Ricardo Costa

Retired
Last club: Boavista Retired since: Aug 3, 2020

Date of birth/Age: May 16, 1981 (42)
Place of birth: Vila Nova de Gaia
Citizenship: Portugal

Height: 1,84 m
Position: Centre-Back

Former International: Portugal
Caps/Goals: 22 / 1

Currently working as:

Manager Club: FC Porto U17

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Portugal
13		Portugal	Feb 9, 2005	22	1	Luiz Felipe Scolari	23 years 08 months 24 days
	Portugal U21
5		Portugal U21	Sep 6, 2002	23	-	Agostinho Oliveira	21 years 03 months 21 days
	Portugal U20
5		Portugal U20	Feb 27, 2001	13	2	Francisco Ramos	19 years 09 months 11 days
	Portugal U18
3		Portugal U18	Jul 20, 1999	7	-		18 years 02 months 04 days
	Portugal U17
-		Portugal U17	-	7	1
	Portugal U16
5		Portugal U16	Feb 8, 1997	12	2		15 years 08 months 23 days
	Portugal
5		Portugal Olympic Team	Aug 12, 2004	3	1	José Romão	23 years 02 months 27 days
	Portugal U15
-		Portugal U15	Feb 17, 1996	21	4		14 years 09 months 01 day

Stats of Ricardo Costa

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			22	1	-	-	8	2	2	1	1	-	1.427'	1.427'
	International Friendlies	12	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	741'
	World Cup	5	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	403'
	World Cup qualification	3	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	157'	157'
	European Qualifiers	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	126'
	EURO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Dublin	Feb 9, 2005	Ireland	Portugal	1:0	RB					46'		45'
		Vila Boa	Mar 26, 2005	Portugal	Canada	4:1	DM					46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	Bratislava	Mar 30, 2005	Slovakia	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Lissabon	Jun 4, 2005	Portugal	Slovakia	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	Tallinn	Jun 8, 2005	Estonia	Portugal	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Ponta Delgada	Aug 17, 2005	Portugal	Egypt	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	Faro	Sep 3, 2005	Portugal	Luxembourg	6:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	Moskau	Sep 7, 2005	Russia	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	Aveiro	Oct 8, 2005	Portugal	Liechtenstein	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Porto	Oct 12, 2005	Portugal	Latvia	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Coimbra	Nov 12, 2005	Portugal	Croatia	2:0	Not in squad
		Belfast	Nov 15, 2005	N. Ireland	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
		Düsseldorf	Mar 1, 2006	Portugal	Saudi Arabia	3:0	Not in squad
		Èvora	May 27, 2006	Portugal	Cape Verde	4:1	on the bench
		Longeville-lès-Metz	Jun 3, 2006	Luxembourg	Portugal	0:3						58'		32'
	World Cup 2006
	Group D	Köln	Jun 11, 2006	Angola	Portugal	0:1	on the bench
	Group D	Frankfurt (Main)	Jun 17, 2006	Portugal	Iran	2:0	on the bench
	Group D	Gelsenkirchen	Jun 21, 2006	Portugal	Mexico	2:1	on the bench
	Round of 16	Nürnberg	Jun 25, 2006	Portugal	Netherlands	1:0	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Gelsenkirchen	Jul 1, 2006	England	Portugal	1:3 on pens	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	München	Jul 5, 2006	Portugal	France	0:1	on the bench
	Third Place Play-Off	Stuttgart	Jul 8, 2006	Germany	Portugal	3:1	CB		24'					90'
	International Friendlies
		Brøndby	Sep 1, 2006	Denmark	Portugal	4:2	CB							90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	Helsinki	Sep 6, 2006	Finland	Portugal	1:1	CB		35'	53'				53'
	Group A	Porto	Oct 7, 2006	Portugal	Azerbaijan	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Chorzów	Oct 11, 2006	Poland	Portugal	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Coimbra	Nov 15, 2006	Portugal	Kazakhstan	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Feb 6, 2007	Brazil	Portugal	0:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	Lissabon	Mar 24, 2007	Portugal	Belgium	4:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Belgrad	Mar 28, 2007	Serbia	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Brüssel	Jun 2, 2007	Belgium	Portugal	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kuwait City	Jun 5, 2007	Kuwait	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	Yerevan	Aug 22, 2007	Armenia	Portugal	1:1	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group A	Lissabon	Sep 8, 2007	Portugal	Poland	2:2	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group A	Lissabon	Sep 12, 2007	Portugal	Serbia	1:1	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group A	Baku	Oct 13, 2007	Azerbaijan	Portugal	0:2	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group A	Almaty	Oct 17, 2007	Kazakhstan	Portugal	1:2	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group A	Leiria	Nov 17, 2007	Portugal	Armenia	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Porto	Nov 21, 2007	Portugal	Finland	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Zürich	Feb 6, 2008	Italy	Portugal	3:1	Rib fracture
		Düsseldorf	Mar 26, 2008	Greece	Portugal	2:1	Not in squad
		Viseu	May 31, 2008	Portugal	Georgia	2:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2008
	Group A	Carouge	Jun 7, 2008	Portugal	Türkiye	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Carouge	Jun 11, 2008	Czechia	Portugal	1:3	Not in squad
	Group A	Basel	Jun 15, 2008	Switzerland	Portugal	2:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Basel	Jun 19, 2008	Portugal	Germany	2:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Aveiro	Aug 20, 2008	Portugal	Faroe Islands	5:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Attard	Sep 6, 2008	Malta	Portugal	0:4	Not in squad
	Group A	Lissabon	Sep 10, 2008	Portugal	Denmark	2:3	Not in squad
	Group A	Solna, Stockholm	Oct 11, 2008	Sweden	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Braga	Oct 15, 2008	Portugal	Albania	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Gama	Nov 19, 2008	Brazil	Portugal	6:2	Not in squad
		Faro	Feb 11, 2009	Portugal	Finland	1:0	Broken toe
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Porto	Mar 28, 2009	Portugal	Sweden	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Lausanne	Mar 31, 2009	South Africa	Portugal	0:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Tirana	Jun 6, 2009	Albania	Portugal	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Tallinn	Jun 10, 2009	Estonia	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
		Vaduz	Aug 12, 2009	Liechtenstein	Portugal	0:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	København Ø.	Sep 5, 2009	Denmark	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Budapest	Sep 9, 2009	Hungary	Portugal	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Lissabon	Oct 10, 2009	Portugal	Hungary	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Guimarães	Oct 14, 2009	Portugal	Malta	4:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Lissabon	Nov 14, 2009	Portugal	Bosnia	1:0	Not in squad
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Zenica	Nov 18, 2009	Bosnia	Portugal	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Coimbra	Mar 3, 2010	Portugal	China	2:0	Not in squad
			May 24, 2010	Portugal	Cape Verde	0:0						46'		45'
			Jun 1, 2010	Portugal	Cameroon	3:1						73'		17'
		Johannesburg	Jun 8, 2010	Mozambique	Portugal	0:3	on the bench
	World Cup 2010
	Group G		Jun 15, 2010	Ivory Coast	Portugal	0:0	on the bench
	Group G	Kapstadt	Jun 21, 2010	Portugal	North Korea	7:0	on the bench
	Group G	Durban	Jun 25, 2010	Portugal	Brazil	0:0	RB							90'
	Round of 16	Kapstadt	Jun 29, 2010	Spain	Portugal	1:0	RB				89'			89'
	European Qualifiers
	Group H	Guimarães	Sep 3, 2010	Portugal	Cyprus	4:4	Not in squad
	Group H	Oslo	Sep 7, 2010	Norway	Portugal	1:0	Not in squad
	Group H	Porto	Oct 8, 2010	Portugal	Denmark	3:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Reykjavík	Oct 12, 2010	Iceland	Portugal	1:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Lissabon	Nov 17, 2010	Portugal	Spain	4:0	Not in squad
		Carouge	Feb 9, 2011	Portugal	Argentina	1:2	on the bench
		Leiria	Mar 26, 2011	Portugal	Chile	1:1	Not in squad
		Aveiro	Mar 29, 2011	Portugal	Finland	2:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group H	Lissabon	Jun 4, 2011	Portugal	Norway	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Faro	Aug 10, 2011	Portugal	Luxembourg	5:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group H	Nicosia	Sep 2, 2011	Cyprus	Portugal	0:4	Not in squad
	Group H	Porto	Oct 7, 2011	Portugal	Iceland	5:3	Not in squad
	Group H	København Ø.	Oct 11, 2011	Denmark	Portugal	2:1	on the bench
	European Qualifiers Play-offs
	Play Off 1st leg	Zenica	Nov 11, 2011	Bosnia	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	Play Off 2st leg	Lissabon	Nov 15, 2011	Portugal	Bosnia	6:2	Torn muscle fiber
	International Friendlies
		Warszawa	Feb 29, 2012	Poland	Portugal	0:0	on the bench
		Leiria	May 26, 2012	Portugal	Macedonia	0:0	on the bench
		Lissabon	Jun 2, 2012	Portugal	Türkiye	1:3	CB					70'		20'
	EURO 2012
	Group B	Lviv	Jun 9, 2012	Germany	Portugal	1:0	on the bench
	Group B	Lviv	Jun 13, 2012	Denmark	Portugal	2:3	on the bench
	Group B	Kharkiv	Jun 17, 2012	Portugal	Netherlands	2:1	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Warszawa	Jun 21, 2012	Czechia	Portugal	0:1	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Donetsk	Jun 27, 2012	Portugal	Spain	2:4 on pens	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Faro	Aug 15, 2012	Portugal	Panama	2:0	CB							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group F	Luxemburg	Sep 7, 2012	Luxembourg	Portugal	1:2	on the bench
	Group F	Braga	Sep 11, 2012	Portugal	Azerbaijan	3:0	on the bench
	Group F	Moskau	Oct 12, 2012	Russia	Portugal	1:0	Not in squad
	Group F	Porto	Oct 16, 2012	Portugal	N. Ireland	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Nov 14, 2012	Gabon	Portugal	2:2	CB							90'
		Guimarães	Feb 6, 2013	Portugal	Ecuador	2:3	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group F	Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	Mar 22, 2013	Israel	Portugal	3:3	Not in squad
	Group F	Baku	Mar 26, 2013	Azerbaijan	Portugal	0:2	on the bench
	Group F	Lissabon	Jun 7, 2013	Portugal	Russia	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Jun 10, 2013	Croatia	Portugal	0:1	CB							90'
		Faro	Aug 14, 2013	Portugal	Netherlands	1:1	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group F	Belfast	Sep 6, 2013	N. Ireland	Portugal	2:4	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Foxborough, Massachusetts	Sep 11, 2013	Brazil	Portugal	3:1	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group F	Lissabon	Oct 11, 2013	Portugal	Israel	1:1	CB	1						90'
	Group F	Coimbra	Oct 15, 2013	Portugal	Luxembourg	3:0	CB						59'	59'
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Lissabon	Nov 15, 2013	Portugal	Sweden	1:0	on the bench
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Stockholm	Nov 19, 2013	Sweden	Portugal	2:3						82'		8'
	International Friendlies
		Leiria	Mar 5, 2014	Portugal	Cameroon	5:1	Shin injury
		Oeiras	May 31, 2014	Portugal	Greece	0:0	CB							90'
		Foxborough, Massachusetts	Jun 7, 2014	Mexico	Portugal	0:1	on the bench
		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Jun 11, 2014	Portugal	Ireland	5:1	CB							90'
	World Cup 2014
	Group G	Salvador	Jun 16, 2014	Germany	Portugal	4:0	CB					46'		45'
	Group G		Jun 23, 2014	USA	Portugal	2:2	CB							90'
	Group G	Brasília	Jun 26, 2014	Portugal	Ghana	2:1	on the bench
	European Qualifiers
	group I	Aveiro	Sep 7, 2014	Portugal	Albania	0:1	CB						73'	73'
Squad: 53, Starting eleven: 14, Substituted in: 8, On the bench: 31, Suspended: 0, Injured: 9,