{{short description|Portuguese footballer (born 1990)}} {{Portuguese name|Silva|Costa}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Carole Costa | image = Carole Costa Benfica vs Valadares Gaia.png | caption = Costa with Benfica in 2023 | fullname = Carole da Silva Costa | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|5|3}} | birth_place = Braga, Portugal | height = 173cm | currentclub = Benfica | clubnumber = 15 | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 2003–2009 | youthclubs1 = Casa Povo Martim | years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 =Leixões | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2010–2013 | clubs2 = SGS Essen | caps2 = 42 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2013–2015 | clubs3 = MSV Duisburg | caps3 = 41 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2015–2017 | clubs4 = BV Cloppenburg | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2017–2020 | clubs5 = Sporting CP | caps5 = 52 | goals5 = 10 | years6 = 2020– | clubs6 = Benfica | caps6 = 84 | goals6 = 19 | nationalyears1 = 2006–2009 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U19 | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2010– | nationalteam2 = Portugal | nationalcaps2 = 179 | nationalgoals2 = 25 | pcupdate = 12 June 2025 | ntupdate = 12 June 2025 }}
'''Carole da Silva Costa''' (born 3 May 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back for Benfica and the Portugal women's national football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/carole-costa/101104/|title=Portugal – Carole Costa – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref>
Born in northern Portugal, Carole Costa moved to Germany to play club football in August 2010. She joined Frauen-Bundesliga side SGS Essen, where she learned to speak German while playing football.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Lokalkompass|title=Trennung und Neubeginn - Carole da Silva Costa und Ana Christina Leite|url=https://www.lokalkompass.de/essen-nord/c-sport/trennung-und-neubeginn-carole-da-silva-costa-und-ana-christina-leite_a136264|language=de|date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
== International career == On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Mark White last |date=2023-06-07 |title=Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/portugal-women-world-cup-2023-squad-team-roster-players |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620223140/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/portugal-women-world-cup-2023-squad-team-roster-players |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 24 June 2025, Costa was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/selecao-feminina/detalhe/lista-final-as-23-convocadas-de-portugal-para-o-europeu-feminino|title=Lista final com Kika Nazareth: as 23 convocadas de Portugal para o Europeu feminino|publisher=Record|date=24 June 2025|lang=pt-PT}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Benfica''' * Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 * Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2023–24 * Taça da Liga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 * Supertaça de Portugal Feminina: 2022, 2023 '''Sporting''' * Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2017–18 * Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2017–18 * Supertaça de Portugal Feminina: 2017
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 31 March 2010 || Complexo Desportivo da Tocha, Tocha, Portugal || {{fbw|ARM}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 7–0 || rowspan=2| 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 2. || 25 August 2010 || Mika Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia || {{fbw|ARM}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 |- | 3. || 15 February 2012 || Estádio Municipal do Cartaxo, Cartaxo, Portugal || {{fbw|ARM}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 6–0 || UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualification |- | 4. || 31 October 2013 || Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp, Belgium || {{fbw|BEL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–4 || 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 5. || 27 October 2015 || Estádio Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Moreira de Cónegos, Portugal || {{fbw|IRL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–2 || UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification |- | 6. || 19 January 2016 || Centro de Estágios de Melgaço, Melgaço, Portugal || {{fbw|POL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || Friendly |- | 7. || rowspan=2 | 24 November 2017 ||rowspan=2| Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal ||rowspan=2| {{fbw|MLD}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 ||rowspan=2 align=center| 8–0 ||rowspan=2| 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 8. || align=center|'''7'''–0 |- | 9. || 28 February 2018 || Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal || {{fbw|CHN}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center| 2–1 || 2018 Algarve Cup |- | 10. || 19 November 2018 || Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior, Rio Maior, Portugal || {{fbw|WAL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || rowspan=2| Friendly |- | 11. || 14 June 2021 || Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States || {{fbw|NGA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–3 |- | 12. || 19 September 2021 || Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion, Israel || {{fbw|ISR}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=3| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 13. || 26 October 2021 || Stadion Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria || {{fbw|BUL}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 |- | 14. || 12 April 2022 || Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal || {{fbw|BUL}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 |- | 15. || 25 June 2022 || Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal || {{fbw|GRE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || Friendly |- | 16. || 13 July 2022 || Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England || {{fbw|NED}} || align=center|'''1'''–2 || align=center| 2–3 || UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |- | 17. || 11 October 2022 || Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal || {{fbw|ISL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–1 {{aet}} || 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |- | 18. || 22 February 2023 || Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand || {{fbw|CMR}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center| 2–1 || 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 19. || rowspan=2| 26 September 2023 || rowspan=2| Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal || rowspan=2| {{fbw|NOR}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–2 || rowspan=2| 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |- | 20. || align=center|'''3'''–2 |- | 21. || 5 April 2024 || Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal || {{fbw|BIH}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || rowspan=3| UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |- | 22. || 9 April 2024 || Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta || {{fbw|MLT}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 |- | 23. || 31 May 2024 || Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal || {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 |- | 24. || 26 February 2025 || Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium || {{fbw|BEL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || rowspan=2| 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League |- | 25. || 4 April 2025 || Estádio Capital do Móvel, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal || {{fbw|ESP}} || align=center|'''2'''–3 || align=center| 2–4 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Soccerway|carole-costa/101104}} * {{FPF national player|652237}}
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