Ricardo Costa

**Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa** (; born 16 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but occasionally as a full-back.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Porto|2001–02|Primeira Liga|6|0|0|0|—|0|0|—|6|0|||
|2002–03|Primeira Liga|10|0|4|0|—|6|1|—|20|1|||||
|2003–04|Primeira Liga|9|1|5|0|—|0|0|—|14|1|||||
|2004–05|Primeira Liga|24|1|1|0|—|6|1|—|31|2|||||
|2005–06|Primeira Liga|18|1|2|0|—|3|0|—|23|1|||||
|2006–07|Primeira Liga|8|0|1|0|—|2|0|—|11|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Wolfsburg|2007–08|Bundesliga|20|2|3|0|—|—|—|23|2||||
|2008–09|Bundesliga|11|3|2|0|—|6|0|—|19|3|||||
|2009–10|Bundesliga|11|1|0|0|—|5|0|—|16|1|||||
|Lille|2009–10|Ligue 1|10|1|0|0|—|—|—|10|1|||||
|rowspan="5"|Valencia|2010–11|La Liga|29|0|2|0|—|7|1|—|38|1|||
|2011–12|La Liga|12|0|1|0|—|5|1|—|18|1|||||
|2012–13|La Liga|26|4|4|0|—|6|0|—|36|4|||||
|2013–14|La Liga|20|3|3|0|—|9|1|—|32|4|||||
|Al-Sailiya|2014–15|Qatar Stars League|15|1|0|0|—|—|—|15|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|PAOK|2014–15|Super League Greece|15|0|0|0|—|—|—|15|0||||
|2015–16|Super League Greece|11|0|1|0|—|10|1|—|22|1|||||
|Granada|2015–16|La Liga|14|1|0|0|—|—|—|14|1|||||
|FC Luzern|2016–17|Swiss Super League|33|1|3|0|—|2|0|—|38|1||||
|Tondela|2017–18|Primeira Liga|32|2|1|0|1|0|—|—|34|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=7 valign="center"|Portugal|2005|2|0|
|2006|4|0|||
|2010|4|0|||
|2012|3|0|||
|2013|4|1|||
|2014|5|0|||

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 October 2013|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||1–0|1–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Taça de Portugal: 2002–03, 2005–06
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003, 2004, 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
- UEFA Cup: 2002–03
- Intercontinental Cup: 2004

**VfL Wolfsburg**
- Bundesliga: 2008–09

**Orders**
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ricardo Costa
- **image**: Ricardo Costa - Croatia vs. Portugal, 10th June 2013 (crop).jpg
- **caption**: Costa playing for Portugal national football team, Portugal in 2013
- **fullname**: Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa
- **birth place**: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1989–1992
- **youthclubs1**: Valadares Gaia
- **youthyears2**: 1992–2000
- **youthclubs2**: Boavista F.C., Boavista
- **years1**: 2000–2003
- **clubs1**: FC Porto B, Porto B
- **caps1**: 66
- **goals1**: 12
- **years2**: 2002–2007
- **clubs2**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps2**: 75
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2007–2010
- **clubs3**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **caps3**: 42
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2010
- **clubs4**: → Lille OSC, Lille (loan)
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2010–2014
- **clubs5**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps5**: 87
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2014–2015
- **clubs6**: Al-Sailiya SC, Al-Sailiya
- **caps6**: 15
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2015–2016
- **clubs7**: PAOK FC, PAOK
- **caps7**: 26
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2016
- **clubs8**: Granada CF, Granada
- **caps8**: 14
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2016–2017
- **clubs9**: FC Luzern, Luzern
- **caps9**: 33
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2017–2019
- **clubs10**: C.D. Tondela, Tondela
- **caps10**: 59
- **goals10**: 3
- **years11**: 2019–2020
- **clubs11**: Boavista F.C., Boavista
- **caps11**: 31
- **goals11**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 458
- **totalgoals**: 35
- **nationalyears1**: 1999
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2004
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 23
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2005–2014
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps4**: 22
- **nationalgoals4**: 1