David Pereira da Costa (born 5 January 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Lens.
 Costa with RC Lens in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Pereira da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Almada, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lens | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2019 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Lens II | 22 | (1) |
| 2020– | Lens | 105 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Portugal U21 | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:16, 11 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editBorn in Portugal as one of six children, Costa moved to France at the age of 9.[1]
Club career
editOn 10 January 2019, Costa signed his first professional contract with Lens.[2] He made his professional debut in a 2–0 Ligue 1 win over Saint-Étienne on 3 October 2020.[3] He scored his first goal on 3 March 2021 against Saint-Étienne.
On 23 June 2021, Costa extended his contract with Lens to 2024.[4]
International career
editBorn in Portugal, Costa is of Cape Verdean descent.[5] He is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U21s.[6]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 14 December 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lens II | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Lens | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 1 | 31 | 5 | |
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 105 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 120 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 127 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 142 | 11 | ||
- ^ Three appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
edit- ^ "Football : des bords du Tage au RC Lens, David Pereira Da Costa a bien grandi". LA VDN. 31 July 2020.
- ^ "L'Équipe". www.lequipe.fr.
- ^ "Lens vs. Saint-Etienne - 3 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "RC Lens: David Pereira Da Costa prolonge jusqu'en 2024". LA VDN (in French). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: Futebol França - Golo de David da Costa dá vitória ao Lens no reduto do Marselha". criolosports.com.
- ^ "[Vidéo] David Pereira Da Costa a brillé avec le Portugal Espoirs". 25 September 2022.
- ^ David Costa at Soccerway
External links
edit- David Costa at Soccerway
- RC Lens Profile
- David Costa national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- David Costa at BDFutbol
- David Costa – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French