Pedro Costa
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel de Castro Brandão Costa[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-21) 21 November 1981[1]
Place of birth Arouca, Portugal[1]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1993–1996 Arouca
1996–2000 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Boavista 5 (0)
2000–2001 → Gondomar (loan) 27 (0)
2001–2002 → Famalicão (loan) 20 (0)
2002–2005 Braga B 38 (0)
2003–2007 Braga 37 (0)
2007–2011 Académica 60 (0)
2011–2012 Arouca 4 (0)
2012–2015 Boavista 34 (0)
Total 225 (0)
International career
1996–1998 Portugal U16 12 (0)
1998 Portugal U17 5 (0)
1999–2000 Portugal U18 12 (0)
2001 Portugal U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Miguel de Castro Brandão Costa (born 21 November 1981) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Club career

Costa was born in Arouca, Aveiro District. A product of Boavista FC's youth system that still appeared with modest Gondomar S.C. and F.C. Famalicão in his early years as a senior,[2][3] he joined Primeira Liga club S.C. Braga in the 2002–03 campaign. He made his first-team debut on 26 April 2003, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against S.L. Benfica.[4][5]

After only 37 league appearances for Braga over five seasons – he was also regularly utilised by the reserves in the third division during his stint – Costa moved to Associação Académica de Coimbra for the 2007–08 season.[6] Again mainly used as a backup with the Students, he appeared on both sides of the defensive sector when called upon,[7][8] playing a career-best with the professionals 22 games in his second year as the team finished in seventh position.[9]

In June 2011, after having appeared in 11 league matches in the season (13 overall), 30-year-old Costa left Académica and signed for F.C. Arouca in the Segunda Liga, where he started playing football as a youngster.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pedro Costa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Lopes, Norberto A. (19 July 2000). "Pedro Costa emprestado ao Gondomar pelo Boavista" [Pedro Costa loaned to Gondomar by Boavista] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Lopes, Norberto A. (21 June 2002). "Boavista empresta Pedro Costa ao Portimonense" [Boavista loan Pedro Costa to Portimonense] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sp. Braga-Benfica, 1–3 (Barroso 11 g.p.; Geovanni 6, Zahovic 24, Nuno Gomes 64)" [Sp. Braga-Benfica, 1–3 (Barroso 11 p.k.; Geovanni 6, Zahovic 24, Nuno Gomes 64)]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 April 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sp. Braga frente ao Benfica: Liberdade para inovar na frente" [Sp. Braga against Benfica: Freedom to innovate upfront]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 April 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Pedro Costa aumenta número de jogadores-estudantes na Académica" [Pedro Costa increases number of player-students at Académica]. Público (in Portuguese). 6 April 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pedro Costa ganha raízes" [Pedro Costa getting rooted]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 October 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Frederico, Francisco (25 May 2011). "Beira Mar: Pedro Costa (Académica) na lista de possíveis aquisições" [Beira Mar: Pedro Costa (Académica) in shortlist] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Sousa, Ricardo (23 July 2013). "Académica | Domingos quer Briosa acima da 7º posição" [Académica | Domingos wants Briosa higher than 7th]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Clube aponta à subida de divisão" [Club aims to promote]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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