Hélder Costa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Wolverhampton Wanderers (on loan from Benfica) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | Benfica B | 72 | (15) |
| 2014– | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Monaco (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2016– | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Portugal U17 | 18 | (4) |
| 2011 | Portugal U18 | 14 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (4) |
| Portugal U20 | 5 | (3) | |
| 2014– | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2016. | |||
Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa (born 12 January 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers, on loan from Benfica.
Club career
On 11 August 2012, Costa made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Braga B where he played 72 minutes as a winger.[1]
His first professional goal came on 23 August 2013, in a 3–0 home win over Portimonense, one of eight that season including on 23 November in a 4–3 triumph against Oliveirense in which he was also sent off.[2]
On 25 January 2014, he debuted with Benfica in a 2013–14 Taça da Liga third round match against Gil Vicente, playing the final 13 minutes of the 1–0 win at the Estádio da Luz as a substitute for Miralem Sulejmani;[3] he played no further part as the "Eagles" went on to win the tournament. On 5 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick in Segunda Liga against Olhanense in a home win (5–1).[4]
On 19 January 2015, he was loaned to La Liga's Deportivo de La Coruña until the end of the season.[5] He made six appearances for the Galicians, all from the bench.
On 10 July 2015, he joined Ligue 1 club Monaco on a one-year loan.[6] He scored his first goal in a top division on 8 November, opening an eventual 3–1 loss away to Bordeaux.[7]
On 29 July 2016 he moved on a season-long loan to English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers,[8] for whom he made his debut on 6 August 2016 as a substitute in a 2–2 draw at Rotherham.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 EFL Cup win against Cambridge United on 23 August 2016.[10]
International career
Costa represented Portugal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[11] Although he did not score in the team's run to the semi-finals, he was named in the Team of the Tournament.[12]
He also represented Portugal at the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 27 September 2016[14]
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2012–13 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 37 | 8 | — | — | — | 37 | 8 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 7 | — | — | — | 23 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 15 | — | — | — | 72 | 15 | ||||
| Benfica | 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Deportivo (loan) | 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Monaco (loan) | 2015–16 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 2016–17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 10 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 111 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 22 | |
Honours
- Benfica
References
- ↑ "Benfica B 2-2 Braga B". lpfp.pt. LPFP. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Benfica B bate Oliveirense na abertura da 16.ª jornada" [Benfica B beat Oliveirense in the opening game of the 16th matchday] (in Portuguese). Diario de Notícias. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Benfica - Gil Vicente (Fase 3 - jornada 3 Taça da Liga 2013-2014) - Liga Portugal". ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ Benfica B - Olhanense (Jornada 14 Segunda Liga 2014-2015) - Liga Portugal
- ↑ "Futebol: Hélder Costa emprestado ao Desportivo da Corunha" [Football: Hélder Costa loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hélder Costa cedido ao Mónaco" [Hélder Costa on loan to Monaco] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Revivez la victoire des Girondins qui ont bien réagi face à Monaco" [Relive the victory of the Girondins who reacted well against Monaco] (in French). 20 Minutes. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Helder Costa: Wolves sign Benfica winger on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Rotherham 2–2 Wolves". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Wolves 2-1 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sub-19: Rui Silva substitui José Costa" [Sub-19: Rui Silva replaces José Costa] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sub-20: Ilídio Vale convoca 20 para o Torneio de Toulon" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ Hélder Costa profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
External links
- Hélder Costa career statistics at Soccerbase
- Hélder Costa – UEFA competition record
- Hélder Costa profile at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (Portuguese)