{{short description|Portuguese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Portuguese name|Faria|Costa}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gonçalo Costa | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Gonçalo Faria Costa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|2|18}} | birth_place = Setúbal, Portugal | height = 1.79m | position = Left-back | currentclub = Estoril | clubnumber = 20 | youthyears1 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs1 = Os Amarelos | youthyears2 = 2009–2021 | youthclubs2 = Sporting CP | years1 = 2021–2022 | clubs1 = Sporting CP B | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = Portimonense | caps2 = 42 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = Estoril | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2015–2016 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U16 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam2 = Portugal U17 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | pcupdate = 25 May 2026 | ntupdate = 23 December 2022 }}
'''Gonçalo Faria Costa''' (born 18 February 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primeira Liga club Estoril.
==Professional career== Costa is a youth product of the academy of Os Amarelos and Sporting CP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/liga/sporting-goncalo-costa-diz-obrigado-depois-de-14-anos-no-clube|title=Sporting: o adeus emocionado de um jovem após 14 anos no clube|website=CNN Portugal}}</ref> He worked his way up Sporting's youth teams, before joining their U23 side in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/goncalo-costa-opcion-lateral-izquierdo-13881460|title=Fichajes FC Barcelona | Gonçalo Costa, otra opción para el lateral izquierdo|date=June 18, 2022|website=sport}}</ref> On 22 June 2022, he transferred to Portimonense for the 2022-23 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://golo.fm/destaque/portimonense-anuncia-ouattara-moustapha-seck-e-goncalo-costa/|title=Portimonense anuncia Ouattara, Moustapha Seck e Gonçalo Costa - Golo FM|date=June 22, 2022|access-date=17 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171001/https://golo.fm/destaque/portimonense-anuncia-ouattara-moustapha-seck-e-goncalo-costa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He made his professional and Primeira Liga debut with Portimonense as a starter in a 4–0 loss against his childhood club Sporting CP on 10 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/portimonense/noticias/estreia-amarga-para-goncalo-costa-15154386.html|title=Estreia amarga para Gonçalo Costa|website=www.ojogo.pt}}</ref>
On 31 July 2024, Costa signed a four-year contract with Estoril.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Estoril|url=https://estorilpraia.pt/2024/07/31/goncalo-costa-reforco-2024-2025/|title=Gonçalo Costa: Reforço 2024/2025|trans-title=Goncalo Costa: Reinforcement 2024/2025|date=31 July 2024|access-date=21 August 2024|language=pt}}</ref>
==International career== Costa is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U17s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footugalfrance.fr/selection-nationale/selection-aa/infos/658-u17-les-18-portugais-retenus-pour-jouer-le-tour-d-elite-de-l-euro-2017|title=U17: Les 18 Portugais retenus pour jouer le tour d'Élite de l'Euro 2017|first=Super|last=Utilisateur|website=Footugal France|date=9 March 2017 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|goncalo-faria-costa/460638}} * {{BDFutbol|45646}}
{{G.D. Estoril Praia squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Goncalo}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Setúbal Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Portuguese people of Angolan descent Category:Sportspeople of Angolan descent Category:Black Portuguese sportspeople Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Sporting CP B players Category:Portimonense S.C. players Category:G.D. Estoril Praia players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Liga 3 (Portugal) players Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen