João Costa
Personal information
Full name João Paulo Santos da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996[1]
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Feirense
Number 24
Youth career
2004–2006 Núcleo Andorinhas
2006–2015 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Porto B 23 (1)
2016–2019 Porto 0 (0)
2018 → Gil Vicente (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 → Cartagena (loan) 29 (0)
2019–2020 Mirandés 1 (0)
2020–2021 Granada B 27 (0)
2021–2022 Granada 0 (0)
2022–2023 Murcia 21 (0)
2023– Feirense 7 (0)
International career
2011 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U16 9 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U17 15 (1)
2013 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2014 Portugal U19 1 (0)
2016 Portugal U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:40, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

João Paulo Santos da Costa (born 2 February 1996), sometimes known as Andorinha,[2] is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Portugal 2 club Feirense.

Club career

Born in Barcelos, Braga District, Costa joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of 10. On 3 October 2015, he made his debut as a senior with the reserves, in a 2–0 away win against S.C. Olhanense in the LigaPro.[3] He added a further six appearances during the season, as they achieved the feat of being the first B team to win the championship.[4][5]

On 11 September 2016, in the 94th minute of the league fixture against F.C. Penafiel, Costa scored to help the hosts to earn one point after the 2–2 draw.[6] On 29 November, he remained on the bench for the first team during a 0–0 home draw to C.F. Belenenses in the group stage of the Taça da Liga.[7]

Costa went on to serve two loans subsequently, his first being with Gil Vicente F.C. still in the second tier.[8] Afterwards, he joined Spanish Segunda División B club FC Cartagena.[9]

On 14 August 2019, Costa signed a permanent one-year deal with CD Mirandés, newly promoted to Segunda División.[10] He played two extra-time away wins in the Copa del Rey, and his sole league appearance was a 4–0 loss at Racing de Santander on 17 September.[11] Following the arrival of Raúl Lizoain, he left on 27 January 2020 and moved to Club Recreativo Granada on an 18-month deal.[12]

Initially a part of the first team for the 2021 pre-season, Costa spent the 2021–22 campaign unregistered by both the main and reserve squads as he was already 25.[13] In August 2022, he joined Real Murcia of the Primera Federación.[14]

Costa returned to Portugal on 16 August 2023, on a contract at second-tier club C.D. Feirense.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2015–16[16] LigaPro 70——70
2016–17[16] LigaPro 161——161
Total 2310000231
Gil Vicente (loan) 2017–18[16] LigaPro 13000—130
Cartagena (loan) 2018–19[17] Segunda División B 290204[lower-alpha 1]0350
Mirandés 2019–20[17] Segunda División 1020—30
Granada B 2019–20[17] Segunda División B 60——60
2020–21[17] Segunda División B 210——210
Total 2700000270
Granada 2021–22[17] La Liga 0000—00
Career total 93140401011
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

Honours

Porto B

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Andorinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Garteizgoxeascoa Gil, Aimara (21 April 2020). "Andorinha, el meta del Granada B que vino a España por Casillas" [Andorinha, the Granada B goalie who moved to Spain for Casillas]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Olhanense-FC Porto B, 0–2: Portistas vencem nos descontos" [Olhanense-FC Porto B, 0–2: Porto boys win in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Os números do Porto B – Campeão da Ledman LigaPro" [The numbers of Porto B – Ledman LigaPro champions] (in Portuguese). Tribunal das Antas. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Campeão FC Porto B de volta ao trabalho" [Champions FC Porto B back to work]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 28 June 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Inédito: FC Porto B salva-se com golo do guarda-redes" [Unheard of: FC Porto save themselves with goal from the goalkeeper]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "FC Porto empata a zero com Belenenses" [FC Porto draw all-nil with Belenenses] (in Portuguese). TSF. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "OFICIAL: FC Porto empresta João Costa ao Gil Vicente" [OFFICIAL: FC Porto loan João Costa to Gil Vicente] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Munúa descarta a una docena de porteros y se decanta por el joven portugués João Costa" [Munúa discards a dozen goalkeepers and goes with Portuguese youngster João Costa]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Joao Costa refuerza la portería del CD Mirandés para LaLiga Smartbank" [Joao Costa bolsters the goal of CD Mirandés for LaLiga Smartbank] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  11. ↑ Fernández, Pedro (17 September 2019). "El Racing se estrena a lo grande: goleando al Mirandés" [Racing start counting in style: rout of Mirandés]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Castillo, Aitor (27 January 2020). "Joao Costa abandona el Mirandés y firma por el Granada" [João Costa quits Mirandés and signs for Granada]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Martos, José Ángel (8 September 2021). "El 'expediente Andorinha', sin ficha en el primer y en el segundo equipo" [The 'Andorinha files', without a place in the first and second teams]. La Gaceta de Granada (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  14. ↑ Morais, Pedro (30 August 2022). "João Costa reforça baliza do Real Murcia" [João Costa bolsters goal of Real Murcia]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "João Costa assina pelo CD Feirense" [João Costa signs for CD Feirense] (in Portuguese). C.D. Feirense. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 João Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 João Costa at Soccerway
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