Sandro Costa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sandro Rafael Ferreira Costa[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 23 September 1995||
Place of birth | Barcelos, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Limianos | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Braga | ||
2009–2014 | Gil Vicente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Vilaverdense | 30 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Gil Vicente | 88 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Rieti | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Pinhalnovense | 25 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Oriental Dragon | 53 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Vianense | 39 | (0) |
2024– | Limianos | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:12, 2 May 2024 (UTC) |
Sandro Rafael Ferreira Costa (born 23 September 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for A.D. Os Limianos.
Club career
[edit]Gil Vicente
[edit]Born in Barcelos, Braga District, Costa played youth football with S.C. Braga and Gil Vicente FC, joining the latter's academy at the age of 14.[2] He made his senior debut with Vilaverdense F.C. in the lower leagues.[3]
Costa's first match in the Segunda Liga with Gil occurred on 8 August 2015, when he featured the entire 1–1 home draw against C.D. Mafra.[4] In January 2016, he was voted the competition's best young player.[3]
Rieti
[edit]On 30 July 2018, Costa signed a two-year contract with Italian Serie C club F.C. Rieti.[5] He did not appear in any competitive games due to a serious cruciate ligament injury, and left by mutual consent on 15 May 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sandro Costa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Ferreira, Bruno José (5 July 2018). "Sandro Costa muda-se do Gil Vicente para a Roménia" [Sandro Costa moves from Gil Vicente to Romania] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Sandro conquista prémio de janeiro" [Sandro conquers January award]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 19 February 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Gil Vicente-Mafra, 1–1: Galos falham vitória nos descontos" [Gil Vicente-Mafra, 1–1: Roosters miss win in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Dal Gil Vicente ecco Sandro Costa: Biennale per lui" [From Gil Vicente here's Sandro Costa: Two years for him] (in Italian). F.C. Rieti. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Rescissione consensuale per Sandro Costa" [Mutual termination for Sandro Costa] (in Italian). F.C. Rieti. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
External links
[edit]- Sandro Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Sandro Costa at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Barcelos, Portugal
- Men's association football central defenders
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- S.C. Braga players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- Vilaverdense FC players
- C.D. Pinhalnovense players
- SC Vianense players
- A.D. Os Limianos players
- FC Rieti players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen