Tiago Costa

Tiago Costa
Personal information
Full name Tiago José Ribeiro Costa
Date of birth (1985-04-22) 22 April 1985
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Académico Viseu
Number 22
Youth career
1994–1997 CF Santa Iria
1997–1998 Benfica
1998–1999 Alverca
1999–2004 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2006 Benfica B 30 (1)
2006 Hearts 1 (0)
2006–2007 Vitória Setúbal B 33 (2)
2007–2008 Vihren 6 (0)
2008–2009 Varzim 14 (2)
2009 Vizela 2 (0)
2010 Politehnica Timișoara 0 (0)
2010–2011 Estoril 16 (2)
2011–2012 Rio Ave 1 (0)
2011–2012 → Leixões (loan) 8 (0)
2012–2013 Olympiakos Nicosia 17 (0)
2013 Hapoel Tel Aviv 12 (0)
2013–2014 Doxa 6 (0)
2014– Académico Viseu 28 (0)
National team
2003 Portugal U18 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 25 May 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Tiago José Ribeiro Costa (born 22 April 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académico de Viseu FC as a right back.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Costa started his football career with hometown's S.L. Benfica, but only appeared officially for the reserves. In the 2006 summer he signed for Scottish club Heart of Midlothian, making his Scottish Premier League debut against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 28 August. However, he failed to feature again for the team and was released on 13 November;[1] again in his homeland he represented Vitória de Setúbal, but again only competed with the B-side.

In June 2007 Costa moved clubs and countries again, joining Bulgaria's FC Vihren Sandanski. He appeared in less than one fourth of the games as his team finished in tenth position in the top division, and returned to Portugal where he successively played for Varzim S.C. and F.C. Vizela, respectively in the second and third levels.

Costa signed for FC Politehnica Timișoara in Romania in January 2010 on a five-month contract, being released on 4 June after failing to make a single official appearance and moving to G.D. Estoril Praia shortly after. He started 2011–12 in his country's top flight with Rio Ave FC, but returned to division two in the following transfer window, joining Leixões S.C. on loan.

References

  1. ↑ "Costa allowed to leave Tynecastle". BBC Sport. 13 November 2006.

External links

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