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Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa is a Portuguese association football player and coach. Born on May 16, 1981, in Vila Nova de Gaia, he holds Portuguese citizenship and speaks Portuguese as his native language. He plays the full-back position and has worn the number 22 jersey. His career includes stints with clubs such as VfL Wolfsburg, FC Porto, Valencia CF, FC Porto B, and Boavista.
Costa represented Portugal in international competition, participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006, 2010, and 2014 FIFA World Cups. He competed in the Bundesliga league. Over his career, he played one match and scored zero goals.
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Key facts
- 1999
- Portugal U18
- 2010
- → Lille (loan)
- 2016
- Granada
- 2025
- Feirense
- Full name
- Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa
- Date of birth
- ( 1981-05-16 ) 16 May 1981 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Defender
- Current team
- Feirense (manager)
- 1989 1992
- Valadares Gaia
- 1992 2000
- Boavista
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2003
- Porto B
- 2002 2007
- Porto
- 2007 2010
- VfL Wolfsburg
- 2010 2014
- Valencia
- 2014 2015
- Al-Sailiya
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Boavista
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ricardo
- Family name
- Costa
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Vila Nova de Gaia
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Boavista F.C.
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Ricardo Costa - Croatia vs. Portugal, 10th June 2013 (crop).jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Ricardo Costa
- date of birth
- 1981-05-16
- sport number
- 22
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- start of work period
- 2002-01-20
- birth name
- Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa
- name in native language
- Ricardo Costa
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðu ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 16 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but occasionally as a full-back. He is the current manager of Liga Portugal 2 club Feirense.
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