Martim Costa

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Martim Costa
Personal information
Full name Martim Mota da Costa
Born (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 (age 22)
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Sporting CP
Number 79
Youth career
YearsTeam
2011–2017
 GD Colégio Internato Carvalhos
2017–2018
 FC Porto
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2018–2021
 FC Porto
2018–2020
 → FC Gaia (loan)
2021–
 Sporting CP
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–
 Portugal 24 (89)
Medal record
Junior European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Portugal
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 January 2024

Martim Mota da Costa (born 27 September 2002) is a Portuguese handball player for Sporting CP and the Portuguese national team. [1]

Contents

Career

Costa started playing handball at Colégio dos Carvalhos, a private school south of Porto together with his brother, Francisco Costa.

In 2017 he Switched to FC Portos youth team. Between 2018 and 2020 he was loaned to FC Gaia, a team from his hometown. In his first season he won the Portuguese second division, scoring 227 in 30 matches and was promoted to Andebol 1. In his second season, his first in the top flight, he scored 225 goals in 26 matches.

In the 2020/2021 he played for the Porto first team, where he won the Portuguese Championship and the Portuguese Supercup.

After a season at Porto he joined Sporting CP, which was coached by his father, Ricardo Costa. His brother also played at the club. Here he won the Portuguese Cup in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the Portuguese Supercup in 2023, and the Portuguese championship in 2024.

National team

Costa debuted for the Portuguese national team in a World Cup qualification match against Netherlands. After losing the home match 30:33, Costa lead his team to an 35:28 win, scoring 10 goals and securing the qualification. [2] His brother debuted in the same match.

His first major international tournament was the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where Portugal finished 13th. [3]

At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he was joint top scorer, together with Danish Mathias Gidsel, with 54 goals. [4]

At the 2025 World Championship he scored the winning goal against Germany with 5 seconds left in extra time to take Portugal to their first ever World Championship semifinal. [5] They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France. [6]

Honours

Porto

Sporting CP

Individual awards

Personal life

He is the older brother of handball player Francisco Costa. His father, Ricardo Costa, is a former handball player and the coach of Sporting CP. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Martim Costa". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Netherlands/Portugal". EHF. 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  3. ↑ "IHF World Championship 2023: Conheça aqui convocatória final" (in Portuguese). portal.fpa.pt. 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  4. ↑ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: Petra Simon and Martim Costa named as best young players". EHF. 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Dansk modstander fundet efter nyt VM-drama" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  6. ↑ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gidsel named MVP, as 2025 IHF Men's World Championship All-Star team announced". IHF. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Six nations featured in EHF Euro2024 All-star Team". eurohandball.com. EHF. 28 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Five nations represented in M20 EHF Euro 2022 All-Star team". eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "2019 Youth World Championship All-star Team". ihf.info. 18 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "OFICIAL: Ricardo Costa é o novo treinador do andebol do Sporting". maisfutebol.iol.pt. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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