Diogo Meireles da Costa (born 19 September 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Portugal national team.
Coming through Porto's youth system, Costa impressed during his time with the reserve side, winning the UEFA Youth League in 2019. He was promoted to the first-team in 2019, winning a domestic double of the Primeira Liga and the Taca de Portugal in his first season, before breaking into the starting line-up in 2021, aged 22, earning a reputation as arguably as one of the most promising young goalkeepers in the world, while helping Porto to a second domestic double, being named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year.
Born in Switzerland to parents from Portugal, Costa represented Portugal at various youth levels, being part of the under-17 team that won the 2016 European Championship, the under-19 team that won the 2018 European Championship and the under-21 team that finished as runners-up at the 2021 European Championship. He made his senior international debut in 2021.<\/P>","EB70E23140D61D3403104435C4316058":"99","57C2653B331A7DDA9BB5C336225EACEB":"0","71450CE0B6A0CA84C96E1AF31F3CA129":"1999-9-19","55115EEDFFE75225FD0E1787F70FC7CB":"2019-7-1","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"186cm","53F6A06F211D096A":"FC Porto","4EFF01CD2A1AA8474DF07D17EF0164A9":"Portugal,Switzerland","68B71F6A7FE5F18E":"75kg","65809D335DC33AB4":"464","0DC344593C67F298":"630557","826BE2C466376227EC096659909FEBC6":"FC Porto B,FC Porto(U19),FC Porto(U17)","6F2A70628678CF42F2F15CA1EF3BF952":"","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Diogo Meireles Costa","52D34B1F24A26AA271F2BD571AA0152C":"3","57C2653B331A7DDA71EF0009D79DD15B8B218E4BC397458C":"1","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"FC Porto B","156AB99B762676230C18DFFD85A3FAED":"
CLUB
<\/U>Porto Youth<\/STRONG>
UEFA Youth League: 2018–19
Porto<\/STRONG>
Primeira Liga: 2019–20, 2021–22
Taca de Portugal: 2019–20, 2021–22
Supertaca Candido de Oliveira: 2020
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U>Portugal U17<\/STRONG>
UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2016
Portugal U19<\/STRONG>
UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2018
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U>Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Month:<\/STRONG>
September 2021, December 2021, January 2022, February 2022, March 2022
Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2021–22
Primeira Liga Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2021–22
UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2016
UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2017
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2021
Dragao de Ouro – Newcomer Athlete of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2018<\/P>","e_index":4};