Ricardo Costa (Portuguese footballer)

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Personal information
Ricardo Costa
Full name	Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa
Date of birth	May 16, 1981 (1981-05-16) (age 27)
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Wolfsburg
Number	5
Youth clubs
?-1999 1999-2001	Boavista FC FC Porto B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2007 2007-	FC Porto Wolfsburg	177 (3) 17 (1)
National team²
2005-	Portugal	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 5, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 5, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa (born May 16, 1981 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal) (pron. IPA: [ʁi'kaɾdu 'kɔʃtɐ]) is a Portuguese football player who currently plays as a central defender for VfL Wolfsburg.

Costa is a product of Boavista FC's youth system, although he moved to FC Porto when he was still an apprentice. He made his debut for the Porto first team in a 2002 derby match, precisely against Boavista.

In July 2007, as first team opportunities appeared few at Porto, he joined Bundesliga's VfL Wolfsburg.

He played for Portugal at under-21 level and was also a part of the Olympic team that played in Athens 2004. He was called up to the first team squad for the 2006 World Cup. he was not named in the EURO 2008 23 man squad

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Stats and profile at zerozero.pt

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Caneira • 4 R. Costa • 5 Meira • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 H. Viana • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Boa Morte • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 P. Santos • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari

v • d • e

VfL Wolfsburg – current squad

1 Jentzsch • 2 Quiroga • 3 Van der Heyden • 4 Schäfer • 5 R. Costa • 6 Simunek • 7 Josué • 8 Baier • 9 Džeko • 10 Krzynówek • 11 Laas • 12 Lenz • 13 Hasebe • 14 Santana • 15 Lamprecht • 16 Benaglio • 17 Madlung • 18 Makiadi • 20 Riether • 21 Platins • 22 Alex • 23 Grafite • 24 Dejagah • 25 Gentner • 26 Evljuskin • 27 Thiam • 28 Hill • 30 Rama • 31 Öztürk • 32 Marcelinho • 33 Reiche • 34 Deumeland • 36 Niang • 37 Karimov • 40 Ljuboja • Manager: Magath