Sagres against Moreirense. [1] In July 2020, Kukula signed a two-year contract with Bulgarian club Beroe Stara Zagora. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Marítimo 1–1 Moreirense
  2. ↑ "Ерсон Диаш Коща-Кукула вече е в Стара Загора". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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