Club Career
A product of Boavista Futebol Clube's youth system that still appeared with modest Gondomar S.C. and F.C. Famalicão in his early years as a senior, Costa joined top division club Sporting Clube de Braga in 2002–03, making his first-team debut on 26 April 2003 in a 1–3 home loss against S.L. Benfica (90 minutes played).
After only 37 league appearances for Braga in five seasons combined – he was also regularly played by the reserve team in the third level during his stint – Costa moved to Associação Académica de Coimbra for the 2007–08 season. Again mainly used as a backup with the Students, he appeared on both sides of the defensive sector when called upon, playing in a career-best (with the professionals) 22 games in his second year as the team finished in 7th position.
In June 2011, after having appeared in 11 league matches during the season (13 overall), 30-year-old Costa left Académica and signed for F.C. Arouca in division two, where he started playing football as a youngster.
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