Diogo Costa

Diogo Meireles da Costa (born 19 September 1999) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Porto.

Club Career

Born in Rothrist, Canton of Aargau to Portuguese parents, Costa relocated to Santo Tirso at the age of 7. He joined FC Porto's academy in 2011, from Casa do Benfica de Povoa de Lanhoso.

Costa made his senior debut with the reserve team on 6 August 2017, in a 1–2 home loss against Gil Vicente F.C. for the LigaPro. He finished the season with a further 31 appearances, helping to a seventh-place finish.

On 15 May 2018, Costa renewed his contract until June 2022. In September, he was named the club's Newcomer of the Year; late in the same year, Spaniard Iker Casillas – who started for the first team – heaped praise upon him, regarding him as his "successor".

Costa won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League with Porto, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final in Nyon, Switzerland on 29 April. Days later, after Casillas suffered a heart attack, Vana replaced him as starting goalkeeper and Costa was called up to the bench for the final three games of the season, starting with a 4–0 win at C.D. Aves on 4 May.

On 25 September 2019, Costa made his first-team debut in the opening group match of the Taca da Liga, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory over C.D. Santa Clara. His first Primeira Liga appearance took place on 10 November in a 1–0 away defeat of Boavista FC, as the habitual starter Agustin Marchesin was suspended internally after a breach of discipline. He made a further two until the end of the campaign for the eventual champions.