Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Pedro Miguel de Castro Brandão Costa [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 November 1981||
Place of birth | Arouca, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1996 | Arouca | ||
1996–2000 | Boavista | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2000–2002 | Boavista | 5 | (0) |
2000–2001 | → Gondomar (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Famalicão (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Braga B | 38 | (0) |
2003–2007 | Braga | 37 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Académica | 60 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Arouca | 4 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Boavista | 34 | (0) |
Total | 225 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1996–1998 | Portugal U16 | 12 | (0) |
1998 | Portugal U17 | 5 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Portugal U18 | 12 | (0) |
2001 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pedro Miguel de Castro Brandão Costa (born 21 November 1981) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.
Costa was born in Arouca, Aveiro District. A product of Boavista's youth system that still appeared with modest Gondomar and Famalicão in his early years as a senior, [2] [3] he joined Primeira Liga club Braga in the 2002–03 campaign. He made his first-team debut on 26 April 2003, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against S.L. Benfica. [4] [5]
After only 37 league appearances for Braga over five seasons – he was also regularly utilised by the reserves in the third division during his stint – Costa moved to Associação Académica de Coimbra for the 2007–08 season. [6] Again mainly used as a backup with the Students, he appeared on both sides of the defensive sector when called upon, [7] [8] playing a career-best with the professionals 22 games in his second year as the team finished in seventh position. [9]
In June 2011, after having appeared in 11 league matches in the season (13 overall), 30-year-old Costa left Académica and signed for F.C. Arouca in the Segunda Liga, where he started playing football as a youngster. [10]