Samuel Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000), sometimes known as Samú, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería as a central midfielder.
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Full name | Samuel Almeida Costa | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-11-27) 27 November 2000 (age 21) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aveiro, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Almería | |||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Beira-Mar | |||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Gafanha | |||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Palmeiras Braga | |||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Braga | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Braga B | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Braga | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Almería (loan) | 37 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Almeria | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | Portugal U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Portugal U20 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 July 2020 |
Born in Aveiro, Costa represented Beira-Mar, Gafanha, Palmeiras FC de Braga and Braga as a youth. He made his Campeonato de Portugal debut for the latter's B-team on 2 November 2019 in a game against Bragança.[2]
On 25 July 2020, Costa played his first match for Braga, coming on as a substitute for Pedro Amador in the 46th minute in a match against Porto.[3] On 10 September, he was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.[4]
Costa was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to Spain at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia.
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