Ricardo da Costa (footballer)

Ricardo da Costa

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Valter da Costa
Date of birth	(1981-05-01) May 1, 1981
Place of birth	Goiânia, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Polet Pribislavec
Youth career
1997–2001	Atlético Goianiense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Atlético Goianiense	53	(1)
2003–2005	Zrinjski Mostar	28	(5)
2005	Metalurg Donetsk	0	(0)
2006–2007	NK Međimurje	20	(0)
2007–2008	Široki Brijeg	7	(0)
2009	SC Weiz	13	(1)
2009–2010	WAC St. Andrä	11	(0)
2009–2010	WAC St. Andrä B	13	(0)
2010-2013	UFC Strallegg	37	(22)
2011	→ SV Stegersbach (loan)	13	(1)
2012	→ SV Wildon (loan)	15	(2)
2013	→ SV Gralla (loan)	6	(0)
2013	→ Union Birkfeld (loan)	13	(9)
2014-2018	ASK Schlaining	125	(16)
2018-2019	Polet Pribislavec
2019	ASKÖ Korkisch Rotenturm/Oberwart	14	(0)
2020-2023	Polet Pribislavec
2023-	Graničar Novakovec
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Valter da Costa (born 1 May 1981 in Goiânia) is a Brazilian football player, who currently plays for NK Graničar Novakovec in Croatia.

Career

Ricardo played for Atlético Goianiense before joined Zrinjski Mostar in summer 2003. In 2005 he trained with Hajduk Split for two months, but the transfer fell through. After that, Costa had a short spell with FC Metalurh Donetsk during the first half of the 2005-06 season. In January 2006, he was transferred to NK Međimurje and signed after one and a half years with NK Široki Brijeg. After four and a half years in Bosnia last with NK Široki Brijeg, joined in January 2009 to SC Weiz, he played six months in the Austrian Regional League Central with the team, before signed for League rival WAC St. Andrä in July 2009.

External sources

• Ricardo da Costa at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)